COSM™
What is COSM™
What is COSM™
COSM™ (Creation of Sustainable Materials) is a business unit in ISA group, which specializes in the development and production of additional sustainable products alongside the group’s LITE leather production. All COSM™ products are made by following our LITE manufacturing processes minimizing carbon footprint, water and chemical consumption.
COSM™ Materials
Made by up to 100%
biobased content
biobased content
An additional sustainable
option alongside leather
option alongside leather
Made from mushroom and
other plant based materials
Biodegradable
Circular products
What makes COSM™ materials special?
What makes COSM™ materials special?
- The products will create a low impact on the environment and will be a complementary material to leather
- No additional chemicals are used in raw material farming
- The mushrooms are farmed on wood chips and rice husk
- Mushrooms unsuitable for human consumption are used for the production
- Only dehydrated mushrooms are transported to our TTL production facility reducing CO2 impact
- Mushrooms are an amazing fast renewable natural organism. Due to its rapid growth, its feedstock availability is almost unlimited
Our Materials
Our Materials
HyphaLite™ TC is the first product launched under COSM™. HyphaLite™, composed of two individual words: Hypha, from the modern Latin hyphae, is a structural element of fungi (Mushrooms) and Lite, known in the leather industry for our LITE system, minimizing carbon footprint, water, and chemical consumption.
- 100% biobased*
- An alternative to petro-chemical based synthetics
- Biodegradable
- RSL Compliant
*Results from test method ASTM D6866-21
- Developed by our COSM™ business unit, NatraLite rounds out our plant based collection
- NatraLite is available in white, which is perfect for athletic applications
- Developed by our COSM™ business unit, TerraLite offers a similar look to felted wool which is lightweight and breathable
- Available with solid color or TerraLite Antique