“I have been vegetarian for 20 years, but leather is all right”, speaks out Ana Vasconcelos (Belcinto leather goods)

“I have been vegetarian for 20 years, yet my company makes use of leather. In fact, no material is more sustainable than leather, which comes from scraps of food meat. Conversely, I do not want to make use of materials that derive from petroleum”. Such is the remark made by Ana Vasconcelos, vice-president of Portugal’s…