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WILL THE FASHION SECTOR VALUE CHAIN COOPERATE EFFECTIVELY ON SUSTAINABILITY?
The sustainability of the global fashion industry is coming under increased scrutiny. Concerns about how the industry uses water, chemicals and human labour, its greenhouse gas emissions and the mounting landfilling of ‘fast fashion’ disposables, have led politicians, sustainability activists and consumers to put pressure on the industry to change.…
UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES HINDER INDIA’S SOLAR POWER EXPANSION
The major Bhadla Solar Park in India’s desert state of Rajasthan has been leading the country’s transition towards renewable energy for its fast-growing economy and 1.4 billion people. However, the momentum in its roll-out has been hindered by difficulties encountered in laying transmission lines.…
SINO-AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC AND TRADE STRESSES IMPEDE GROWTH IN GREEN POWER – BUT MARKETS STILL DRIVE EXPANSION
China has developed such a robust renewable energy sector that it can withstand the impact of potential decoupling from US markets and suppliers, say experts as Sino-American relations sour. But good relations and cooperation would strengthen both sides’ shift to clean power.…
TEXTILE FINISHING INNOVATORS TARGET REDUCTION IN CHEMICAL WASTE
The European Commission’s revision of the European Union (EU) Waste Framework Directive, likely to incentivise EU companies that ensure their products are designed with circularity principles, is just one reason why the the textile dyeing and finishing segment is innovating over reducing waste.…
BRITISH DAIRY EXPORTERS UNDERWHELMED BY UK/AUSTRALIA TRADE DEAL THAT DELIGHTS AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS
The signing of the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) may have created one new trade deal, but it is regarded in contrasting lights by the two countries’ respective dairy industries.
On the UK-side, industry association Dairy UK regards this as an unequal deal, giving British exporters little to leverage.…
EUROPEAN UNION COSMETICS SECTOR FACES ONCOMING BARRAGE OF REGULATION, INDUSTRY TELLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The European personal care product industry is facing a barrage of new European Union (EU) regulations, with a review of the 2009 Cosmetics Products Regulation (CPR) (1) being combined with environmental reforms. These changes, debated at the 2023 annual conference of personal care product industry association Cosmetics Europe – called ‘Preparing for the Future’- will be a major challenge.…
UK REGULATOR BRINGS IN NEW RULES FOR APP FRAUD REIMBURSEMENT
The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has spelt out (1) what new mandatory reimbursement requirements mean for British banks and payment companies when customers are victims of an authorised push payment (APP) fraud. The aim is to ensure more people than ever before will get their money back if they fall victim to APP fraud and to prompt more efforts to prevent these frauds from happening in the first place.…
MOZAMBIQUE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HESITANT TO RESUME ACTIVITIES IN TERRORISM AFFECTED AREAS
Higher education institutions harmed by a five-years-old Islamist insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Muslim-majority province Cabo Delgado province, are reluctant to restart operations, despite security guarantees from the Mozambican military, and their allied forces from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).…
DYS SUPPLY CONCERNS HIT THE EUROPEAN UNION FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF NEW CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING LAW
Textile finishers and dyers in the European Union (EU) will face another set of detailed sustainability rules, through the passage into law of a revised EU classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation. This move has sparked industry concerns about additional costs and loss of competitiveness on global markets.…
ACCOUNTANTS SHOULD EMBRACE AI WHILE RISKS AND REGULATIONS ARE CONSIDERED, DUBAI CONFERENCE TOLD
Artificial intelligence (AI) could transform the accounting sector in the Middle East, as well as the work of clients, so practice leaders should embrace this technology, a Dubai conference co-hosted by ACCA has been told.
Vivek Sam, Director, Technology Assurance, Deloitte, Middle East, told the Finance Excellence and Leadership Summit, held on May 21: “Use the technology.…