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INTERNATIONAL REGULATOR ROUND UP - MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL FINED OVER ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR
The European Commission has fined confectionery major Mondelēz International EUR337.5 million, claiming the company has breached European Union (EU) competition rules, hindering intra-EU cross-border trades in chocolate, biscuits and coffee products. The EU executive also concluded that Mondelēz had abused its dominant position in certain EU chocolate bar (tablet) markets.…
ARE FASHION BRANDS ON TRACK WITH ESG GOALS?
As the fashion industry grapples with increasing consumer scrutiny and regulatory pressure to boost sustainability, the pursuit of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals has become paramount – but are brands on track? Major players in the industry, from fast fashion giants such as Singapore-based Shein to legacy brands such as Belgium-based C&A, are making strides to align their operations with sustainability principles.…
EU ROUND UP – UKRAINE JOINS EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD REGIME
The government of Ukraine, struggling against a Russian offensive near its second city Kharkiv, has joined the European Union’s (EU) Union Anti-Fraud Programme (UAFP), as it seeks to shore up EU support through anti-graft and financial crime efforts. Indeed, Ukraine is the first non-EU country to formalise participation in the European Commission-run scheme, which has a budget of EUR181 million and will run until 2027 (from 2021) (1).…
ZAMBIA’S ANNUAL TOBACCO PRODUCTION TO DROP 10% DUE TO DROUGHT AS PRODUCTION COSTS RISE
Zambia’s annual tobacco production is expected to drop by 10% to 42.3 million kg in 2024 from an annual peak production of 47 million kg produced last year (2023), according to Phil Daka, chairperson at the Tobacco Board of Zambia (TBZ).…
VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS MAY UNDERPIN GROWTH IN THE BIOPLASTICS SECTOR
Bio-based oils and fats producers have an increasing business opportunity to supply feedstock to a booming bioplastics industry. While governments are proactively encouraging biodegradable bioplastics, following the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) policy of reducing standard plastics pollution (1), this green industry is still nascent.…
EU ROUND UP – UKRAINE JOINS EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD REGIME
The government of Ukraine, struggling against a Russian offensive near its second city Kharkiv, has joined the European Union’s (EU) Union Anti-Fraud Programme (UAFP), as it seeks to shore up EU support through anti-graft and financial crime efforts. Indeed, Ukraine is the first non-EU country to formalise participation in the European Commission-run scheme, which has a budget of EUR181 million and will run until 2027 (from 2021) (1).…
EU’S FUTURE FRANKFURT-BASED AMLA HAILED AS A GAME CHANGER’
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.…
MANDATORY DEPOSIT AND RETURN SYSTEMS WILL BOOST PACKAGING COLLECTION RATE, EU CAN EXPERTS SAY
THE MANDATORY rollout of deposit and return systems (DRS) within the European Union (EU) and an obligatory 90% collection of metal beverage containers (of up to three litres) target by 2029 should boost packaging collection and reduce litter across Europe. These principles have now been enshrined, after much debate – in the EU’s packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR), first proposed in November 2022 (1), which is close to securing formal approval.…
EU MINISTERS FORMALLY APPROVE LAW CRIMINALISING SANCTIONS EVASION
The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has given its final approval to an EU directive insisting that EU member states criminalise and impose dissuasive punishments on the deliberate evasion of sanctions (1).
This law has been drafted amidst rising concern that Russia and Russians are effectively bypassing the slew of sanctions ordered following their country’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2).…
INNOVATION CENTRES: THE FUTURE OF FOOD?
Food innovation centres (FICs) have become a feature of the global food production landscape over the past few decades and now play a significant role in the research and development of edible products.
The first purpose built FICs started to appear in the final quarter of the 20th century, with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US’s Midwest Corn Belt, an early mover in this field, opening its Food Processing Center in 1983 (1).…