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UN PLASTICS TREATY PUSHES DAIRY SECTOR TOWARDS MORE PLASTIC RECYCLING
The United Nations Environment Assembly’s (UNEA) planned global pact on plastic may act as a further disruptor and consolidator of efforts to address plastic packaging in the dairy industry. The legally binding agreement, which UN member states agreed would be concluded by 2024, according to a March 2022 announcement, aims to facilitate an end to plastic pollution by addressing the lifecycle of plastic, from design and production to disposal.…
TUNISIAN FOREIGN STUDENTS FORCED FROM UKRAINE BY RUSSIAN VIOLENCE STRUGGLE TO COMPLETE COURSES AT HOME AND ABROAD
Tunisian students who fled Ukrainian universities following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia have found themselves in academic limbo, struggling to receive recognition for their completed studies, at home or in other countries.
When Russian tanks and missiles violated Ukraine sovereignty, Tunisian news media was filled with patriotic images of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied ordering an airbridge rescue mission, followed by sentimental images of students arriving back in Tunis, cradling beloved pet cats as parents rushed to hug their children.…
SOLAR POWER COATING INNOVATION DRIVES SALES IN THIS IMPORTANT NICHE MARKET
Cooperation with the paint and coatings sector is enabling innovators within the solar power technology industry to deliver on its promise to be a key means to decarbonise the global economy. Offering a key alternative to dealing with surging fossil fuel energy prices amidst Russia’s bloody and destructive invasion of Ukraine, paint and coatings companies are increasingly optimising solar generation.…
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL WATCHLIST FLAGS NINE COUNTRIES – INCLUDING AUSTRIA AND AUSTRALIA
Transparency International has flagged nine countries, including two European Union (EU) member states – Austria and Slovenia – where it says in a February 3 blog (1) societies need to be on “particularly high alert” for corruption, highlighting declining efforts to fight graft.…
BOSNIAN HALAL FOOD PRODUCERS SEEK ADDITIONAL SALES IN OVERSEAS MARKETS
HALAL food producers from Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H) are increasingly their competitiveness in European regional and worldwide food markets. This country, with 3.2 million inhabitants (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=BA), of which more than 50% are Muslims, in 2006 established an Agency for Halal Quality Certification (https://www.halal.ba/index.php/en/pocetna/o-agenciji),…
EU’S PROPOSAL FOR NEW TOBACCO LEGISLATION - A GAME-CHANGER FOR E-CIGARETTES
The European Union (EU) is currently considering reforming its excise duty rules for tobacco products, with the tobacco industry and commentators seeing the negotiation on the integration of e-cigarettes being one of the hottest topics. Today, e-cigarettes in the EU are treated just like any other product, falling under EU VAT rules, and are not subject to EU-excise laws that apply for conventional tobacco products or spirits for instance.…
GOVERNMENTS TIGHTEN UP TOBACCO AGE LIMIT LAWS, ALTHOUGH IMPLEMENTATION IS OFTEN A PROBLEM
WHILE the imposition of age limits on the consumption of tobacco and other nicotine products remains very much a national, and in some cases sub-national jurisdiction decision, there is no doubt that the general trend worldwide is for tighter restrictions on younger consumers, even if they are often tough to enforce.…
RESEARCHERS VALUE ML BY PREDICATE OFFENCE – BUT DATA IS JUST ONE FACED OF RISK-BASED APPROACH
While the estimation of sources of laundered money is made imprecise by its inherent covert nature, the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) has estimated that the amount of criminal proceeds processed annually is 2%-5% of global GDP, or USD800 billion to USD2 trillion.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – ICCO POISED TO WEAVE SUSTAINABILITY INTO GLOBAL COCOA AGREEMENT
THE RULING council of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) is preparing to agree major reforms to the International Cocoa Agreement, which should see the agreement increase its commitment to boost sustainability in the chocolate sector.
Council members are considering final changes committing the ICCO to ensuring that cocoa production, processing and manufacture is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.…
THERMAL BATTERIES KNOCK AT DOOR OF COMMERCIAL VIABILITY
Last July (2020), Infracapital, the infrastructure team at UK-based investment managers M&G plc, invested EUR 110 million (USD130 million) in EnergyNest, a small Norwegian company that has developed a novel thermal battery technology. Its ThermalBattery (a trademark) batteries, consisting of a concrete-like storage material made from abundant, recyclable and non-hazardous geomaterials, store excess industrial heat until needed, enabling the transfer of industrial waste heat into electricity and renewable power in industrial heat processes.…