UPDATE 2-Owner of Timberland, Vans stops buying Brazilian leather as Amazon burns
August 29, 2019 at 11:57 AM EDT
The U.S. parent company of apparel and shoe brands Timberland, Vans and the North Face will no longer buy Brazilian leather, it said on Thursday, as surging forest fires in the Amazon raise questions about how companies are contributing to the destruction of the world's largest rainforest.