28Feb 2025
If you attended Lineapelle but missed the ‘Amici per la Pelle’ contest, you truly missed something special! It was the place to witness the passion and endless possibilities of leather while finding inspiration in the creativity of the next genera...
24Feb 2025
Leather Biodegradability: A Key to Sustainable Fashion
We often hear about massive floating "islands" of plastic polluting our oceans. But have you ever wondered why leather is never a part of that conversation?
One simple reason: leather is a natural, bi...
20Feb 2025
The Leather Traceability Cluster endorses Industry-Wide Draft Standard
The Leather Traceability Cluster (LTC) has officially endorsed the essential traceability requirements developed by ICEC, Sustainable Leather Foundation, OEKO-TEX®, and Leather ...
10Feb 2025
PRESS RELEASE
Closing the Skills Gap: AEQUALIS4TCLF Partners Unite to Strenghten TCLF Education
On the 4th and 5th of February, representatives from 19 industry organisations, universities, and VET providers from Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Finla...
04Feb 2025
Brussels, February 4, 2025 - We are pleased to welcome Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF)—a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable raw materials—as a co-signatory of the Joint Statement on Durability in the Apparel & Footw...
30Jan 2025
Press Release: IULTCS, ICHSLTA & WHL new signatories of the Joint Statement on durability in the A&F PEFCR
Brussels, January 30, 2025 - We are proud to announce that the International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies ...
28Jan 2025
Leading by Example: European Leather Industry Demonstrates Safety, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility at ILO International Workshop (Press Release)
Turin, Italy, January 28, 2025 – From January 27–28, 2025, the ITC-ILO Turin Campus became ...
16Jan 2025
The Cotton Industry joins as new co-signatories of our Joint Statement on Durability in A&F PEFCR
Brussels, January 23, 2025 - we are thrilled to welcome the National Spanish Cotton Organization (Centro Algodonero Nacional - C...
08Jan 2025
SFA and CCMI Join the Joint Statement on Durability in A&F PEFCR
We are pleased to announce that the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA), the world’s first global organisation dedicated to cashmere sustainability, and the Cashmere and Camel hair Manufactu...
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...