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GLOBAL - DEMAND FOR 'NATURAL' DRINKS INGREDIENTS RISING IN MATURE DRINKS MARKETS
BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, GAVIN BLAIR, KEITH NUTHALL
MOST drinks manufacturers would bridle at the accusation that they used anything unnatural to make their products: after all poisoning consumers is bad for business. But in the world of marketing, everything is relative, and some ingredients are so fresh and untainted with processing chemicals that they can, simply, be sold as being more ‘natural’ than standard inputs.…
EUROPE: EU Funding for 21st Century Silk Road
BY Alan Osborn
The European Commission has brought Internet researchers in central Asia into the international research community through aid of a ?$5 million (US$6.74 million) grant to the central Asia research and education network (CAREN) (SPELLING CORRECT). Brussels says the funding will upgrade the ancient ‘silk road’ carrying goods from Europe via central Asia to China into "a 21st century high-speed internet highway for research and education."…
WORLD BANK CALLS FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT OF HYDROCARBON WINDFALL IN LATIN AMERICA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Bank report has told Latin American countries with major hydrocarbon resources, such as Mexico and Venezuela, to diversify their economies by reinvesting windfall export earnings from emerging markets. ‘Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beyond Booms and Busts?’…
MATURE MARKETS PROTECT CLOTHING AND TEXTILE CONSUMERS AGAINST HARM FROM INDUSTRY PRODUCTS
BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, GAVIN BLAIR, KEITH NUTHALL
WEARING clothes is not the most dangerous of pastimes: it is not really up there with hang-gliding, off-piste skiing and single-handed ocean yachting. But there are risks associated with wearing clothes, from the contact consumers and workers’ skin has with the chemicals used in production; to potential for strangulation by drawstrings, choking on toggles, and the flammability of some artificial fibres.…
SOUTH AMERICA'S ORIGINAL COMMUNITIES GAIN HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
THE ORIGINAL inhabitants of Latin America, who dominated the region prior to the Spanish and Portuguese conquests, have often had a rough deal regarding tertiary education. But initiatives are underway to right this wrong. This May the Peruvian National Congress’ Education Commission approved a proposal to create a National Aymara University, the first institute for higher learning in Peru designed to serve so-called ‘indigenous’ peoples of the country.…
INNOVATIVE PACKAGING TRANSFORMING GLOBAL DRINKS PACKAGING INDUSTRY
BY MARK ROWE
INNOVATIVE packaging is transforming the drinks industry. Heavy tins and bottles are being replaced by lighter composite and biodegradeable materials; hi-tech cartons are being manufactured that tell consumers if the milk’s gone off; and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags are being embedded with temperature sensors.…
SOUTH AMERICA'S ORIGINAL COMMUNITIES GAIN HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
THE ORIGINAL inhabitants of Latin America, who dominated the region prior to the Spanish and Portuguese conquests, have often had a rough deal regarding tertiary education. But initiatives are underway to right this wrong. This May the Peruvian National Congress’ Education Commission approved a proposal to create a National Aymara University, the first institute for higher learning in Peru designed to serve so-called ‘indigenous’ peoples of the country.…
ORGANICS STANDARDS STREAMLINING, OPEN DOORS FOR DRINKS PRODUCERS
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE POPULARITY of drinks made from organically grown ingredients is on the rise, fostered in part by increasingly comprehensive regulations designed to ensure organically labelled products are indeed organic. Yet obstacles and limitations to the growth of this niche drinks sector remain, and combined with the economic downturn the organic industry still needs a push to reach its full potential.…
GUYANA AND SURINAME STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN MONEY LAUNDERERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUYANA and Suriname are neighbours with a lot in common – culturally Caribbean, but on South America, they are important shipment routes for illegal drug traffickers and so exposed to money laundering offences. They are, however, not offshore financial centres and so complex financial instruments are not available for hiding the dirty cash generated by organised crime in these countries.…
MATURE MARKETS PROTECT CLOTHING AND TEXTILE CONSUMERS AGAINST HARM FROM INDUSTRY PRODUCTS
BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, GAVIN BLAIR, KEITH NUTHALL
WEARING clothes is not the most dangerous of pastimes: it is not really up there with hang-gliding, off-piste skiing and single-handed ocean yachting. But there are risks associated with wearing clothes, from the contact consumers and workers’ skin has with the chemicals used in production; to potential for strangulation by drawstrings, choking on toggles, and the flammability of some artificial fibres.…