15Jul 2025
EU Green Week: Leather - A Natural Choice for the Circular Economy
The process of transforming raw hides into finished leather deserves to be studied at Harvard as a business case of circular innovation. By upcycling less than 1% of the animal’s econom...
08Jul 2025
Associations come together urging the European Commission to include the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in its 2025 simplification agenda
16 associations from across sectors unfairly affected by the regulation are urging the European Commission to...
07Jul 2025
COTANCE, EURATEX & CEC Submit Joint Statement on Quality Jobs in TCLF to the European Commission
The EU TCLF Social Partners — CEC, COTANCE and EURATEX — are submitting this written contribution to European Commission Vice-Pres...
03Jul 2025
TCLF Sectors United in Dialogue: COTANCE Raises Leather Industry Position at EU Social Dialogue Committee
Brussels, 3 July 2025 — Employers' and workers' representatives of Europe’s Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (TCLF) industries gathered in...
30Jun 2025
Why Leather Matters in a Sustainable Future
The choices we make as consumers, especially regarding the materials used in the products we buy, have a significant impact on the environment. Leather represents a sustainable consumption option, as it aligns wi...
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 ...