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AFRICAN UNIVERSTIES START WORK TO IMPROVE DISABLED ACCESS, SO ALL ACADEMIC TALENT GETS A CHANCE
A growing number of successful good practice case studies in Africa are helping guide universities and colleges into how best to boost access to higher education across the continent. More than 80 million Africans have disabilities, according to the UN (1).…
MAJOR C$1.5 BILLION INVESTMENT IN BATTERY PRECURSORS WELCOMED BY ONTARIO AND CANADIAN GOVERNMENTS
The economic development minister of Canada’s automotive industry hub Ontario has welcomed today’s (July 13) announcement by Belgium’s Umicore to sink Canadian dollars CAD1.5 billion (USD1.15 billion) investment to build a cathode and precursor materials manufacturing plant.
It will be near Kingston, eastern Ontario, with operations scheduled to begin in 2025.…
CAR SEATS GOING SUSTAINABLE
The automotive industry has always been a major consumer of textiles, but it is deepening links with specialist fabric companies, including those linked to fashion. Polestar, the Sweden-based subsidiary of China’s Geely Holding Group, was a key supporting partners of this year’s Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, this June (2022).…
NEW ZEALAND EU TRADE DEAL WELCOMED BY WOOL PRODUCERS, PROCESSORS AND MANUFACTURERS
New Zealand’s major wool producers and exporters have welcomed the free trade agreement struck between their country and the European Union (EU) in June, which will lower international supply chain costs for this key yarn and fabric input.
EU imports of New Zealand wool were already duty free, except for some low duties on more processed items, such as carded wool – 2%, whose smaller duties will now be removed, however.…
RESEARCHERS DEVELOP WIDESPREAD TOBACCO SECTOR USES FOR WONDER MATERIAL GRAPHENE
From boosting root growth to nicotine detection, weeding out carcinogens, cleansing filters and promoting sustainability and smart interaction with retailers and smokers, researchers are suggesting that the so-called ‘wonder material’ graphene has a plethora of uses within the tobacco industry.…
ISLAMIC SOCIAL FINANCE COULD HELP DELIVER UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
There is a growing global movement to align Islamic social finance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (https://sdgs.un.org/goals), which are designed to address global environmental, social and economic challenges by 2030. These include combating poverty, inequality, climate change and environmental degradation and ensuring social justice.…
MODEST CLOTHING MAY BE SOPHISTICATED AND ELEGANT, SAY MUSLIM INFLUENCERS
Time was when modest Muslim fashion was about being unseen – practicing piety without giving as much as a nod to style or fashion. But female consumers around the Muslim world are increasingly combining their desire to proclaim modesty and religious identity without discarding elegance and sophistication in their clothing choices.…
TEXTILE SECTOR LOOKS SET TO FACE MORE CONTROLS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF EU PRODUCT SAFETY RULES
Textile businesses in the European Union (EU) will need to reinforce checks on the safety of chemicals used in textile finishing and the amount of chemicals used, following the entry into force of new EU product safety rules under a revision of the EU’s general product safety directive (1).…
EU TARGETS SBERBANK AND GOLD IN LATEST RUSSIAN SANCTIONS ROUND
The European Union (EU) has sanctioned Russia’ largest bank – Sberbank – which is majority-owned by the Russian state, preventing it from trading and operating in the EU, freezing its accounts.
The EU has also banned EU companies, public agencies and individuals from importing or transferring (directly or indirectly) Russian gold and jewellery.…
EU ROUND UP – EU TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON PERSISANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Paint and coatings manufacturers and importers within the European Union (EU) will come under additional pressure to restrict the use additives and ingredients made from certain chemicals that can become persistent organic pollutants after disposal.
The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck agreement on reforms to the EU’s persistent organic pollutant regulation, which will cut the maximum presence in waste of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).…