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FOUR months after China’s new tough Environment Protection Law came into force to facilitate public interest litigation against polluters– including textile finishing plants – a court in Shangdong Province’s Dezhou city has agreed to hear a Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY30 million (USD4.80 million) lawsuit brought forward by the All China Environment Federation (ACEF).…

After years of strong economic growth, salaries of Chinese clothing makers have increased, resulting in more expensive Chinese textiles and clothing manufacturing. But while cheaper outsourcing locations such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and India have picked up the slack, experts both in China and abroad have yet to buy into the notion that garment production is dramatically shifting out of China.…

Changing textile and other input suppliers may be fraught with difficulties, but it is key to the role of any clothing buyer.
“It can be extremely difficult,” said Emma Wilson, buyer for UK-based specialist sourcing agency Smartway. “There are issues such as quality, lead-times and monitoring the supplier.”…

GROUND power units (GPUs) are an increasing source of energy savings for Chinese airports as the country’s aviation sector works towards some exacting environmental targets. The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC), has pledged to cut 2005 levels of energy consumption and emissions by 22% from the country’s aviation sector by 2020.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament today (Tuesday April 28) approved the long-debated proposal to limit the use of lightweight plastic bags within the European Union (EU). Backing an agreement struck with the EU Council of Ministers last November, the new EU directive will give member states two choices:
*Reduce annual average consumption of non-biodegradable plastic bags to 90 lightweight bags (below 50 microns, 0.05 millimetres) per citizen by the end of 2019 and 40 bags by the end of 2025; or
*Ensure that by the end of 2018, no more light plastic bags are handed over free of charge to shoppers.…

TOWNS of the future – efficient, energy-neutral, safe and truly communal – may look a lot like the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (SST), in Japan. Energy World had the opportunity to tour this pioneering project, located 30 miles (48 kilometres) south of central Tokyo.…

IF the record turnout at this year’s edition of the cosmetics and personal care industry’s premier international trade fair, Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna (March 20-23), in Italy, is a sign of resilience amidst the still weak global economy, than the future is starting to look bright for the beauty business.…

THE PERSONAL care product sector in the European Union (EU) has had to work hard to comply with the 2012 biocidal products regulation, which will have significant implications for the use of preservatives in cosmetics. Manufacturers of biocidal products need to be have their active ingredients registered for assessment by September 1 (2015) for them to be used in the EU.…

TAXES on wages in developed countries within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) have risen by about 1% between 2010 and 2014 even though a majority of OECD governments did not increase statutory income tax rates. A new OECD report Taxing Wages 2015 said in 2014, the tax burden paid by average OECD workers increased 0.1% to 36%.…

The European Parliament’s industry, research and energy committee has called for the maintenance of tariffs protecting energy intensive industries in the European Union (EU), such as the industrial minerals sector, following trade deal talks with the USA.
This committee is one of 14 that will be giving detailed opinions in the coming weeks on the negotiations to force a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement between the EU and USA.…