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The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has pledged over the next two years to help companies transition to making IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 declarations rather than developing additional sustainability reporting standards. It will focus “on the provision of high-quality, decision-useful information”, including help in measuring greenhouse gas emissions.…

Indonesia’s paint and coatings industry is experiencing robust growth, driven by a booming construction sector and government infrastructure projects. However, the industry is also navigating a shifting regulatory landscape and grappling with challenges in raw material sourcing and skilled labour shortages.…

Financial businesses could do much more to protect against internal and external fraud risks, the latest Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) annual global anti-fraud conference, from June 23-6, in Las Vegas, USA, has been told. Keith Nuthall reports.

In the ACFE’s latest biennial 2024 ‘Report to the Nations’ global anti-fraud survey, the association found that with financial services suffering a median loss of USD120,000 to occupational fraud, only 57% of all organisations had run background checks on the perpetrators before hiring them.…

Paints and coatings companies worldwide are rushing to find new raw materials to develop eco-friendly products in line with international requirements and global sustainable goals, but the task has been difficult and time consuming.

As countries and companies race to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which includes urgent action to fight climate change (1), regulators are becoming increasingly intolerant of toxic chemicals in paints and coatings.…

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH – Bundesgerichtshof)’s ruling, issued June 27, that Emmerich, Germany-based vegan fruit gum and liquorice manufacturer Katjes cannot call their fruit gums ‘climate neutral’ will impact affecting future food advertising and labelling, industry experts have told Just Food (1).…

The new president of the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX), the Portuguese textile entrepreneur Mario Jorge Machado, wants to push for a more united European Union (EU) to fight unfair competition worldwide.
Machado was elected by his peers during the Euratex’s general assembly on June 14.…

The European Union (EU) has been moving towards creating a groundbreaking carbon removal certification scheme, allowing food producers to gain financial benefits for innovative sustainability, but such work by EU dairy farmers has yet to be properly recognised. That is the criticism of EU food producers’ association Copa-Cogeca, commenting on an upcoming EU regulation on a ‘certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products’ (1).…

Companies and public sector organisations could sharpen their fraud prevention efforts, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), making sure that red flags raised by background checks on potential employees are acted upon, if these assessments are made at all.…

A major advance in textile-to-textile recycling was made this May (2024), with Lululemon Athletica, the Vancouver, Canada-based athleisure partnering with Sydney, Australia-based enviro-tech firm Samsara Eco to pioneer the production infinitely recycled nylon 6,6 and polyester derived from apparel waste (1).…

The integration of flame retardants in car seat foam may increase auto passenger exposure to chemicals that can cause cancer – especially during the summer – according to a new study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Its researchers have urged federal US government officials to review the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 302, https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2011-title49-vol6/CFR-2011-title49-vol6-sec571-302…