The purpose of this research is to analyze the literature around the leather tanning industry, based on a systematic review of literature in the SCOPUS database, whose objective was to conceptually analyze sustainability aspects from the content structure, environmental, social aspects and governance. The search equation yielded 785 articles in SCOPUS, which once filtered resulted in a total of 20 articles for in-depth analysis. To visualize the information, the VosViewer tool was used, which made it possible to represent the existing co-citation and co-authorship relationships through clusters. The results show what the background is, the topics of interest for academics, the countries with the longest history of research in the area and the collaborative work networks, as well as the most relevant authors and studies in this field and the impact trends. from the fashion and leather industry about sustainability.