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NEW European Union (EU) legislation on public procurement rules will promote non-financial reporting across the EU. Three new directives have been approved by the European Parliament. They include a new criterion for choosing tender winners – called the “most economically advantageous tender” (MEAT) – which promotes consideration of quality, environmental considerations, social aspects or innovation, as well as price.…

A NEW and detailed environmental impact report on a long-standing USD26 million World Bank plan to improve airports in Pacific island state Kiribati says the project should improve rainwater collection. With sea levels rising, Kiribati’s coral atolls risk seawater penetration and rely on rainwater for drinking water.…

CHINESE textile and clothing industry exports are expected to grow by at least by 8% year-on-year in 2014 thanks to the recovering US and European Union (EU) markets, according to China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of  Textile and Apparel (CCCT).…

MEAT consumption will never reach previous levels, Tassos Haniotis, director of economic analysis at the European Commission’s directorate general for agriculture said yesterday (Tuesday).

He was speaking during the launch of the European Commission report on prospects for agricultural markets and income in the European Union (EU) between 2013 and 2023.…

THE INSULATION of heated livestock buildings and replacing soya with rapeseed in animal feed are some of the measures livestock farmers can use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a European Parliament workshop heard this week (Tuesday) in Brussels.

“About 40% of the total GHG emissions of agriculture in France come from methane from ruminants and their manure,” Dr Sylvain Pellerin, research director at the French National Agriculture Research Centre (INRA) told members of the European Parliament (MEPs).…

THE EXPANSION of the Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (PMIA) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, has long been overdue, with the facility having struggled to handle the spike in pilgrims visiting the two holy sites of Mecca and Medina. In a first for the Gulf region, the expansion is a public-private partnership, with Turkey’s TAV Airports Holding Company operating a 25-year concession that is expected to be rolled out elsewhere in the kingdom.…

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has provisionally recommended that exposure levels to consumers from the plastic packaging chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) be lowered sharply. This follows a review of more than 450 studies, which identified “likely” damage to consumers’ livers, kidneys and potential harm to mammary glands “linked to exposure to the chemical.”…

THE EUROPEAN Commission, the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers have agreed a law introducing measures that national and local authorities have to respect when they decide to set operating restrictions at European airports limiting aircraft noise.…

With consumers becoming more aware of the environmental impact and social implications of the fashion and textile industries, Italian luxury textile manufacturer Canepa is addressing these issues in practical ways. Canepa, for instance, became a signed supporter of the Greenpeace Detox Campaign in September 2013.…

THE TAIWAN textile dyeing and finishing sectors have never quite recovered from the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) abolition of global textile quotas in 2005. It resulted in the closure of many stand-alone units by making their labour-intensive manufacturing processes on the relatively wealthy island uncompetitive.…