30Mar 2023
Towards sustainable and competitive TCLF industries with decent jobs in Southeast Europe
European social partners sign a joint declaration and affirm their commitment to jointly support sustainable, competitive TCLF industries with decent working condition...
10Mar 2023
OEKO-TEX® adds its signature to the COTANCE initiative on Traceability Schemes’ alignment
The signature process continues with OEKO-TEX® formalising its participation in the joint exercise of alignment of Traceability certification schemes. Carolin Franitz...
28Feb 2023
LWG, SLF and ICEC sign at Lineapelle the Terms of Reference of the COTANCE initiative of alignment of Leather Traceability Schemes
The COTANCE initiative on alignment of Leather Traceability Schemes was launched at the last Lineapelle Fair, back in Septemb...
27Feb 2023
LEATECH at Lineapelle: COTANCE presented the First International Masters’ Programme for the tanning industry where the World’s leather sector meets
COTANCE Secretary General, Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano, spread the Word about LEATECH at Lineapelle, the Word’s...
20Feb 2023
COTANCE is sad to convey the passing of Ursula Mandenoff, a key person in COTANCE throughout her 44-year career in the leather industry. Mrs Mandenoff was COTANCE's French representative from the very first day in 1969 to the beginning of the new millenium....
07Nov 2022
Earth’s Legacy - A Place for Leather
The undersigned representatives of the global leather industry are united in our conviction that natural materials, such as leather, have a vital role to play in addressing the challenges of climate change. Leather is...
24Sep 2022
Social Partners and Steering Committee hold first meeting in Milan
23 September 2022
This week, the steering group for the new EU funded social dialogue project, Green Deal Leather (GDL) met in Milan to kick off the project with affiliates from Austria, F...
23Sep 2022
COTANCE offers a meeting point to leather sector certification bodies for discussing standardisation of core requirements for traceability
Transparency and Traceability catch increasing attention in the leather market, as legislation and customer requests ...
22Sep 2022
Statement on the EP vote of 13 September 2022 on the exclusion of Leather in the EU proposed legislation to curb Deforestation
A divided European Parliament on excluding leather from the proposed EU rules on Deforestation
The European Parliament voted on ...
16Sep 2022
In the majority of Member States, the adequacy of minimum wage is insufficient and/or there are gaps in the coverage of minimum wage protection, even though minimum wage protection exists in all EU Member States, either by legislative provisions (“statutory...