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The Lithuanian dairy industry has seen its share of highs and lows in recent years, culminating this year in a rash of dairy farmer protests, rising energy costs, inflation, farm closures, and rock bottom prices for raw milk. During the first half of 2022, export sales grew according to Lithuanian dairy producer organisation Pieno Centras (1), as dairy product prices rose and demand remained high, boosting production and Lithuanian farm milk sales.…

The UK’s Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP) has warned that British government failures to monitor and fight public housing tenancy fraud means 76% of such scams go undetected in England, costing more than GBP500 million (USD619 million) in unnecessary social housing spending during 2019-20.…

The European Commission has opened infringement procedure against Italy, Latvia and Portugal over failings in the way their national legislation applies the European Union’s (EU) 5th anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD). This is despite the fact EU member states should have written the law into their national statute books by January 2020.…

An aging electricity transmission grid, hobbled by a complex planning and regulatory system, threatens the expansion of renewable energy in the US. To unlock the full emissions reduction potential of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a Princeton University’s Zero-Carbon Energy Systems Research and Optimization Laboratory (ZERO Lab) report finds that “the pace of transmission expansion must more than double the rate over the last decade.”…

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is considering adding sustainability reporting guidance to its own international financial reporting standards (IFRS). This task is being added to its work programme, following the approval of the first two standards developed by sister-board, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).…

Brazil could once again impose restrictions on the country’s strong tobacco leaf industry under the new centre-left administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who plans to reinstate a committee to target production to reducing smoking. The 77-year-old leader, who also governed between 2003–2010, so far is not allowing tobacco business leaders to take part in policy debates.…

Can blockchain technologies help the textile industry resolve past transparency weaknesses in the supply chain, as well as inefficient inventory management, by facilitating fundamental changes to existing supply-chains and processes. Blockchain technologies’ decentralised storage of immutable records of physical asset transactions within digital ledgers, say some experts, can help transform the textile industry throughout the supply chain, from source (raw material point of origin) to shopfloor (brands and retailers).…

As researchers continues to identify health and environmental problems created by textile chemicals that have been widely utilised in the past, regulation tightens, and while this is rarely by international treaty, controls do spread worldwide over time. This is certainly the case regarding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which have been commonly used within the clothing and textile sector for fire protection, water repellence and oil resistance, preventing stains.…

LABEL-MAKING automation is increasingly important to the global packaging industry. Indeed, the Wisconsin, USA-based global identification and compliance solution specialists Brady Corporation calls automated labelling a “must-have” – saying that the question is not if a company will automate its labelling process, but when (1).…

INNOVATIONS related to nonwovens nanofibres are developing fast amidst ongoing research into properties and potential uses resulting products.

Belgium-based international nonwovens industry association EDANA’s scientific and technical affairs director Marines Lagemaat, told Nonwovens Report International said the technology is very “promising when it comes to filtration applications”.…