Sustainability research in the leather industry: A critical review of progress and opportunities for future research

Sustainability research continues to receive significant attention in academia, service and manufacturing industries. In a industry like leather, has played role accelerating the adoption of sustainable practices. As operations attainment itself is deemed journey rather than destination, synthesising present could assist forging future paths ahead. Hence, this study aims identify trends opportunities for sustainability leather industry. This achieved through comprehensive literature review peer-reviewed journal articles related Key findings include increase triple bottom line studies past four years compared previous 15 combined. Contrary prevailing notions, there more developing/emerging country contexts developed contexts. While it not surprising that economic environmental sustainability-related dominate, social found be mostly skewed towards health safety themes while other relevant such as diversity inclusion are under-researched. Results from can guide researchers on facilitate understanding managers key areas focus • Leather dominated by context. Trend shows an increasing shift concurrent research. Social should extend beyond themes.