A Skills Council for the EU Leather Industry
Launch of the first European Sector Council on Education Training & Employment
in the Textile Clothing and Leather
On 6th December 2011 in Brussels was launched the first European Sectoral Council on Education Training & Employment in front of International and European Representatives.
• A first sectoral initiative fully in line with the Europe 2020 strategy to bridge the SKILLS gaps and to create more and better jobs in Textile Clothing and Leather industries throughout the EU
• High level of involvement: a network steered by the EU Social partners and covering more than 27 countries and with more than 400 entities involved
Towards the first European Social and Environmental Report
COTANCE and ETUF:TCL kick off the third phase of the “Social and Environmental Reporting in the Leather Industry” initiative
The European Social Partners of the Leather industry, COTANCE and ETUF:TCL, represented by their respective chief executives, Mr. Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano and Mr. Luc Triangle, met on 6 December 2011 in Brussels in order to kick off their EU sponsored project on Social and Environmental Reporting in the European leather sector.
This project is the third phase of a 3-phase cycle whereby the EU social partners of the leather industry implement the Framework Agreement on Social and Environmental Reporting adopted in 2008.
The activities foresee the development of a new set of national reports and the generation of the first European report on the European leather industry’s social and green credentials.
With this exercice, the social partners of the European leather industry set a new milestone for good governance in the global leather industry, underscoring the principle of continuous progress for a sustainable development.
Update on the project will be posted on the dedicated website:
http://www.euroleather.com/socialreporting/
Brussels, 6 December 2011
Guido Vergani Award
Italian “Guido Vergani” award for Andrea Guolo
The famous Italian “Guido Vergani” award for the reporter of the year 2011 went to Andrea Guolo, longstanding journalist of the Italian Magazine MdP La Conceria. The official ceremony took place on Saturday, November 26 in Milan where the editor of Corriere della Sera, Ferruccio De Bortoli, and the president of the group Reporters Lombardi, Rosi Brandi handed over the award.
Andrea Guolo, journalist of the Italian Leather industry magazine MdP La Conceria, was honored Saturday, November 26th in Milan (Press Club) as the winner of the award "Reporter of the Year 2011", dedicated to the memory of Guido Vergani. The award celebrates the author of a series of reports published by the weekly magazine MdP La Conceria on toxic shoes sold in stores in Milan's Chinatown.
The award was presented by the director of the Corriere della Sera, Ferruccio De Bortoli (Jury President) and the president of the group of Lombardian Reporters, Rosi Brandi.
"Poison Shoes," it said in its citation. "In the heart of Milan's Chinatown shops, displayed and sold for a few euros where “made in Italy” is fake and fake is the leather. Real is only the content of hexavalent chromium, a highly toxic substance for those who come into contact. The investigation, in the tradition of investigative journalism, results in seizures and complaints, but especially in the unveiling of the terrible threats of fakes and that the price dumping policies can lead to health risks in unaware consumers. The report by Andrea Guolo embodies the rigor of a reporter and demonstrates once more the inescapable social function of journalism and research related to the facts. "
For the author it is the third award of 2011, after the award "Goose Pen", ranked first in the publishing industry (with Gian Omar Bison), for the book "Men and Meat. A journey where the food is born "(publisher Franco Angeli), and after being a finalist for the award" Communicating corporate conscience "with a chapter of" Mafia in the pot ", dedicated to wine Centopassi and titled" The Mafia goes, the wine remains".
Bologna, November 28, 2011
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