{"id":12463,"date":"2025-06-19T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/royal-smit-zoon-presents-drops-of-difference\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:58:16","slug":"royal-smit-zoon-presents-drops-of-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/royal-smit-zoon-presents-drops-of-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Smit &amp; Zoon presents \u201cDrops of Difference\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"articleWrapper _hero-content-wrapper\" id=\"top\">\n<div class=\"articleContent _hero-content-body\">\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iunlq0\">Royal Smit &amp; Zoon, a recognized sustainability leader in the leather industry, has just presented&nbsp;\u2018Drops of Difference\u2019,&nbsp;its\u2019 new Sustainability Strategy for 2030. Aiming for transparency, accountability and delivering meaningful impact, the Sustainability Strategy 2030 lays out a clear and structured plan to guide the company in fulfilling our mission of&nbsp; \u2018creating a sustainable leather value chain, together\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iunm30\"><b>Guiding ESG efforts towards 2030<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iunmk0\">Drops of Difference builds on the solid foundation of the company\u2019s ESG Roadmap 2025, reinforcing Royal Smit &amp; Zoon\u2019s commitment to embedding sustainability at the heart of its business. Structured around four key pillars: Society, Solutions, Operations, and People, this strategy outlines the next step in the company\u2019s journey to accelerate positive transformation across the leather industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iunms0\">The strategy was developed based on thorough stakeholder engagement and is aligned with international standards. Moreover, it contributes to global frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With 14 clearly defined goals for 2030, it focuses on driving industry transformation, delivering sustainable solutions, and leveraging Royal Smit &amp; Zoon\u2019s role as a world-class manufacturer, responsible business partner, and employer of choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iunns0\">&nbsp;\u201cThis strategy &#8211; CEO Marc Smit explains &#8211;&nbsp; is not just about meeting targets, it\u2019s about&nbsp;translating our legacy of responsibility and forward thinking into transformative action across the entire leather value chain. Drops of Difference provides a focused and actionable plan, helping us realize our mission of creating a sustainable leather value chain, together. Our Sustainability Strategy 2030 responds to the urgency of global challenges such as climate change, focuses our efforts where we can make the biggest impact, and turns ambitions into meaningful progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image _fit-frame-height-to-content\" data-tap-fullscreen=\"\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3igopq0\">\n<div doc-image=\"image\" doc-link=\"hyperlink\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/127761-127760.png'); display: block; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 42.5946%; background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div><figcaption doc-editable=\"caption\">&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image _fit-frame-height-to-content\" data-tap-fullscreen=\"\" data-component-id=\"doc-1iu3iluqh0\">\n<div doc-image=\"image\" doc-link=\"hyperlink\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/127761-127759.png'); display: block; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 38.75%; background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div><figcaption doc-editable=\"caption\"><i>Marc Smit (CEO) and&nbsp; Aukje Berden (Global ESG Director)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch leather chemicals company&#8217;s ambitious new 2030 sustainability strategy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news-arstannery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arsutoriastudio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}