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Frequently Asked Questions

No, but we have partnered with Tasman Tanning to create a premium, limited edition Net Carbon Zero leather range. Each hide is sourced from Silver Fern Farms’ Net Carbon Zero By Nature™ programme, ensuring 100% of the end-to-end emissions associated with leather production are absorbed by trees growing on supplying farms. Through this approach, Silver Fern Farms supports and incentivises farmers to protect, restore, and expand native bush and tree plantings, enhancing carbon capture and biodiversity.

The leather is Toitū Envirocare Net Carbon Zero certified to ISO 14067: 2018 standards, ensuring that its full carbon lifecycle - from farm to finished leather - is measured, accounted for, and continuously improved through a reduction plan.

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Silver Fern Farms’ global reputation for premium agricultural ingredients extends beyond the remarkable natural resources of New Zealand farms. Our animals are grass-fed and have the ability to roam and graze freely. Our grass-based system optimises natural resources and uses low-intensity farming practices to minimise environmental impact and match the natural grass growth curve.

‘Net Carbon Zero by Nature’ means that 100 percent of finished leather product emissions have been balanced out by carbon removals via vegetation growing on the farms where the animals were raised. ​ Products are independently certified as Net Carbon Zero against an international (ISO) product standard - Toitū Envirocare, with Silver Fern Farms contracting and purchasing the carbon removals from supplying farmers in a process called “in-setting”. ​

Chief Sustainability & Risk Officer Kate Beddoe says, “What’s unique about Net Carbon Zero By Nature and our farming system is that the certification is achieved by what our farmers do on their own farms to balance-out emissions, rather than by simply purchasing carbon offsets on the open market as is the case for many other carbon zero products. Payments to farmers are then reinvested to boost further native plantings and biodiversity on New Zealand farms.”

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