As good corporate citizens, Irving accepts its responsibility to preserve and protect the environment in the areas in which we operate, including, but not limited to, the following key points:
Reduction of Waste
Recycling and Reuse
Beyond Compliance Strategy
Wise Use of Energy
Innovative Leadership
Increase use of Environmentally safe products
Risk Reduction
Disclosure of Performance
Full Commitment
A Message to Our
Valued Customers
Environmental Achievements
Future Goals
Message to Our Valued Customers
To our Valued Customers,
In a growing global economy all of our valued customers need to have the ability, when new markets open, wherever it is in the world, to know that the materials they utilize and the products they sell are safe for humans and the environment.
For environmental and health reasons many countries have established standards on the content of restricted materials in products that can be sold. These restricted materials range from heavy metals to pesticides. Some leathers can significantly contribute to the content of restricted chemicals and materials.
At the Irving Leather Group we produce our leather with those needs in mind. We start with proper raw material and use only line processes that do not contribute to these restricted materials. In fact, lab analyses show that our leathers do not even contain measurable amounts of most of these restricted materials.
The Irving Leather Group produces leathers of extremely high quality that we believe can meet both your fashion needs and the environmental and human health standards that are required globally. Furthermore, we at Irving feel that we must achieve these high standards, as it is simply the right thing to do. We at Irving call it responsible stewardship.
If you have any specific questions about our leathers or the global standards used in producing them, please don't hesitate to contact us. We encourage you to visit us at our tannery and corporate offices in Hartland, Maine, USA, to view our environmental policies at work.
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Participant in EPA 33/50 program to reduce toxic chemical releases. Reduction of 83% in 1997, remaining in 81-83% range while production levels have increased by 46% or better |
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Recycling waste materials including office paper and leather scraps into usable alternative products such as key tags and leather board for book binding |
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Internal auditing system for environmental compliance |
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96% reduction in Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) since 1989 |
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92% reduction in Hazardous waste since 1989 |
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70% reduction in Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) since 1992 |
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31% reduction in water use since 1999 |
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25% reduction in fuel consumption over last year |
For more information contact:
Irving Tanning Company
P.O. Box 400, 9 Main Street
Hartland, ME 04943-0400
T: 207-938-4491
F: 207-938-2977
Company contacts:
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* Richard C. Larochelle, Executive Vice President |
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* Michael A. Kuhns , Environmental Engineer |
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Implementation of IS0 14000 standards which will establish Irving as a global leader in environmental compliance; implementation of an internal Environmental Management System ("EMS") |
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Elimination of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) |
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Continued reduction and/or substitution of toxic or hazardous chemicals within tanning facilities |
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Continued reduction, reuse or recycling of various waste streams |
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Identify markets for by-products generated from our manufacturing process |
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Educate and train all employees to be knowledgeable in regards to compliance issues, rules and regulations and our Policy. |