Where we stand
This is the page this whole site exists for. Five criteria, one table, updated as documents arrive. Green means: evidenced, with a named document. Amber means: in work, with an expected date. We will not pretend a tick before the paper exists.
One thing to know about how leather is made: we produce the tanning agent — the finished leather is made by tanneries, and steps like retanning and finishing are theirs. That is why some evidence comes from us (the chemistry) and some must be proven per finished article. The table says which is which, in plain words.
One structural evidence first, before the five rows: Olivenleder is produced only in audited partner tanneries, bound to a written requirements catalogue — excluded substance classes, cross-contamination rules down to vessels and machines, batch documentation and traceability. The table below builds on that foundation.
Our automotive series leather — in series with a European OEM
01 Tanned with clean chemistry
MET
Our tanning agent is 100% biobased and carries none of the excluded EU hazard classes.
Evidence: CLP declaration, wet-green OTP — available
02 Free of bisphenols
OPEN
Our agent introduces none. Proven on the finished leather by lab report — pending for this article.
Evidence: accredited lab report, finished leather — [status/date]
03 Safe on your skin
OPEN
The tanning agent is Dermatest-certified EXCELLENT. The finished-article test is pending.
Evidence: Dermatest (tanning agent) — available · article test — [status/date]
04 Clean air around it
MET*
In series with a European OEM — only possible after passing interior air specifications.
Evidence: chamber test values — citable form in preparation
05 A clean ending
MET
Approved end-of-life path into organic fertiliser, evidenced for this leather.
Evidence: fertiliser approval documentation — [exact document name + date]
Last updated: [Monat Jahr]. This table only moves in one direction: when a document exists.
*Series nomination implies passed OEM interior specifications; citable values in preparation.
Other leathers, other tables
This table describes one specific leather. Other Olivenleder articles get their own table — that is the point. A definition that applies to “a material” in general is not a definition; it applies to an article, with its own documents.