10Feb 2025
PRESS RELEASE
Closing the Skills Gap: AEQUALIS4TCLF Partners Unite to Strenghten TCLF Education
On the 4th and 5th of February, representatives from 19 industry organisations, universities, and VET providers from Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Finla...
04Feb 2025
Brussels, February 4, 2025 - We are pleased to welcome Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF)—a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable raw materials—as a co-signatory of the Joint Statement on Durability in the Apparel & Footw...
16Jan 2025
The Cotton Industry joins as new co-signatories of our Joint Statement on Durability in A&F PEFCR
Brussels, January 23, 2025 - we are thrilled to welcome the National Spanish Cotton Organization (Centro Algodonero Nacional - C...
08Jan 2025
SFA and CCMI Join the Joint Statement on Durability in A&F PEFCR
We are pleased to announce that the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA), the world’s first global organisation dedicated to cashmere sustainability, and the Cashmere and Camel hair Manufactu...
20Dec 2024
Industry Leaders Rally Behind The Joint Statement on Durability Metrics in PEFCR for Apparel & Footwear
The Joint Statement on Durability in the A&F PEFCR has achieved a major milestone, gaining significant traction with new signatories joining the...
18Dec 2024
Livestock Gains Recognition: European Parliament Establishes Intergroup on Sustainable Livestock
Brussels, December 17, 2024 – The European Parliament officially established the Intergroup on Sustainable Livestock, marking a significant step forwa...
14Nov 2024
Uniting for Truth: Leather is not a driver of deforestation!
Geneva, November 13, 2024 – The leather industry participated at the UNECE high-level Deforestation-Free Trade Dialogue held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The event brought together repr...
13Nov 2024
Matching Education to Industry needs: MetaSkills4TCLF Project Paves the Way for Green and Digital Innovation in TCLF
On November 6th and 7th, representatives from the private and public entities in 11 European countries — Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, ...
04Nov 2024
French tanner Klaus Folberth passes away
COTANCE mourns the loss of Mr Klaus Arno Folberth. Together with his Italian and Spanish colleagues, Adolfo Mattirolo (MESI, IT) and Silvino Navarro (INCUSA, ES), he managed the rebirth of the Europea...
23Oct 2024
A&F PEFCR - Statement on Durability
The undersigned members of the Technical Secretariat of the PEFCR on Apparel & Footwear hereby voice their concerns to their peers and to the European Commission regarding the dysfunctions that the currently adop...