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The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved new protections for paint manufacturing and application workers from exposure to coatings and their ingredients that contain diisocyanates, a widely used chemical input. The controls come in a new EU directive amending directives 98/24/EC and 2004/37/EC regarding limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates.…

The Mauritius clothing and textile industry, as well as its government, hopes that new worker rights legislation will bring order to the recruitment of foreign labourers, while protecting their rights. This Private Recruitment Agencies Act (1) came in force in October 2023, being designed to consolidating and strengthening the legal framework regarding the employment of foreign workers in Mauritius.…

The CEO of an expanding Ethiopian sportswear company has told WTiN how it has combined tech investments with a creative commercial strategy to become a pan-African company that provides quality and affordable sportswear to African consumers.

Samuel Mekonnen, also the co-founder of Gofere, which was launched in 2016, has succeeded in tapping a growing regional market that used to be dominated by cheap, sub-standard products bought mainly from China.…

The future of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) US rental market remains highly uncertain amid falling BEV resale values and persisting maintenance challenges.  

While the American car rental industry has collectively purchased over 100,000 BEV and other zero-emission vehicles (not including hybrids) to date, consumer demand for such cars is still evolving, according to the American Car Rental Association (ACRA). …

With universities grappling how best to integrate sustainability concerns into curricula and operations, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) has released a detailed report offering good practice examples from its 24 elite HE members.

A paper ‘How to Enhance Education for Sustainable Development – Trends and Good Practice at LERU Universities’ includes guidance and examples for HE institutions worldwide.…

Business schools worldwide are increasingly using diversity to help teach environmental, social, and (corporate) governance (ESG), as these sustainability issues grow in importance commercially and for regulatory compliance.

These strategies are underpinned by the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its associated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), of which SDG 4 aims to ensure that by 2030, “all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development (…) and appreciation of cultural diversity” (https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda…

US tobacco growers are facing tough times as labour costs rise, and American cigarette consumption continues to shrink.

In 2023, tobacco production in the US amounted to 432.45 million lb (pounds) (196.1kg), a 3.3% decline from the 447.4 lb (202.9 kg) produced the previous year and continuing a long-term downward trend, Fiona Dyer, lead analyst for tobacco at UK-based data analytics and consulting company GlobalData, told TJI.…

Would the European Union’s (EU) incoming planned digital product passports (DPPs) help consumers access and choose more eco-friendly clothes and increase sustainability in the European textile market, including used apparel? That is a question considered by brands and DPP providers, before, under the EU’s proposed 2022 ecodesign for sustainable products regulation (1), which is still under discussion, textile DPPs should enter the market in 2027.…

The paint and coatings industry is facing a major change in how it reports its activities to regulators and commercial partners, with sustainability reporting systems being formalised, internationalised and in some jurisdictions being made mandatory.

Indeed, 2023 was a major year for sustainability reporting systems, which tell companies how to declare their exposure to environmental and social trends, and their own impact on the world around them, both directly and indirectly through their purchases and sales, and via their supply chains.…

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the USA’s FIU, has made progress on some key long-awaited reforms, including building its beneficial ownership reporting regime, and cracking down on crypto-currency mixers, even though some major AML/CFT holes persist – such as lawyer CDD/SAR filing.…