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NON-CHEMICAL FINISHING AIDED BY DIGITISATION – DEEP DIVE
INTRODUCTION
Textile and clothing companies are well aware of two major trends driving sales in the industry – sustainability and digitisation. One is driven by the need to adopt sustainable manufacturing processes and materials, to boost sales amongst environmentally conscious consumers and reduce financial and regulatory costs associated with pollution and carbon emissions.…
PORTUGUESE HALAL MARKET GROWING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND SIGNIFICANT FUTURE
The food halal market for Portugal, a largely Christian country that was in the early Middle Ages part of the Muslim world, has been expanding, serving a growing local Muslim community and Muslim tourists keen to taste Portuguese food.
Between 711 and 1249, most of Portugal was under Muslim rule, which influenced its language and culture.…
EU ROUND UP – EU MAKES ‘ALARMINGLY SLOW PROGRESS’ IN ASSESSING BIOCIDES, WARNS EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The European Commission has warned that European Union (EU) member states are making “alarmingly slow progress” in reviewing the safety of active biocidal substances on sale before May 2000 – covering most products on sale. In a review of the operation of the EU biocidal product regulation (BPR) of 2012, the Commission said that while the system was “fully operational”, there has been a “substantial delay in active substance approval,” whose completion deadline has already been extended from 2014 to 2024.…
THE CORONAVIRUS HAS FUELLED RENEWED GEOSTRATEGIC COMPETITION
A key political question emerging from the Coronavirus pandemic has been how the disease might readjust relations between this world’s two largest powers – the United States and China. The two countries have had two very different experiences of Covid-19, which reflect their contrasting social and political systems.…
CHINA EMBARKS ON WHOLESALE REFORM OF AML/CFT LEGISLATION
While the rule of President Xi Jinping has not been known for its support of civil liberties in China, his administration has certainly taken proactive steps to fight organised crime. Initially its focus was on corruption, but now the regime is reforming its anti-money laundering (AML) legislation.…
LAWYERS BATTLE OVER WHETHER EU BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ARE A STEP TOO FAR FOR DATA PROTECTION
AS the European Union (EU) debates the proposed creation of a supra-national EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) and associated reforms to EU AML/CFT law, it must take privacy concerns into account, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has argued.
In a comprehensive and detailed comment on the proposed new EU AML/CFT regulation and directive, the EDPS, an EU agency with powers to regulate the EU general data protection regulation, has said it supports these proposed laws’ embrace of the risk-based approach, which implies measures “as effective as possible and as less intrusive as possible”.…
DESPITE POLITICAL INSTABILITY, PERU'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IS RECOVERING STRONGLY
After a tumultuous first semester fuelled by Covid-19 and a tight and polarised presidential election, Peru’s clothing and textile sector is now growing at pre-pandemic levels. Hence, the capital Lima’s chamber of commerce (Cámara de Comercio de Lima) projects growth between 10% and 15% in textile and clothing exports by the end of 2021, compared to what was reported in 2019.…
BANGLADESH APPAREL INDUSTRY BUYERS MUST ENSURE FAIR PRICE, SAYS NEW INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION BOSS
As the global clothing industry is reviving from Covid=19 slump, Bangladesh apparel manufacturers are at last reaping the benefits, industry is also bearing the fruit. In an exclusive interview with Just Style, the new president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Faruque Hasan noted that the Bangladesh clothing industry suffered a reduction in its exports of USD6 billion from USD34.13 billion in financial year (FY – July-June) 2018-19 to USD27.95 billion in FY 2019-20 and a year-on-year drop of clothing exports worth nearly USD1.5 billion in financial year (FY) 2020-21 (July 2020 to June 2021) (1).…
CHINA’S POWER CURBS SENDING RIPPLES THROUGH TEXTILE-GARMENT SUPPLY CHAIN
Curbs introduced by the Chinese government on the use of electricity within the country have been significantly disrupting the textile supply chain, creating anxiety among garment manufacturers even beyond China’s borders.
These challenges have unfolded after the powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on September 16 unveiled a plan stipulating that China will firmly control energy-hungry and high-emission industrial projects.…
EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY GIVES TURKISH CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR CUTTING EDGE IN GLOBAL MARKETS
Turkish apparel manufacturers are investing significant sums of money in sustainability and traceability, implementing international standards, and adopting digitalisation in anticipation of more consumer demand for eco-friendly products.
With Turkey a higher-end (and cost) apparel manufacturing hub than east Asia, Egypt or Africa, the country’s industry is banking on its value-added production to retain as well as expand exports to Europe and North America.…