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Leather UK announces labelling initiative for leather goods

Published: January 10, 2023

Leather UK has announced the “Leather for Life” Swing Tag Project, a labelling initiative for British made leather goods.

Results announced for sustainable chemistry project

Published: November 21, 2022

Darmstadt University held a webinar to announce the results of its five-year sustainable leather chemistry research project.

Imports focus of next REACH enforcement project

Published: November 17, 2022

The Enforcement Forum of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has agreed that the next REACH enforcement project will investigate imports of all types of goods.

Quarter of substances in waste found non-compliant with REACH

Published: November 9, 2022

A pilot REACH enforcement project has found that one in four substances recovered from waste were non-compliant.

Dercosa launches circularity project with Formación Senegal

Published: November 8, 2022

Spanish split leather tanner Dercosa has launched a project to support local women in Senegal and Spain and repurpose surplus material.

TCLF partners meet for sustainability discussions

Published: October 28, 2022

Partners of an EU social dialogue project met in Bucharest on October 25 and 26 to discuss the challenges of the EU Sustainable Textiles Strategy.

Gruppo Mastrotto wins workplace inclusivity award

Published: October 28, 2022

Gruppo Mastrotto has won the Difference in Addition (DNA) award for inclusiveness in the workplace.

Darmstadt University to reveal sustainable chemistry project results

Published: October 21, 2022

Darmstadt University will host an online webinar to discuss the results of its five-year sustainable chemistry research project.

Leather Working Group to host chain of custody webinars

Published: October 10, 2022

Leather Working Group (LWG) has announced two chain of custody webinars, taking place on October 12.

European project kicks-off in Milan

Published: September 27, 2022

On September 22, the steering group for the new EU funded social dialogue project, Green Deal Leather (GDL) met in Milan at Lineapelle, to kick off the project with affiliates from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The two-year project aims to generate representative reference data on workplace safety and the carbon footprint of leather for the European tanning industry.