10Dec 2020
Ethics defines the work developed by the European Leather Industry Social Partners
The Social Partners of the European Leather industry met on 10 December 2020 to review the overall results of their joint EU-sponsored project Leather: Social and Environmen...
01Dec 2020
Presented in the successful Final Event held on 1st December, the Leather: Social and Environmental Report 2020 is now available.
Reports:
European Leather Industry - Social and Environmental Report 2020 - EN Industrie Europeenne du Cuir - Rapport Socia...
15Nov 2020
Final SER20 Conference
The Final Conference of the "Leather: Social and Environmental Report 2020" project took place on 1st December. All documents will be posted here soon.
In the meantime, you may check out the videos presenting our SER20 on our Youtub...
01Nov 2020
Leather Industry Open to Engagement with SAC to Address Higg Index Inaccuracies
The coalition of global leather industry bodies, headed by the International Council of Tanners (ICT), welcomes the positive tone and the openness to dialogue expressed by the ...
23Oct 2020
Final Conference - Presentation of the SER 2020
COTANCE and industriAll-Europe will hold the Final Conference of their EU-sponsored "Leather: Social and Environmental Report: 2020" project as an online event on
Tuesday 1st December 2020, 15:00-1...
08Oct 2020
Leather Industry Unites in Call for Higg Index Score for Leather to be Suspended
The global leather industry has formally asked the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) to suspend the score the nonprofit organisation applies to leather in its Higg Materials...
28Sep 2020
15Sep 2020
COTANCE General Assembly re-elects Mr Andreas Kindermann to lead Europe’s Leather industry during this turbulent period of Covid-19
Last Monday 7th of September 2020, COTANCE gathered in Vienna (Austria) for its annual meeting with statutory elections on...
02Sep 2020
Feedback of the European leather industry on the roadmap of the Commission initiative on substantiating environmental claims
European tanners supply leather to the most demanding customers in the luxury, fashion, automotive and home decoration sectors. Lea...
02Sep 2020
On 31 August 2020, the European Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear industries provided the European Commission with their position paper in response to the publication of the new EU Skills Agenda published last July. The document can be downloaded on t...