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...
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...