Euroleather

COTANCE President Kindermann in Brussels for defending leather authenticity On Thursday 5 July 2018, COTANCE President Andreas Kindermann (Wollsdorf Leather, Austria) was received by DG GROW Director Slawomir Tokarski for addressing the state of play of th...

 Blueprint “Skills4Smart TCLF 2030” Second Partners’ Meeting: Looking for Excellence in VET At a time when youth unemployment, ageing-workforce and skills shortage become some of the major challenges facing the Textile, Clothing, Leather, and Fo...

Andreas Kindermann becomes President of COTANCE in Verona   Austrian Andreas Kindermann, CEO of Wollsdorf Leather, was unanimously elected by his peers as President of COTANCE at the General Assembly that took place on 29 May in Verona (Italy). Mr Ki...

The WORTH project makes the leather sector its priority COTANCE calls for candidates in the leather sector to take advantage of the promotional (and financial) opportunities offered by the WORTH Project. The European Commission has launched the second cal...

Leather Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules officially approved Brussels, 19 April 2018 On 18 April 2018, the Leather Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (Leather PEFCR) were officially approved by the Environmental Footprint Steerin...

Joint Statement of the EU Social Partners of the leather industry on EU-Mercosur FTA negotiations COTANCE and industriAll-Europe reviewed the state of play of EU-Mercosur negotiations in their Social Dialogue meeting of 27 February 2018. They understand th...

Industry statement on ECHA REF-4 REACH-EN-FORCE project press statement   COTANCE lines up with other sectors for defending the reputation of leather - download the joint statement here. Leather is perfectly safe when produced by responsible tanners...

A Blueprint to Revitalise Skills and Jobs in the TCLF Sectors in Europe   The need to anticipate and enhance adequate skills and learning methods as well as to attract and qualify workers has brought together 21 public and private stakeholders of the...

The Council of COTANCE requests the European Commission to use its power of legislative initiative for regulating leather authenticity labelling in the EU market The representatives of the Italian, Spanish, French, British, German, Portuguese, Austrian and...

In Igualada (9 June 2017), the COTANCE Council adopted a position statement on certifications of leather. The document is available for download.