 Over twenty years ago
Trevor Palmer qualified from the Cordwainers Technical
College, London, and embarked on an exciting career
learning all aspects of the leather goods trade. Overseas
work advising companies from as far afield as Outer
Mongolia to Trinidad created an affinity with a variety
of people and cultures. Having worked with high volume
manufacturers in the Far East and with organisations in
some of the most under developed parts of the world,
Trevor felt that the powers of big business and
commercial forces were doing little to improve the
working environment, not only for the labour directly
involved in manufacturing the leather goods but for those
unfortunate enough to reside and work the land in the
vicinities of the tanneries. This is due to the
ever-increasing need to produce competitive leather which
prohibits the tanneries from using safe treatments and
from investing in efficient effluent systems to protect
the environment and those employed in the processing. During the past eighteen years Trevor has
taken on several voluntary advisory assignments helping
organisations in a number of countries to further the
concept of sustainable development in the leather goods
sector. Unfortunately, due to a medical condition,
Trevor's freedom to travel is now restricted so he has
developed the Globaleather product range in conjunction
with organisations that he has worked with and which
support proper training, ethical employment practices and
help improve local capabilities. The enhancement of the
quality of life of the communities involved with the
manufacture of Globaleather products is central to the
company's philosophy.
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