Leather Traceability Cluster meets in Milan
The Leather Traceability Cluster, led by Cotance, took stock of one year of activities on the first day of the Lineapelle trade show in Milan, Italy. Read More...
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Spin360 signs agreement for LCA Simulator software certification
Spin360 has signed an agreement with ICEC, the Certification Institute for the Leather Sector, and Italprogetti for the certification of the Spin360 LCA Simulator software. Read More...
Oeko-Tex adds signature to Cotance traceability agreement
Swiss-headquartered leather and textile labelling and certification association Oeko-Tex has signed and formalised its participation in the Leather Traceability Cluster, led by Cotance. Read More...
Talking Point: Ensuring a uniform methodology for LCAs
ILM asked a small cross section of leather industry figures the following: “If measuring the lifecycle of leathermaking via a life cycle assessment (LCA) is important for understanding its environmental impact, how can the industry ensure that a uniform methodology and a standard protocol are created so that each stakeholder is providing the same data?” Read More...
Italian Tanners’ Association UNIC and ICEC partner with WWF
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) makes further inroads into the leather industry following the announcement of a strategic partnership with UNIC Italian Tanneries and the Italian Quality Certification Institute for the Leather Sector (ICEC).
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Dani achieves double certification for traceability and ethical commitments
The Italian tanning and processing group has achieved two milestones in terms of traceability of raw materials, reliability of processing, ethical commitment and environmental sustainability. These certifications make Dani both the first tannery in the world to be certified according to the international standard ISO 17033 regarding ethical claims, as well as one of the very few Italian companies to be certified according to the technical specification ICEC TS SC 410 regarding the traceability of the supply chain of raw hides.
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UNIC presents 2020 Sustainability Report
The Italian Tanners’ Association, UNIC, has presented its latest Sustainability Report for the Italian tanning industry.
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Faeda tannery awarded ICEC certification
The Italian tanning Group, which has recently inaugurated its new headquarters, has obtained the Italian Institute of Quality Certification for the Leather Sector certification (ICEC) for products with reduced environmental impact.
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A message from Inner Mongolia
Hidden away from the metropolis and untouched by the hustle of the fast pace of life, there is a land with the most desirable lambskins in the world - Inner Mongolia holds the key to unlocking the potential of Chinese domestic lambskins. It has more than 880,000 sq km of natural grassland for farming within the Inner Mongolia area, three times larger than the land mass of Great Britain.
Read More...ICEC and NWF partner to assess leathers and hides from the Amazon
Italy’s Institute of Quality Certification for the Leather Sector (ICEC) and the U.S. based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) have partnered to develop a complete supply chain assessment of leathers and hides originated from the Brazilian Amazon.
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