Our products are natural, organic materials made from byproducts of the meat industry, diverting waste from landfills.

When you choose a Garrett Leather product, you creatively reuse upcycled hides, transformed into a beautiful, durable product that would otherwise end up in landfills. We carefully select our European leather hides that are a natural byproduct of the meat industry. The European Union leads the world in passing legislation that protects farmed animals from cruel treatment, banning artificial growth hormones and prohibiting the use of GMO grains. Animal farmers also follow and record the place of birth, the parents, location raised and vaccinations received for each cow to ensure full traceability. These animals grow at normal rates and graze on natural grass in spacious, open fields. Under these natural conditions, the integrity of the fiber structure is stronger and intact without any damage caused by unnatural growth rates, barbed wires or brands.

Leather production is one of the oldest forms of recycling and at Garrett Leather, we work with tanneries that adhere to responsible manufacturing processes.

When you choose a Garrett Leather product, you creatively reuse upcycled hides, transformed into a beautiful, durable product that would otherwise end up in landfills. We carefully select our European leather hides that are a natural byproduct of the meat industry. The European Union leads the world in passing legislation that protects farmed animals from cruel treatment, banning artificial growth hormones and prohibiting the use of GMO grains. Animal farmers also follow and record the place of birth, the parents, location raised and vaccinations received for each cow to ensure full traceability. These animals grow at normal rates and graze on natural grass in spacious, open fields. Under these natural conditions, the integrity of the fiber structure is stronger and intact without any damage caused by unnatural growth rates, barbed wires or brands.

Cattle are raised for their meat, not their hides. The hides that are used to make leather represent a very small percentage of overall value to the farmer.

Ending leather production will not stop cattle production for the meat and dairy industries. If leather production stopped, it would create a huge problem with greenhouse gas emissions, estimated at 6.6 million tons per year.

At Garrett Leather, we continuously evolve and explore ways to reduce our environmental impact and lessen our carbon footprint while being clear about what our clients can expect when they make a purchase from us.

We disclosed the ingredients of many of our products to Declare for full transparency. Most of our products achieved LBC Red List Free status.

We continuously evolve and explore ways to reduce our environmental impact. Olive tanning is an alternative method for leather production that utilizes 100% plant-based tannins made from discarded olive leaves, branches, and other natural waste from olive harvesting. Olive tanning reduces reliance on mined chemicals and requires less water.

Several years ago, we introduced Mira, our first pure aniline, olive tanned collection.

Driven by innovation, we took a step further on our sustainable journey with our second olive tanned collection, Cielo. We worked with a leading climate offset consultant in Europe to purchase and retire Gold Standard Verified Emissions Reduction (VER) credits. These credits offset all GHGs of Cielo’s production. We invested in a drinking water purification system in Napal. This project not only protects the environment, it also reduces preventable waterborne diseases and causes of death by improving access to safe water and sanitation.