20Dec 2024
Industry Leaders Rally Behind The Joint Statement on Durability Metrics in PEFCR for Apparel & Footwear
The Joint Statement on Durability in the A&F PEFCR has achieved a major milestone, gaining significant traction with new signatories joining the...
18Dec 2024
Livestock Gains Recognition: European Parliament Establishes Intergroup on Sustainable Livestock
Brussels, December 17, 2024 – The European Parliament officially established the Intergroup on Sustainable Livestock, marking a significant step forwa...
18Nov 2024
European and Mercosur business associations ask swift conclusion of EU-Mercosur FTA
Brussels, 18 November 2024 – In a joint call from both sides of the Atlantic, 79 business associations representing a diverse array of industries from the EU and Mercosur ...
14Nov 2024
Uniting for Truth: Leather is not a driver of deforestation!
Geneva, November 13, 2024 – The leather industry participated at the UNECE high-level Deforestation-Free Trade Dialogue held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event brought together repr...
13Nov 2024
Matching Education to Industry needs: MetaSkills4TCLF Project Paves the Way for Green and Digital Innovation in TCLF
On November 6th and 7th, representatives from the private and public entities in 11 European countries — Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, ...
04Nov 2024
French tanner Klaus Folberth passes away
COTANCE mourns the loss of Mr Klaus Arno Folberth. Together with his Italian and Spanish colleagues, Adolfo Mattirolo (MESI, IT) and Silvino Navarro (INCUSA, ES), he managed the rebirth of the Europea...
23Oct 2024
A&F PEFCR - Statement on Durability
The undersigned members of the Technical Secretariat of the PEFCR on Apparel & Footwear hereby voice their concerns to their peers and to the European Commission regarding the dysfunctions that the currently adop...
17Oct 2024
25 Years of Partnership: Shaping the Future of the Leather Industry through EU Social Dialogue
As COTANCE and industriAll-Europe celebrate 25 years of social partnership, we confidently look toward the future through our ongoing work at the Sectoral Social...
16Oct 2024
A Manifesto for Leather on the occasion of COP29: Buy better, buy less, buy leather.
Consumption is one of the key drivers for man-made climate change. Consumers are driven to want more, buy more and ultimately discard more and more products, ma...
06Oct 2024
COTANCE joins the global celebrations of the World Day for Decent Work
On October 7th, COTANCE joins the global celebrations of the World Day for Decent Work.
For European Tanneries, a safe and healthy working environment is not just...