Assembly General of COTANCE in Pompeii
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 09:56
COTANCE meets in Pompeii
COTANCE’s 2009 Assembly General and Council took place on June 5 in Pompeii, at the site’s “Auditorium degli Scavi”. The encounter offered the opportunity to visit the ancient Roman tannery in the archaeological site that was recently restored thanks to UNIC (Unione Nazionale Industria Conciaria), COTANCE’s Italian member.
Representatives of 12 national Leather Trade Associations responded to the convocation of COTANCE President, Nalle Johansson (ELMO, Sweden).
The agenda included the unprecedented crisis that is hitting the sector and the strategies that need to be adopted for its economic recovery, including recent and future European regulations, notably in the area of the protection of the environment, as well as their impact on the sector’s companies.
Uniting in front of the economic crisis
Monday, 02 February 2009 11:15
COTANCE calls on the Leather Value Chain in Europe to unite in front of the economic crisis and on authorities to support the industry
On 30 January 2009 the representatives of the leather industry from Italy (UNIC), Spain (CEC-FECUR), France (FFTM), United Kingdom (UKLF), Germany (VDL), Portugal (APIC), the Netherlands (FNL), Sweden (SG) and Switzerland (VSG) met in Milan under the Chairmanship of Mr Nalle Johansson (ELMO Leather, Sweden) for their early year COTANCE Council Session.
They reviewed the state of the leather trade concluding that after a relatively positive first semester in 2008, the year has ended with a severe contraction in demand for leather. With orders down 20-40% in the last quarter of 2008, European Tanners are constraint to adjust their operations in terms of output and costs. The economic slowdown at global level and the recession in some countries is adversely affecting leather markets. An improvement of the leather trade is not in sight before the third quarter of 2009.
Social and Environmental Reporting
Thursday, 27 November 2008 11:49
A new Social project for the European Leather Industry (2008-2009)
On 27 November, the European social partners, COTANCE and ETUF:TCL, held the Kick-off meeting of their new common Social project. Indeed, in June 2008 they signed the Framework Agreement on Social (and Environmental) Reporting and decided that this Common standard needed to be:
1. translated in all Community languages
2. promoted in the industry in all Member States
3. tested by the sector’s Companies
In the course of this EU-sponsored project, which started on 1st November 2008 and will last one year, the Framework Agreement will be translated in the various EU languages and provided to the sector’s companies, of which the majority are SME’s, together with a Template to make it easier for them to draft their Social Report and Environmental Declaration on a voluntary basis.
The Framework Agreement will also be printed in a multi-lingual (4-5 languages to be decided) handy brochure as a dissemination tool for the sector’s SME’s so that the most dynamic sector’s companies can provide it to their stakeholders along with their own company Report.
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