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The Tunisian textile and garment industry launched a Tunisian Textile Green Transition (TTGT) project in April (2024) to become more innovative, smart, and ecological, and meet international sustainability requirements (1).

This initiative aims to recycle 90% of wastewater released by the industry, reduce companies’ carbon footprints by 30%, use 100% renewable electricity, reduce cut textile solid waste by 50% and certify 100 textile companies to meet International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) environmental and energy management standards by 2030, according to the Tunisian Federation for Textiles and Garments (Fédération Tunisienne du Textile et de l’Habillement – FTTH).…

The European Union’s (EU) new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) is being hailed as a ‘game changer’ in the battle against dirty money by Europe’s lawmakers, even before it officially starts work at its Frankfurt base on July 1, 2025. But it will be a long road to get to full cruising speed, as planned for 2028, when AMLA is projected to directly supervise Europe’s 40 most ML-risky banks and other financial institutions that operate in six or more EU countries.…

The only university of the self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or Western Sahara, continues to teach and graduate students, despite the military stalemate that has persisted before and since its founding in 2012, which has left Morocco controlling 80% of the territory.…

The Argentine oils, fats and oilseeds industry is optimistic about the sector’s growth potential and hopes that reforms announced by the new libertarian government will help to achieve much-needed macroeconomic stabilisation and boost exports.
Gustavo Idígoras, president of the Argentine Edible Oil Association and the Center for Cereal Exporters (Cámara de la Industria Aceitera de Argentina y del Centro de Exportadores de Cereales – CIARA/CEC) wants change.…

The increasingly sophisticated ML tactics of criminal organisations and the resulting expansion AML/CFT policy and legislation has boosted demand for external consultants.

Indeed, regulators can encourage the hiring of third-party expertise. England and Wales’ legal association The Law Society released guidance last December (2024) on how small law firms can meet their AML compliance obligations, stressing external consultants could provide training on UK AML regulations, that smaller outfits might struggle to deliver in house (1).…

The manufacture of cell-based meat has come a long way since the world’s first lab-grown burger was made in 2013 by Dutch stem cell researcher Mark Post – today founder and chief scientific officer of the Netherlands-based Mosa Meat. This was made in a university laboratory setting for whopping USD325,000 (USD2.3 million/kg) per patty (1).…

The garment and textile industries in the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur region of South America (Southern Common Market, in the Spanish initials) are losing hope after 25 years of negotiations to finalise a long-touted trade agreement.

Often, when both sides thought a deal was almost reached, there has been a setback for a deal that would link the 27 EU member states with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.…

The seizure of criminal proceeds has been a policy priority of the current Singaporean presidency of FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) (1). But while it and jurisdictions such as the European Union (EU) are developing reforms to boost asset recovery, more change is needed for this tactic to become a truly effective weapon against organised crime.…

The European Union (EU) should early this year (2024) complete the formal approval of new protections for textile finishing workers from exposure to dyes and their ingredients that contain lead and diisocyanates. These potentially harmful chemicals have long been used by the industry, although lead’s poor health reputation means it has limited applications – the new protections will apply to people making and handling these chemicals and related products.…

European textile companies increasingly overburdened by regulation say each new piece of European Union (EU) regulation they face should be assessed on the grounds of how it helps industry succeed in an increasingly competitive market. They say more should be done to boost a sector that employs 1.3 million workers in 192,000 companies and provides more than EUR67 billion’s worth of exports to the 27-country bloc, according to the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex).…