15Apr 2025
Press Release: African Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) Joins the Leather Traceability Cluster
Brussels, 11 April 2025 - The Leather Traceability Cluster (LTC) is proud to welcome the African Leather and Leather Products Institute (...
10Apr 2025
Press Release: COTANCE Withdraws from A&F PEFCR Technical Secretariat, Warning: “Durability Metrics Penalise Natural Materials and send wrong signals in an ecodesign framework”
Brussels, 9 April 2025 - COTANCE officially announced its withdrawal from t...
19Mar 2025
March is all about celebrating women—their strength, their ambition, and their impact. After the overwhelming success of our March 2024 edition, we knew we had to make this a tradition. This year, we’re back, diving deeper into the untold stories of the inc...
14Mar 2025
March 11, 2025: ahead of APLF 2025, COTANCE attended the International Council of Tanners (ICT) meeting, uniting national associations from Europe (UK, Italy, France, Spain), the USA, Türkiye, China, Japan, Brazil, Africa and beyond. Key discussions c...
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 ...