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ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP - INDINESIA NEW CAPITAL PROJECT GATHERS STEAM WITH MAJOR PAINT AND COATINGS SALES POTENTIAL
EU ACTION ESSENTIAL TO KEEP TEXTILE COMPANIES COMPETITIVE IN ENERGY CRISIS, SAY EXPERTS
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) textile industry needs ambitious investment and a strong state aid subsidy plan to survive rising energy costs, enabling them to continue operating efficiently in global markets, European textile experts have told WTiN.
“Since last summer, the EU textiles sector has been faced with sky-high gas and energy prices and this puts further pressure on an already strained supply chain,” the European apparel and textile confederation (Euratex) senior policy officer for trade and industry Paolo Sandri noted.…
FIRST GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS APPROVED – WITH SPECIAL AUTO SECTOR GUIDANCE
International automobile manufacturers, including those based in the USA, have been presented with the first global sustainability reporting standards designed to become compulsory in many countries worldwide from January 1, 2024. They may also apply to foreign companies operating in the USA and overseas branches of US-owned companies such as Ford and GM, depending on a looming decision made from the Securities & Exchange Commission, expected in April (2023).…
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN AML DIRECTOR/COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The professional life of a money laundering reporting officer (MLRO) is of critical importance to the organisations that they serve, but many of their colleagues in separate roles maybe unaware of what happens in the typical day of an MLRO. Shilpa Arora, Senior Director of Anti-Financial Crime Segment Solutions at ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) stressed that a key element of MLRO work is not necessarily actively hunting down dirty money flows, but consultation.…
HAITIAN CLOTHING, TEXTILE INDUSTRY APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL HELP TO STAY OPEN
As Haitian clothing and textile factories lose contracts and are forced to shut down amidst this Caribbean country’s ongoing lawlessness and political chaos, industry officials in Haiti say the only way they can save this important national manufacturing sector is through international intervention.…
DIGITAL TWINS OFFER CLOTHING COMPANIES ADVANCES IN DESIGN AND SALES
From tackling the garment industry’s waste challenges, to proving a product’s provenance and providing infinite creative opportunities for designers, ‘digital twins’ – a digital reproduction of real-life clothing or accessories – are already providing significant benefits.
Lui Iarocheski, VP of marketing and new ventures at PlatformE – a Porto, Portugal-based fashion tech company offering mass customisation at scale for fashion brands told Just Style: “The beauty of a digital twin is that it carries rich data.…
CLOTHING BRANDS MULL RISKS AND REWARDS OF POLITICAL MARKETING
Political branding can encourage or deter clothing sales, say marketing experts, with the risks and rewards growing where political polarisation intensifies. The key US market is certainly a case in point. Research published in the January-February 2023 issue of the academic journal Marketing Science, by the US-based Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, concluded that, following Donald Trump’s presidential electoral victory in 2016, political polarisation was increasingly extended to consumers’ preferences.…
INTERNATIONAL FOOD SECTOR INNOVATES IN PACKAGING DESIGN TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE
Fresh food manufacturers worldwide are developing intelligent packaging that can help them reduce both food and plastic waste, responding to regulatory and consumer pressure to minimise their products’ environmental footprints.
Such bio-innovations may be of particular importance to European Union (EU) food manufacturing companies, given the EU is revising its packaging and packaging waste directive.…
EU FOOD AND DRINK SECTOR DEMANDS PROPER ENABLING CONDITIONS TO MEET NEW PACKAGING RULES
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s new proposal for a packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR) adopted November 30, 2022 (1), will only be successful if amendments make its ambitious sustainability targets more realistic, European food and drink experts have told Food & Drink Technology (FDT).…
ISSB STANDARDS MAY UNLOCK EMERGING MARKET AND SMALL BUSINESS REPORTING CAPACITY, SAY EXPERTS
The agreement of the first two International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards may help new tech-based data networks unlock capital and investment flows to smaller businesses and especially in emerging markets, a symposium in Montréal, Canada, has been told.
A panel of development experts speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17) noted how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning-based data platforms can mesh with digitised smaller businesses, helping entice investors seeking sustainable opportunities.…