I.CE.C - Institute of Quality Certification for the Leather Sector

The reference for leather sector certifications

Certification of companies’ sustainability


Certification applicable to

  • c - Tanneries

The ICEC certification is issued to tanneries that are certified in the environmental, ethical-social, economic and product areas.

The attestation can be issued to the companies which write and display to ICEC a specific synthetic document called “Sustainability bill or policy”, where they describe their commitment to sustainability, based on the certifications in their possession. All the companies which obtained this attestation are in the certified companies database.

 

AREA 1 - Environmental sustainability

  • ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISO 14001)
  • EMAS (environmental declaration according to EU Reg. 1221/2009)  
  • ECO-LEATHER (UNI11427 Leather with a low environmental impact)
  • PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS

AREA 2 - Ethic and social sustainability

  • UNIC CODE OF CONDUCT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 
  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISO 45001)

AREA 3 - Product and economic sustainability

  • QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ISO 9001)
  • MADE IN ITALY OF LEATHER PRODUCTION (EN 16484)  
  • MADE IN ITALY OF PRODUCT REALIZATION (I.E. OF LEATHER GOODS, FOOTWEAR)
  • PRODUCT  (FINISHED LEATHER) CONFORM TO UNI TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION/ CUSTOMER'S STANDARDS (i.e. UNI 10594 for footwear, UNI 10826 for leather goods)
  • TRACEABILITY OF RAW MATERIALS (LEATHERS) (ICEC TS_SC410, ICEC TS_PC412)
  • TRACEABILITY OF PRODUCTS (ICEC TS_PM414)
  • TANNING SECTOR LABORATORIES (ICEC TS_406).  

As an alternative to the above, the Trademark is issued in the face of the following two circumstances, which must both be cumulatively present:

the adoption by the company of a "Disciplinary", agreed with ICEC, which describes the certification process undertaken by the company in all three areas of environmental sustainability (AREA 1), ethical-social (AREA 2) economic and product (AREA 3);
the achievement, by the company, of the ICEC certification of the "Disciplinary" in order to verify that it has been effectively implemented.