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Battle lines have been drawn across the international palm oil industry as its companies prepare to comply with the incoming European Union (EU) food information regulation No 1169/2011, which comes into force from December 13, 2014, and requires product labels to list types of vegetable oil used in food.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…

THE SIGHT of wind turbines in an offshore oilfield is nothing new. Operators in the Gulf of Mexico have for years used small wind turbines on oil and gas installations to power SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) computerised systems to keep fields operating.…

You’ve only got to read the annual reports of the major oil and gas companies to know that sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are part of the industry’s stock-in-trade these days. No company that values its global reputation or cares about its standing with foreign governments is going to ignore them.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded project aims to change Europeans’ reserve about using flies as a source of protein feed for pigs and poultry, but also for human consumption, which is not currently allowed in Europe.

With almost EUR3 million from the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, PROteINSECT wants to provide research that proves the efficacy and safety of insect protein to be used in animal feed.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission is currently looking into claims made by the tribal rights non-governmental organisation NGO Survival International regarding alleged human rights violations by a company producing Paraguayan beef. Brussels spokesperson David D’Arcy told globalmeatnews.com: “The complaint has been received by the European Commission and passed to relevant desks at DG [the directorate general for] Trade and the European External Action Service.”…

While many companies may be looking for strategies to exit China as its as labour and manufacturing costs rise, that is certainly not the case for John Cheh, vice chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-based quality cotton shirt manufacturer Esquel Group.…

THAILAND’S new tax incentive scheme, due to take effect in just over a year, is provoking mixed reactions from tax experts and foreign investors.

As the country looks to move away from low-cost, low-value, environmentally damaging manufacturing industries towards those that might foster a sustainable, knowledge-based economy, Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) has drawn up a new investment promotion policy that will go into effect in January 2015.…

CANADA’S international environmental reputation has taken a beating in the past decade, dropping out of the Kyoto Protocol and developing emissions-rich production oil sands for a world that is hungry for its energy products. But Canada’s Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) is seeking to address that problem by encouraging environmental reporting, helping to set fiscal terms of reference for the country’s emerging clean energy economy.…

STATE support for the development of the Internet of Things (IOT) sector in China has the potential to drive demand for premium protective coatings across the Asia Pacific region, according to IOT and coatings industry experts.

During China’s recent change of government leadership, the State Council this February promised to launch tax breaks for companies using these technologies, vowing to achieve widespread “application of the IOT in key areas by 2015, as well as breakthroughs in core technologies.” …