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. Leather products play an essential role in consumers’ every-day lives.
COTANCE, as umbrella organisation of the European tanning industry
welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to regulate the area of environmental claims and the opportunity to engage on the legislative proposal on substantiating green claims
supports the objective to move towards a more harmonised approach for providing consumers with relevant, reliable and comparable environmental information, increasing simplification and reducing administrative burdens, especially for SMEs.
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