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EUROPE’S TEXTILE COMPANIES CUT WATER USE TO LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND PREPARED FOR FUTURE WATER SCARCITY
European textile companies are working to ensure that future water scarcity problems will not affect their operations, notably by cutting water consumption and installing high quality waste treatment facilities, European Union (EU) experts have told World Textile Information Network (WTiN).
According to EU statistical agency Eurostat’s regional yearbook 2022 (1), EU water scarcity – chiefly seen in southern Europe, with Portugal’s textile industry particularly affected – is primarily driven by climate change and excessive water consumption.…
TECHNICAL ROUND UP – ISSB SAYS SUSTAINABILITY REPORTERS MUST COLLECT DATA ON DIRECT AND INDIRECT EMISSIONS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has approved key technical decisions about the operation of its first two proposed sustainability-related disclosure standards, on general and climate-related disclosures – insisting that all direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions are declared. That means that ‘scope 1’ direct emissions from a company; ‘scope 2’ indirect emissions from electricity purchased and used; and scope 3 indirect emissions from across a company’s the value chain will be measured and declared under ISSB-authorised statements.…
SOMALIA AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MAKE TANGIBLE PROGRESS IN FIGHTING MARITIME PIRACY
The United Nations has let its authorisation for foreign actors to fight maritime piracy in Somalia’s territorial waters lapse, because its government and backers have become more effective in fighting this criminality. Ramadhan Rajab reports.
The UN Security Council’s decision to let Somalia take care of its own piracy problem does not mean shipping companies can rest easy about attacks off Somalia, but it does indicate its government is taking control of the problem.…
EU MINISTERS AGREE MEMBER STATES MUST DO THEIR PART IN FIGHTING FARM FRAUD
The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has told its member states that it expects their governments to actively combat fraud in spending under the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). That this is an ongoing problem was highlighted in a report for the EU’s financial watchdog the Court of Auditors issued in July (1).…
INFLATION CAUSES HUGE FOOD PRICE HIKE BUT CANS WILL SURVIVE, SAY EXPERTS
WORLDWIDE inflation is impacting the can making industry and its supply chain partners. Indeed, metal packaging prices have risen by at least 25% this year, according to industry association FoodDrinkEurope. A key reason has been soaring prices for energy used in manufacture, up more than 50% in 2022 according to the World Bank.…
EUROPE’S HYDROGEN ECONOMY IS GROWING, WITH MAJOR INVESTMENTS BEING RELEASED
WHEN European energy experts consider the future of hydrogen as an energy source, assessments sound remarkably like comments made about wind or solar power in the late 1990s – it is a great idea, but it would help if production and processing were less expensive.…
EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU EXPLORES TOUGHER RESTRICTIONS ON NITROSAMINES IN FOOD AND DRINK
European Union (EU) food manufacturers are facing the potential imposition of new rules on the presence of nitrosamines in food products, following a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review that ended in November. EFSA has concluded that “it is highly likely that for all age groups dietary exposure to nitrosamines is above the level that could indicate a health concern”.…
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL POLICE AND PROSECUTOR ACTION BUSTS CROSS-BORDER SCRYPTO INVESTMENT SCAM
An international operation led by the European Union’s (EU) police and judicial agencies, Europol and Eurojust brought down the criminal gang behind a multimillion-Euro crypto investment scam. In a November 8 and 9 action day, raids on 15 call centres across eastern Europe – six in Albania, five in Georgia, one in North Macedonia and three in Ukraine – led to five arrests.…
AFRICA’S CLOTHING SECTOR EYES GROWTH POTENTIAL – BUT INFLATION AND RECESSION IS HAMPERING AMBITION
An African garment and textile sector rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic has seen strong export growth in the first three-quarters of 2022 start to sputter through a tightening of retail demand in Europe and the United States. These remain Africa’s two primary export markets and their consumers are reducing spending as inflation and recession concerns grow.…
AFRICA’S KNITWEAR SECTOR LOOKS TO EXPLOIT EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN SHIFT TOWARDS NEARSOURCING
The African knitwear manufacturing sector has been regaining ground lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, with established manufacturing hubs capitalising on the growing demand for nearshoring in Europe and to a lesser extent the USA. There are major investments under way in developing production capacity, particularly in West Africa.…