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CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITISATION – DEEP DIVE
INTRODUCTION
Without doubt, the world’s clothing and textile sector is undertaking a technical upgrade that is unprecedented in decades, with new digital systems offering automation and efficient internal controls. As these are worked into the businesses of brands, manufacturers and their suppliers, a new potential emerges, and that is linking these digital systems in a way that could revolutionise efficiencies within the supply chain.…
KENYA’S PAINT SECTOR FIGHTS OF COVID-19 AND SCANS GROWING MARKET FOR OPPORTUNITIES
Demand for paints and coatings in Kenya is set to recover this year from the impact of Covid-19 epidemic, being driven by the rebound of building construction and other civil engineering works that require use of paints, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has predicted.…
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.…
EUROPE AND US CCS PROJECTS TAKE OFF – WITH TWO APPROACHES TO DECARBONISATION
European and US interest in carbon capture and storage/sequestration (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) is continuing to surge as governments make ever more ambitious climate change commitments.
In tandem with improvements in technology mean capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from industrial processes, power generation or directly from the air, and either storing or using it, CCS/CCUS is no longer viewed as a marginal solution with limited applications. …
SOUTH AFRICA DAIRY SECTOR REELS FROM ZUMA UNREST AFTER FIGHTING IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC STAGNATION
South Africa’s dairy sector has been dealing with a triple whammy of low economic growth, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a spate of unrest in July in parts of the country that caused major damage to retail outlets and the spoilage and wastage of up to 1 million litres of milk.…
BANGLADESH BUILDING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FASHION THROUGH GREEN FACTORIES AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
The Bangladesh clothing manufacturing sector is continuing to strive to improve its sustainability profile, which has remained a key focus since the collapse of the Rana Plaza manufacturing complex killed 1,134 people in 2013.
While the response has been uneven, the industry and government has been and is continuing to adopt circular economy methods, chase UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), alignment, improve working conditions and pay, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, chemical management, water resource management, waste reduction, and more.…
FRAUD HITS GLOBAL GIANTS HARD, DESPITE INCREASED DEFENCES - KROLL
Fraud, corruption and money laundering is hitting the world’s biggest corporations hardest, despite these companies bolstering their financial crime defences, according to Kroll’s latest annual Global Fraud and Risk Report (1). Risk specialists Kroll surveyed 1,336 senior executives from 17 countries worldwide and found 57% from companies with a turnover topping USD15 billion had experienced a “very significant” impact from such crimes, compared to 36% overall.…
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.…
PAKISTAN DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING BUSINESS GROWS DESPITE COVID OUTBREAK
WITH an estimated annual growth of 15% regarding Pakistan’s future digital textile printing business, according to (WHO?), the sector’s outlook is positive, notably because of increasing digitally printed textile exports.
This growth has continued in the past 18 months, despite Covid-19, with more than a million cases as of July, albeit with a low confirmed death rate of 23,500 from its 225 million population.…