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Policy initiatives aimed at reshoring large sections of the US automotive supply chain could seriously restrict the growth of the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market, a key UK motor industry conference was told on Wednesday (Oct 18). Speaking at the UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) Global Trade Conference, in London, David Schwietert, chief policy officer at the Washington DC-headquartered Alliance for Automotive Innovation, aired concerns about the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) manufacturing incentives.…

Israel’s garment and textile sector has taken a hit due to the month-long war with Hamas, which followed the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas. Israel has a small manufacturing sector, with around 4,700 textile workers and 7,400 workers manufacturing apparel, according to the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel (1).…

Pulling out of the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) world ranking of universities will not affect Utrecht University’s standing or popularity for current or future students. That was the message of Professor Dr Henk Kummeling, Rector Magnificus of the Netherlands’ university, whose areas of responsibility include student policy, academic affairs and cooperation in higher education.…

Signatory universities of the Magna Charta Universitatum declaration are meeting in Poland to assess how research and teaching can help reconstruct cities harmed by war, environmental pressures and socio-economic change.

This conference chimes with the aims of the declaration, which highlights the value of academic freedom, institutional autonomy and community collaboration, and which has been signed by 960 universities from 94 countries worldwide.…

This summer, Ferrero Rocher launched a Belgian eye-catching limited-edition range of its

flagship Nutella 700g glass jars, featuring 11 different must-see sights from Antwerp’s train station to Villers-la-Ville’s abbey, mirroring a ‘Love Your Country’ campaign that has run in Ferrero’s home country Italy.…

With the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimating that up to USD2 trillion of criminal proceeds are laundered worldwide annually, there is plenty of financial motivation for professional launderers to offer services that tap these funds. To avoid being caught by law enforcement, however, launderers develop psychological and tactical techniques that help them hide their criminality from law enforcement and honest contacts in the legitimate business world (1).…

The Great Lakes region in cenztral and eastern Africa is exceedingly resource rich, and being beset by instability and conflict, it is highly attractive for illicit trade and financial crime fuelling money laundering. A new European Union (EU) Great Lakes Strategy is trying to promote the rule of law in the region – notably Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – but faces major challenges.…

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has sparked an unprecedented level of international sanctions. However, it has also caused an unprecedented wave of sanctions evasion.

June’s (2023) plenary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had a clear message for the global anti-money laundering community, which includes organisations fighting sanctions evasion: “FATF reiterates that all jurisdictions should be vigilant to current and emerging risks from the circumvention of measures taken against the Russian Federation in order to protect the international financial system.”…

With packaging manufacturers facing increasingly tight regulatory and industry standards, the role of inspection and detection technologies to ensure packaging meets industry requirements is becoming ever more important.

Different products have to adhere to different standards – for example, the International Featured Standard (IFS), a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked standard, applies to food packaging; packaging for pharmaceuticals and veterinary products has to conform to nationally-set pharmacopoeia standards and World Health Organisation guidelines (1); and cosmetics packaging must conform to specific ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards (2); and, in the European Union (EU), rules set out in the EU Cosmetics Regulation (3).…

The push to secure a better environment is at the forefront of the UK paint and coating sector’s current growth trajectory. From groundbreaking innovations that incorporate plastic waste into coating products, to new ways of minimising paint waste and creating aesthetics, the industry is taking sustainability seriously.…