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The Covid-19 pandemic may have been disruptive for the international textile sector, but in emerging regional outsourcing hubs such as north Africa, the potential offered by digital printing is so clear that investment into this modern finishing segment has continued.

Tunisia is a case in point.…

The first woman to chair the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), Gabriela Figueiredo Dias, of Portugal, intends to boost trust in accountants and auditors worldwide, whose profession has been undermined by public scandals, some highlighting conflicts of interest.

Speaking to Accounting & Business, she said another goal of her three-year term of office, which began on January 1, (2022), would be to formalise IESBA ethical standards for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and help the sector deal with disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI).…

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by the IFRS Foundation with Canadian investment agency Montréal International to obtain financial support from the governments of Canada and Québec to establish a base in Montréal for the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).…

Consumers in Europe need to be offered clear labelling so that they only buy halal meat, especially from animals not pre-stunned before slaughter, if they want to, animal rights organisations and halal groups have told Salaam Gateway.

“We think it would be helpful if all meat was labelled pre-stunned or not so people can make informed choices,” said Dr Nick Palmer, head of Compassion in World Farming UK, an animal welfare campaign and lobbying group: “It is undesirable for non-pre-stunned meat to be accidentally purchased by consumers who would prefer to avoid it.”…

THE CURRENT global energy crisis and its attendant price rises have had “a dramatic impact on the profitability of many companies” in the textile and clothing sector, and a European Union (EU)-wide cap on gas prices is essential, Dirk Vantyghem, director general of the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex), has told WTiN.…

Europe’s textile sector has said digital technologies will have a key role to play in implementing the European Union (EU) Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (1), which was released March (2022), to ensure that by 2030, textile products placed on the market are long-lived and recyclable.…

The Greek government is seeking to grow English language higher education courses by approving a new law which will aid the creation of new English taught degrees run by Greek universities with overseas HE institutions. While these programmes were already legal, the new law clarifies how they should be operated and controlled by administrative and academic staff.…

Tobacco manufacturers and retailers have expressed concerns about a crackdown on cigarette advertising in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, which has been well-known for an unusually liberal approach towards tobacco marketing. However, it remains unclear whether the policy, launched last September (2021) has had any impact on sales.   …

A lack of common international Islamic financial regulatory system is hindering the development of Islamic social finance instruments, causing a dearth of good practice solutions that could effectively fight poverty, say experts.

In the February 2021 issue of the ISRA (International Shari’ah Research Academy) International Journal of Islamic Finance, Abdulsalam Ahmed Sawmar and his co-authors say one key element of Muslim charity – zakat (obligatory charity) – historically, “has been an integral part of the Islamic economic system because of its sizable impact in achieving social harmony and preserving decent living standard for the needy segments of Muslim communities.”…

With Islamic finance strengthening and diversifying, service providers are increasingly targeting non-Islamic markets, competing directly with non-Islamic services. While demand in non-Islamic markets has historically been tied to factors spanning from real estate investment in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) economies to wealth management of non-Islamic countries’ Muslim minority populations, additional tailwinds are now deriving from Islamic finance’s closeness to the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria used by socially conscious investors.…