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Harvard University has launched a data map highlighting mismatches and matches across the USA between higher education graduates and job opportunities, to help encourage career-relevant HE investment.

The College-to-Jobs Initiative was developed with the support of market data company Lightcast and financial service Capital One.…

Kenya remains east Africa’s economic powerhouse and its ability to supply and encourage the region’s paint and coatings sector remains strong. Sales in paints, varnishes, pigments and other related coatings are expected to grow by 2.86% annually until 2028, according to insights from Statista (1), a Germany-based provider of market intelligence and business solutions.…

An Australian sheep farmer is seeking to demonstrate how additional welfare concern for wool livestock can pay dividends in international clothing and accessory markets where consumers are increasingly concerned about sustainability issues.

This trend has been developing over time – the wool industry has in the past encountered condemnation from animal welfare organisations, such as Peta, whose hard-core campaigns continue and focus on Australia as a major producer country (1).…

The highly versatile material graphene is becoming increasingly popular in a variety of health and safety uses in nonwoven products, despite calls for further research to be conducted to assess its long-term impact on toxicity in humans and the environment.

Demand for graphene’s powerful antimicrobial and filtration qualities grew sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for incorporation in nonwoven masks.…

NEW developments in cloud technology are helping packaging manufacturers worldwide compete. Digitisation is seen increasingly as an opportunity rather than a risk – experts have told Inside Packaging.

Digital or cloud-based solutions range from simple printers to whole document and artwork editing systems.…

European Union (EU) lawmakers kicking off negotiations on the legal texts mandating the bloc’s future anti-money laundering (AML) framework May 11 are set to clash over key issues, notably the threshold for declaring a beneficial owner (BO).

The negotiations will involve the European Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers and the European Commission.…

Westminster City Council, the central London local authority administering some of the world’s most expensive postcodes in Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Mayfair and seen as a haven for oligarchs, has adopted a ground-breaking financial crime policy. Its Westminster Against Dirty Money Charter (1) is designed to stamp out money laundering, fraud and tax evasion in the borough.…

The European Union (EU) knitwear sector is preparing to follow new detailed ‘best available techniques’ (BAT) on reducing industrial emissions as the EU considers revised legislation that might tell national regulators to take a hard line on their implementation. The European Commission has proposed a new EU industrial emissions directive that – as drafted – would tell industrial regulators to set limits on BAT-associated emissions levels “at the strictest achievable level for the specific installation” (1).…

The UK government is failing to tackle fraud across all departments, according to the latest report (1) from Britain’s National Audit Office (NAO). Its assessment ‘Tackling fraud and corruption against government’ noted that fraud losses suffered by the UK government spiralled during the Covid-19 pandemic.…

Greece’s dairy market and industry has been struggling to deal with major inflation impacting the sector, with an annual year-on-year increase of 23.1% in March (2023) for dairy and eggs, with 25.2% in February, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).…