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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. …
WHEN IS A LOBBYING SCANDAL REALLY CORRUPTION?
The question of when and whether lobbying is ethically questionable or even a criminal bribe is a complex issue, with rules varying according to jurisdictions. Often, actions that are politically embarrassing, are definitely not bribes, or indeed unlawful in anyway. For example, on September 15, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney survived a no-confidence vote in the Dáil Éireann over his handling of the appointment of former minister for children Katherine Zappone as his country’s ‘Special Envoy to the UN on Freedom of Opinion and Expression’.…
WHEN IS A LOBBYING SCANDAL REALLY CORRUPTION?
The question of when and whether lobbying is ethically questionable or even a criminal bribe is a complex issue, with rules varying according to jurisdictions. Often, actions that are politically embarrassing, are definitely not bribes, or indeed unlawful in anyway. For example, on September 15, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney survived a no-confidence vote in the Dáil Éireann over his handling of the appointment of former minister for children Katherine Zappone as his country’s ‘Special Envoy to the UN on Freedom of Opinion and Expression’.…
GREEK METAL PACKAGING SECTOR REMAINS MIXTURE OF MAJORS AND SMALL PLAYERS, FIGHTING COVID-19 DISRUPTION
The Greek metal packaging sector is characterised by fragmentation between two multinationals and a larger number of smaller Greek enterprises. This defines a national industry that is primarily inward looking, with few exports. Vasilis Papapanousis, sales director at leading tinplate manufacturer ELSA SILGAN Metal Packaging SA, told CanTech International that exports do not account for more than 5-10% of the total Greek production metal packaging.…
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.…
COVID 19 CONTINUES TO SHAKE UP AML/CFT IN YEAR TWO OF PANDEMIC
AS COVID-19 batters the world into its second year of the most destructive global pandemic since the Spanish Flu of 1919, its impact on AML/CFT is becoming clearer. FATF released an updated assessment in December (2020) (1) highlighting an increase in certain predicate offences caused by the disease itself and the increased online activity it has generated: phishing scams, business compromise fraud; internet child sex exploitation; corruption and fraud related to medical supply contracts; and property thefts of vacant homes and offices.…
ERP DEVELOPERS TAILOR PROGRAMMES TO TEXTILE AND CLOTHING TO OFFER COMPETITIVE EDGE TO THIS DIVERSE SECTOR
INTRODUCTION
TEXTILES and clothing manufacture and sales are all about leveraging resources, from creative talent to quality materials and sophisticated technology. So, enterprise resource planning programmes (ERP) have been attractive for the past 20 years or more and have become an increasingly important tool of manufacturers and brands.…
MEXICO AUTO SECTOR STRUGGLES TO GET PRODUCTION SURGING AS AMERICAN EXPORT MARKET RECOVERS POST-COVID
THE MEXICAN automotive industry is struggling to cope with the resurgence of demand for new vehicles, as it deals with the global shortage of microchips along with the increase in steel costs – hitting manufacturers’ bottom line – a key problem for Mexico USA-oriented export model.…
EGYPT BUILDS NEW EXPORT SEGMENT FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC BRANDS
Ethical clothing and textile brands and product lines are springing up in Egypt with an eye on export markets, with a newly formed Sustainable Fashion Alliance aiding the segment’s development by addressing potential problems in the supply chain and lobbying the government for assistance.…
CANADIAN DIGITAL TEXTILE SECTOR LOOKS TO POST-COVID RE-SHORING FUTURE AS IT BUILDS CAPACITY
TEXTILE and clothing products sold in Canada may have significant proportions of imports, but the country does retain an important digital textile printing capacity.
Covid-19, however, has changed the market according to researchers and companies working in the sector.
“Daily, I hear comments from clients that they want to keep their business local, and that they do not want to go offshore,” said Joe Scout, sales executive at Toronto-based Club Ink, manufacturers of film industry wardrobe costumes and digitally-printed (largely non-textile) display solutions and.…