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The Mozambique government has proposed that companies, in the public and private sector, should be obliged to contribute 1% of their payroll to finance vocational education institutions in its country. The reason is that Mozambique companies and public bodies are struggling to recruit quality Mozambican graduates, forcing managers in ongoing major projects on gas and mining to hire ex-pats from the foreign labour market.…

The Canadian auto industry has warned the country’s provincial governments against pushing regulatory complexity over electric vehicle (EV) sales by retaining ambitious local sales mandates when the federal government is rolling out its own requirements for manufacturers. Canada’s Liberal federal government is developing detailed legislation that would implement a political commitment made earlier this year to insist that by 2035, all new light duty vehicles sales would be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040.…

With AML/CFT technology becoming ever more powerful and sophisticated, such as the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to process and analyse data, the pressure on AML-obliged bodies to update their information AML/CFT technology (IT) systems is growing.…

Eye-watering energy and fertiliser prices combined with the prospect of higher borrowing costs are leaving few England and Wales farmers untouched. According to experts, even the most resilient will not be able to simply ride the current economic climate. Yet it seems that the current crises are triggering some innovative reactions and often fundamental changes to farming practices.…

The political and human rights crisis in Nicaragua is worrying the international textile industry, given the serious chance the United States suspend the privileged access to American markets that Nicaraguan clothing and textile exporters have thus far enjoyed.

Just two months before the upcoming Nicaraguan municipal elections (November 6), more than 195 human rights defenders, journalists, clergy members, and actual or perceived political opponents have been accused and detained for allegedly committing actions against national sovereignty.…

 
The European Union’s garment and textile industry pushed this Thursday, October 13, in Oporto, Portugal, for global rules to fight climate change to ensure fair competitiveness, with more international harmonisation of sustainable standards.
These wishes were expressed in the conference ‘Sustainability meets Competitiveness – how to square the circle?’,…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has touched the lives of all Ukrainians, destroying businesses, livelihoods and families, with accountants and practices not escaping the burden of the war. While some accountants have fled, and even abandoned the profession, those who remain must contend with a complicated landscape of jurisdictional, tax and staffing woes.…

The Spanish can market and industry, which has developed an international reputation for its dominant fish canning sector, is increasingly innovative, driven by contemporary trends in its beverage sector, with sales of canned water and wine joining a promising market which has traditionally been based on beer.…

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has started detailed work on helping smaller companies apply its draft standards on general disclosures and climate reporting. A board meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, “discussed how it could give more consideration to the range of capabilities and preparedness of entities around the world to apply the proposals…”, said its minutes.…

Concern about rapid increases in consumption in heated tobacco and the European Union’s (EU) stated ambition to reduce all tobacco use by 2040 so that less than 5% of the 27 member countries’ 447 million people is pushing EU policymakers towards tightening vaping and e-cigarette controls.…