SPOTLIGHT ON The Seven Hills Collection
ADVANCING CIRCULARITY THROUGH LOCAL COLLABORATION
The Seven Hills Collection exemplifies Moore & Giles’ commitment to circular design by transforming local waste into lasting value.
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 40–45% of global byproduct hides from the meat industry are discarded each year. ReFED estimates that the approximate 134 million hides wasted annually contribute over 40 million tons of CO ₂ e emissions. When Moore & Giles learned that Seven Hills Food Company, a local meat processor, was sending hides to the landfill, we saw an opportunity to create a solution to our global waste crisis from our own backyard and took action. Partnering with Horween Leather Company in Chicago and Hermann Oak Leather in St. Louis — one of the nation’s oldest vegetable tanneries — we became a bridge between the source and the solution. We established a supply chain that diverts these hides from waste streams and brings new life into them through traditional vegetable tanning methods, repurposing them into lasting leather heirlooms through our Seven Hills line.
As of Dec. 2024, we diverted approximately 1,795 hides from Seven Hills Meat Co. By diverting this waste through this program, we saved 582.35 metric tons of CO2e from being released into the local atmosphere. Explore the Seven Hills Collection and more about the story here.
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