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It is a rule of thumb that every new economic and social innovation brings its response in fraud, and the phalanx of sustainability reporting rules and certification is expected to prompt a wave of environmental fraud.

Companies have long been accused of ‘greenwashing – making false sustainability claims about their goods and services – and regulators are increasingly cracking down on the practice, with a new European Union (EU) green claims directive under consideration.…

The metal packaging sector in Taiwan has been building a sustainable future, with solid growth since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, can makers and fillers told Cantech International at the Taipei Pack trade show in the Taiwanese capital Taipei (1).…

The market for cigarettes in Taiwan has fluctuated during the past few years – sales were up in 2021 for example – but generally the trend has been downward, with the government tightening regulatory controls. According to London, UK-based market researcher data analytics and consulting company Euromonitor, in 2022 sales of licit cigarettes were 37.4 billion sticks, falling to 34.4 billion in 2023, (with illicit sales at 4.5 billion sticks and 4.6 billion sticks respectively).…

The Colombian digital textile printing sector is innovating to overcome weak sales trends in fabric and clothing sales, with challenges to exports and production. Local companies are as a result pushing technological adoption to improve response rates and production times, especially regarding digital printing techniques.…

Indonesia’s paint and coatings industry is experiencing robust growth, driven by a booming construction sector and government infrastructure projects. However, the industry is also navigating a shifting regulatory landscape and grappling with challenges in raw material sourcing and skilled labour shortages.…

Former UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) director Lisa Osofsky observed in 2022 that the material her agency had to work through in a typical case, if printed, would fill 22 London buses – so could artificial intelligence (AI) aid the management of such tough cases?…

The new president of the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX), the Portuguese textile entrepreneur Mario Jorge Machado, wants to push for a more united European Union (EU) to fight unfair competition worldwide.
Machado was elected by his peers during the Euratex’s general assembly on June 14.…

The integration of flame retardants in car seat foam may increase auto passenger exposure to chemicals that can cause cancer – especially during the summer – according to a new study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Its researchers have urged federal US government officials to review the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 302, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2011-title49-vol6/CFR-2011-title49-vol6-sec571-302…

The international sportswear industry is trying to develop new strategies, often using ultramodern technology, to deal with continued inventory challenges, overstocking and demand volatility – particularly intense in recent years.

In a January 2024 report, ‘Time to move: Sporting goods 2024’ (1), New York, US-based global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co and the Berne, Switzerland-based World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) noted that sportswear companies “continued to struggle with inventories” in 2023, largely due to overstocking because “anticipated demand failed to materialise”.…

As the largest non-alcoholic ready-to-drink (RTD) market in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Tokyo-based food and beverage consultancy GourmetPro (1), Japan has long been attractive to international non-alcohol brands, with the expansion of the market since 2020 intensifying attention.

Non-alcoholic beverages other than beer, such as cocktails and ‘chuhai’ (shochu and carbonated water flavoured with a kind of fruit juice – often categorised separately from cocktails in Japan), produced by Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin and Suntory; and umeshu (plum wine), such as ‘Yowanai The Choya’, began to appear on the market in 2010.…