Cork Vegan Leather Belts (from Portugal)

Corkor is a Portuguese fashion brand, which makes beautiful cork belts, which look and feel like leather. Cork is stripped from the bark, so no trees are cut down.

And keeping the cork industry alive (in a world of plastic wine corks) helps to keep forests intact, to stop them being chopped down to build glass buildings.

Why Choose Vegan Leather Belts?

Leather is not a by-product of the meat industry. Most leather goods are made in the Far East, an area with little or no animal welfare laws, and not good human rights welfare either. It takes 17,000 litres of fresh water to make 1kg of leather, with 80% tanned with chrome that is toxic to tannery workers.

As well as not harming animals or polluting the world with tanning chemicals, these brands are also more ethical, ensuring workers are treated and paid well. Some use innovative ‘fruit leathers’ (made with apple or pineapple waste, blended with quality Microfibers).