09Jul 2020

The Textile-Clothing-Leather-Footwear partnership issues a Joint Declaration on the economic impact of Covid-19 in their sectors.Read the document here.
10Jun 2020

In Italy, last Thursday 28 May 2020, the Council of Ministers approved the long-awaited Decree protecting the term “leatherâ€. The new law imposes a ban on the deceptive use of the term “leather†(“pelle†e “cuoio†in Italian language) when a...
31Mar 2020

Europe’s Leather Industry mourns the loss of Silvino Navarro
Silvino Navarro Vidal was one of the two faces of Spain’s leather industry in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Andrés Colomer, in Vic brought the Spanish sheepskin sector to reign over World marke...
30Mar 2020

New training programmes for the futures TCLF occupations soon to be ready under “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprintâ€
30 March 2020
Skills intelligence and upskilling are essential to support and boost the European economy during times of rapi...
25Feb 2020

COTANCE and UECBV deepen their dialogue in a successful 2nd encounter Europe’s tanners and Livestock & Meat Traders met on February 20, 2020, the second day of Lineapelle in a follow up meeting of the first encounter between the two sectors held in th...
05Dec 2019

The partnership of the EU Social Dialogue “SER 20†project gets ready to analyse data for their 2020 Social & Environmental Report
The Steering Committee of the SER 20 project that aims at the production of the 2020 Social & Environment...
03Dec 2019

All together to revitalise skills and jobs in Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear sectors
"The university is traditionally the place to educate students and develop knowledge, but today it serves as a hub for connecting people: students with co...
16Oct 2019

Partners of the hides, skins and leather value chain agree on traceability objectives
Last 2nd of October 2019, ahead of the UNIC SER 2020 Workshop focussing on tanners' raw materials, representatives of the hides & skins supply side and of t...
30Aug 2019

COTANCE will support its customers to achieve the ambitions of the Fashion Pact submitted to the intention of the G7 leaders in Biarritz
COTANCE, the representative body of the European leather industry, welcomes the sustainability ambitions described in t...