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...
23Sep 2024
PRESS RELEASE
European Leather Industry Provides Scientific Evidence in Support of Excluding Leather from the Scope of the EUDR
Milan, September 18, 2024—In a decisive move, the European leather industry presented strong evidence at the 104th Line...
18Sep 2024
PRESS RELEASE
The Leather Traceability Cluster is nearing completion on the standard on essential requirements for leather traceability
What COTANCE called for back in 2022 when the EU adopted the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will soon b...
26Jul 2024
The wider societal role of livestock farming must not be overlooked in the outcomes of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture.
Dear President Von der Leyen,
In a first instance we would like to congratulate on your second term as P...
04Jul 2024
Public Launch of the TCLF SKILLBRIDGE Project
On 5 July 2024, EURATEX together with COTANCE and CEC hosted the TCLF SkillBridge Stakeholder Event, an important step towards forming regional skills partnerships by bringing together various stakeholders from...
21Jun 2024
The Pact for Skills, one of the flagship actions of the European Skills Agenda 2020-2025, aims to mobilise public and private stakeholders to enhance upskilling and reskilling, supporting the green and digital transition. The TCLF Pact for Skills has b...
06Jun 2024
CheMI Manifesto
Together with 300,000 European companies and 14 other European industry associations, COTANCE signs the CheMI Manifesto to advocate for improvements in the EU's chemical regulatory framework affecting the manufacturing industry using chemic...
06Jun 2024
International Council of Tanners Pledges $15,000 to Support New York State Bill on Labelling of Automotive Interiors
United Kingdom – 4th June 2024 – The International Council of Tanners (ICT) is proud to announce a $15,000 donation to support the passage ...
04Jun 2024
TCLF Joint Statement on European Elections
On June 4, 2024, the European Commission’s DG GROW hosted a stakeholder event for the TCLF sectors to discuss updates on some of the key initiatives of the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles, the ...