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OIL AND GAS COMPANIES CAN BENEFIT FROM PROACTIVITY AGAINST CORRUPTION SAY EXPERTS
Oil and gas companies are facing increasing risks related to corruption. However, there are numerous ways in which a business in the sector can avoid being exposed to graft. And new laws are tackling such problems more effectively. Jonathan Dyson reports.…
EIB PLOTS INVESTMENT INTO WARSAW’S CHOPIN AIRPORT
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to invest Polish Zloty PLN550 million (USD162 million) in Warsaw Chopin Airport, helping fund a PLN1.1 billion improvement plan. This includes work to reconfigure terminal one, improve its integration with terminal two, resurface the main runway, build new taxiways and aprons, construct a second airport hotel and provide a new aviation fuel supply line.…
CHINA’S CLOTHING SECTOR PONDERS SUSTAINABILITY – BUT A LOT OF WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE
CHINA clothing and textile manufacturers want to create a sustainable apparel industry in China that does not rely on cheap labour and poor environmental performance, but supplies competitive quality output that attracts international sales. That was the message given to a so-called ‘Integral Conversation’ conference on new development models, staged at Guilin City, Guangxi province, China, on November 18-19, staged by clothing manufacturer Esquel.…
AUTOMOTIVE TESTS IN EUROPE COME UP SHORT SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
Auto manufacturers’ gas mileage and emissions claims are a key part of marketing, but if these claims are shown to be false or skewered, it might be better if they had not been made in the first place. According to Transport and Environment (T&E), a Brussels-based organization that promotes transport policies based on sustainable development, the current system of testing cars to measure fuel economy and CO2 emissions in Europe “is not fit for purpose”.…
NIGER TO OPEN FOUR NEW REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES
NIGER is seeking to enhance its higher education services by opening four new universities, each specialising in a particular subject area key to the country’s development. And while the west African country’s higher education sector continues to face key challenges, experts are hailing the development as a boost to the country’s education system.…
TRANSPORT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW EU EURO315 BILLION INVESTMENT PLAN
TRANSPORT projects are a key focus of a major European Union (EU) investment programme announced last week – which is designed to inject EUR315 billion into the EU economy between 2015 and 2017. The plan, launched on Wednesday (Nov 26) by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB), is being rolled-out at break-neck speed in EU terms.…
REACH REPLICAS IN ASIA CONTINUE TO BE MOVING TARGET, SAY EXPERTS
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) might have been making the regulatory heavy weather with its REACH chemical control system, but paints and coatings companies increasingly have to pay close attention to developing chemicals regulations in Asia-Pacific countries such as China and South Korea.…
EIB PLANS LOAN FOR FERRER R&D
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Euro EUR50 million to Spanish pharmaceutical company Grupo Ferrer Internacional SA, to help it fund a EUR116 million’s worth of scheduled research and development. Studies that would receive financing if the EIB board of directors approves the plan includes medicines to treat central nervous system problems, infections and inflammatory diseases, oncology, diagnostics, plus cardiovascular, respiratory conditions.…
EU LAUNCHES SEARCHABLE PHARMA LAW DATABASE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a searchable database that can be used offline including a complete set of European Union (EU) human and veterinary pharmaceutical legislation. The Eudralex V29 is similar to the EU’s EudraLex web site, but with an off-line search engine – all the documents are in pdf format.…
ITALY’S TEXTILE SECTOR SAYS TRANSATLANTIC TRADE DEAL IS POTENTIAL BOON – BUT DEVIL IN THE DETAILS
SENIOR figures in the Italian textile sector are optimistic that their industry will benefit should the European Union (EU) and the USA strike a deal during negotiations for a planned Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Eliminating or reducing tariffs on textiles at the US border would offer significant gains to Italy’s textile producers, said Filippo Laviani, a Europe and international trade regulation specialist with Italy’s largest fashion trade association Sistema Moda Italia: “Customs tariffs [in the US] are still high, like for example, the circa 20% tariff applied to wool men’s suits imports and the 32% duty applied to T-shirts made of synthetic fibres,” he told WTiN.com.…