04Jun 2025

Press Release: European Parliament Becomes the Stage for Explaining Leather: Industry Declares—Leather is Not a Driver of Deforestation!
3 June, 2025Brussels
The European Parliament became the global stage for the European leather industry to deliver a cl...
28May 2025

COTANCE contribution to the Public Consultations initiative: EU rules to minimise deforestation & forest degradation – amendment of Annex I to the Deforestation Regulation
12 May, 2025
Brussels
Feedback reference - F3550979
The Conf...
20May 2025

EU Green Week: Leather - A Natural Choice for the Circular Economy
Leather – A Natural Choice for the Circular Economy - COTANCE Partner Event | EU Green Week 2025
Date: 11 June 2025Time: 14:30 CESTLocation: Brussels (by invitations on...
12May 2025

From Heritage to Innovation: METASKILLS4TCLF Builds Skills for Tomorrow’s TCLF Industries
On 6–7 May, partners from Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Spain, and Ukraine gathered in Pirmasens, Germany, a city renown...
08May 2025
COTANCE meets DG ENV to discuss the future of European leather
On 8 May, the COTANCE Presidency met with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (DG ENV) to present leather’s circular economy role & discuss key EU files: ESPR, WFD, PEF.
The COTANCE Presidency ...
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

Women in Tanneries: Special Womens’ 2nd Edition - Full Interviews
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....
14Mar 2025

COTANCE at APLF 2025 – Hong Kong
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, Braz...
28Feb 2025

Amici per la Pelle highlights the younger generation’s passion for leather
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 possibiliti...