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EU FINISHERS FACE TOUGHER INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS DIRECTIVE AND ASSOCIATED NEW BEST AVAILABLE TECHNIQUES GUIDANCE
The European dairy sector will be keeping a close eye on negotiations in Brussels about proposed reforms to the European Union (EU) industrial emissions directive (IED), in case the final text includes the milk producers, potentially limiting, for example, how they release methane and ammonia, especially, via air and liquid emissions.…
FINCEN TO CLASS CRYPTO MIXERS SOURCE OF PRIMARY ML CONCERN
USA FIU FinCEN is to designate transactions involving international convertible virtual currency mixing (CVC mixing) a source of ‘primary money laundering concern’. The move, the first time FinCEN has used its authority under Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act on combatting terrorism and money laundering to target a class of transactions in this way, follows the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, believed to have been largely funded with crypto.…
INDIA’S GROWING POPULATION AND ECONOMY MAJOR PRIZE FOR CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY
The Indian confectionery industry, which according to London-based market researcher Euromonitor International, is expecting sales of Indian Rupees INR335.92 billion (USD4.05 billion) in 2023, up 13.4% year-on-year, excelling with consolidation, automation and advanced packaging.
Growth is seen in almost every confectionery and sweet bakery segment, as per Euromonitor data.…
REGULATORS AND CAN INDUSTRY WORK TO ETHICALLY MANAGE SHRINKFLATION
High inflation forces consumers and businesses to change their behaviours – and not always in positive ways: fillers for example, have sometimes been reducing the amount of food in cans, while maintaining the size of the packaging, and their prices. Unsurprisingly, this ‘shrinkflation’ has upset consumers and their representatives, highlighting a potential lack of transparency.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP – CALIFORNIA PASSES SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING LAW
California has passed a Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which would require US-based companies doing business in the state with more than USD1 billion in annual revenues to file annual reports publicly disclosing their Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions.…
BANGLADESH KNITWEAR SECTOR’S MULTIFACETED CRISIS
Bangladesh’s globally important knitwear sector is facing a multifaceted crisis as work orders are falling, political instability and related diplomatic pressure is soaring, while the industry struggles to diversify its output as calls intensify for it to increase workers’ salaries.
At the heart of the crisis are concerns that the country’s is losing ground in key Western markets.…
EX FORMULA ONE SUPREMO PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD AND ESCAPES PRISON
The former Chief Executive of the Formula One Group Bernie Ecclestone has plead guilty to a single charge of fraud by false representation over the alleged millions of GB pounds he had hidden from British tax authorities, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).…
INDIA’S GROWING POPULATION AND ECONOMY MAJOR PRIZE FOR CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY
The Indian confectionery industry, which according to London-based market researcher Euromonitor International, is expecting sales of Indian Rupees INR335.92 billion (USD4.05 billion) in 2023, up 13.4% year-on-year, excelling with consolidation, automation and advanced packaging.
Growth is seen in almost every confectionery and sweet bakery segment, as per Euromonitor data.…
REGULATORS AND CAN INDUSTRY WORK TO ETHICALLY MANAGE SHRINKFLATION
High inflation forces consumers and businesses to change their behaviours – and not always in positive ways: fillers for example, have sometimes been reducing the amount of food in cans, while maintaining the size of the packaging, and their prices. Unsurprisingly, this ‘shrinkflation’ has upset consumers and their representatives, highlighting a potential lack of transparency.…
NEW IP RULES WILL BENEFIT CLOTHING AND FASHION INDUSTRY, BUT MORE IS NEEDED, SAYS EU EXPERT
The European Union (EU)’s proposed new rules to protect industrial design (1) will be an essential aid to the EU fashion and clothing manufacturing industry, European Fashion Council (EFC) president Nadya Valeva has told Just Style, while protecting fashion and clothing business workers from intellectual property (IP) infringements.…