Lately, Burberry got intofive-year partnership with Elvis and Kresse, tol see at least 120 tonnes of leather off cuts from Burberry made into new products designed and sold by Elvis & Kresse.

Elvis & Kresse, a sustainable luxury company creating lifestyle accessories by re-engineering waste material through innovative craftsmanship have received a grant from the Burberry Foundation to support their work. Half of the profits from this range will be donated to charitable causes focused on renewable energy. The remaining half will be reinvested by Elvis & Kresse to expand their work in reducing and reusing waste, protecting the environment and inspiring craftspeople.

It is estimated that each year, at least 800,000 tonnes of leather waste are produced by the global leather industry. In the creation of leather goods, even when patterns are carefully planned to maximise the hide, the process inevitably creates small off cuts. These are high quality, unused, freshly tanned and dyed leather, but fall to the workshop floor as seemingly unusable pieces. Elvis & Kresse has designed a system that transforms these fragments into components, which are then hand woven into a new kind of hide that is unrestricted by size or shape.