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EUROPEAN CONFECTIONERY INDUSTRY PONDERS DEVELOPING GREENER PACKAGING
BY MARK ROWE
THERE is consumer demand in Europe for making confectionery packaging more sustainable, but in the European Union (EU) manufacturers are motivated more in going green by EU legislation.
They are developing ways of reducing, reusing and recycling packaging, and changing its composition to help.…
EU ROUND UP - BRUSSELS TO DELAY CARBON PERMIT AUCTIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will postpone auctioning pollution permits sold under its emissions trading scheme (ETS) to potential further price falls, but has not decided how many allowances will be sold later. ETS permit prices are already depressed as Europe’s economic woes left oil and gas users with unused rights to emit carbon.…
PRIVATE SECTOR MAY BE CHP WHITE KNIGHT
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
Such small plants have clear commercial applications and it could be – going forward – that market-based innovation, rather than government support, that will succour the sector in much of Europe during the ongoing financial and economic crisis.…
BANGLADESH'S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR MOVES TOWARDS A GREENER FUTURE
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
A PILOT project of the World Bank’s private sector agency the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has kindled hope that Bangladesh’s burgeoning knitwear and garments industry could overcome its notorious environmental pollution problems at an affordable price. However, replicating the pilot’s innovative strategies across the industry in the country will not be easy: struggling with the challenges of sourcing environment friendly finance; securing power availability amidst irregular supplies; operating effective effluent treatment plants; and dealing with a lack of awareness amongst entrepreneurs.…
BOLIVIAN COSMETICS INDUSTRY POSES MAJOR GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPANIES, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LA PAZ
STRONG growth in Bolivia’s personal care market is attracting an increasing number of both international and domestic cosmetics brands, capitalising on rising demand for products across all consumer demographics. This market success can be linked to the country’s overall economic growth in recent years, which has seen GDP rise about 5% per year since the country’s indigenous socialist president Evo Morales came to power in 2006.…
EUROPE'S COGENERATION MARKET NEEDS A BIG PUSH FROM GOVERNMENTS TO PROSPER IN THE LONG TERM
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
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.…
BANGLADESH'S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR MOVES TOWARDS A GREENER FUTURE
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
A PILOT project of the World Bank’s private sector agency the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has kindled hope that Bangladesh’s burgeoning knitwear and garments industry could overcome its notorious environmental pollution problems at an affordable price. However, replicating the pilot’s innovative strategies across the industry in the country will not be easy: struggling with the challenges of sourcing environment friendly finance; securing power availability amidst irregular supplies; operating effective effluent treatment plants; and dealing with a lack of awareness amongst entrepreneurs.…
DROUGHT LEAVES AMERICAN MEAT PRODUCERS IN DEEP TROUBLE
BY LEAH GERMAIN
AMERICAN livestock producers are in "deep trouble" following the worst drought the country has experienced in 25 years, according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack.
With over 61% of US land mass having been impacted by the drought as of July 25, the government has implemented a disaster relief system to help farmers and livestock producers, with aid tactics including greater access to low-interest loans.…
AFTER RIO+20, MANDATORY NORM FOR CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING STILL LARGELY DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENTS
THE GOAL of making sustainability reporting a norm for companies worldwide was boosted by an agreement forged at the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in June, but ultimately, national governments will still be responsible for this key policy area.
The investor-led Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition (CSRC) led the charge for a deal at the Rio de Janeiro meeting that included solid international commitments on expanding sustainability reporting, and some green activists will doubtless have been disappointed by the result.…
GLOBAL REPORTING COALITION PUSHES FOR HOLISTIC COMPANY REPORTING
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO
TWENTY years after the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro asked businesses to recognise environmental management among the highest corporate priorities and 10 years after the second Earth Summit in Johannesburg committed governments to enhance corporate environmental and social responsibility and accountability, it is clear that voluntary commitments to sustainability reporting have not really delivered the goods.…