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BY LEAH GERMAIN

September 11, 2012

A THREAT by the Parti Québécois (PQ) – the newly elected separatist government of Canada’s Québec province – to withdraw a USD58.8 million loan to the last Canadian asbestos mine has left the mining community feeling marginalised and concerned for the future of the chrysotile operations.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

CLOTHING labels worldwide are usually a standard read, with fibre names such as ‘cotton,’ ‘nylon’ and ‘polyester’ – apparel compositions which remain generally constant from season to season. When it comes to luxury textiles and apparel, however, there seem to be more evolving trends in terms of fibres used – along with more dynamic changes in supply and demand.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

VOLUNTARY limiting consumption of red and processed meat would cut chronic diseases and also reduce the UK’s carbon footprint, researchers at the University of Cambridge calculate.

They estimate that that if all individuals who eat meat would cut down their consumption to that of the lowest fifth of consumers – and if the proportion of vegetarians doubled simutaneously – then the expected population-wide reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be about 0.45 tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2-e) per person per year, a total reduction of 27.8 million tonnes annually.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS

JUST two months before the European Commission is expected to release its ‘Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Waters’ – a policy paper aimed at strengthening the European Union’s (EU) water policy – electricity companies are voicing their concerns that a largely environmental approach might harm energy goals, including security of supply.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, IN LONDON

Changes in drink industry logistics in Europe have largely been driven by two factors in the past year or so: the broad economic recession and the growing importance of green policies.

In the wine and spirits sector, the effect of these two influences has been a fairly constant switch to bulk shipments.…

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

OUTSOURCING textile and apparel production is a necessary step along the supply chain for many large international brands, which – more than often – have long-standing relationships with manufacturers abroad. These partnerships have to start from somewhere, though – and with economic development continuing to grow in the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and other emerging market countries, there are many third-party companies and services that can help international buyers choose the right manufacturer.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN, CARMEN PAUN AND KEITH NUTHALL

EVEN with Europe mired in recession and financial crisis, an awful lot of lorries cross Switzerland moving goods between southern and northern Europe. According to Swiss road transport agency FEDRO, in 2010 the number of heavy goods vehicles transporting goods across the Alps increased 6.5% year-on-year.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE CASPIAN Sea oil and gas industry is among the most promising worldwide, so it can seem strange at face value to take in the spectacle of rigs going down, as well as up, sometimes cheek by jowl.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; ALICE TRUDELLE, IN WARSAW; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; EUGENE VOROTNIKOV, IN ST PETERSBURG; ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA; GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA; ALAN OSBORN; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND KEITH NUTHALL

In eastern Europe, with its Soviet-era reliance on communal heating systems, co-generation continues to have strength.…