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THE UPCOMING reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should focus on developing competitive markets and sustainable production within the bio-based oils and fats sector, the European Margarine Association (IMACE)’s Secretary General Siska Pottie has told Oils & Fats International. The overhaul, which is now under way, should also promote healthy living across the European Union (EU), said Ms Pottie.…

KENYA has long been regarded as east Africa’s economic powerhouse, with residential and industrial construction boosting sales of paints and coatings – and for now there seems to be no halt in this progress. Indeed, the last World Bank assessment of growth in this 45 million people country was that GDP rose by 5.6% in 2015.…

THE EUROPEAN beef sector must keep its direct payments at a time when the European Union (EU)’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is under review, according to new research highlighted by the European Parliament.

‘The EU cattle sector: challenges and opportunities – milk and meat’ report, published February 27 by the parliament’s agriculture and rural development committee, says these payments play an important part in farm-household income.…

THE FEDERAL Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) Program, in the USA, has managed to escape the cull of environmental programmes ordered by the new administration of President Donald Trump.

His executive orders shortly after taking office in January led to more than USD4 billion’s worth of grants and contracts administered by the USA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) being scrapped.…

KEY MESSAGES

*The nuclear industry has an ageing staff and needs to recruit new professionals as they retire

*Its strong health and retirement benefits packages could help it attract the new staff it needs

*The nuclear industry outside north America has a strong expat component, making it easier for recruit staff from abroad

INTRODUCTION

The nuclear industry sector is facing some significant human resources challenges, but new research carried out by Airswift and Energy Jobline indicates that the nuclear sector can still compete for talent.…

Natural gas, including its liquefied form LNG, can be the long-term growth story among fossil fuels but needs to withstand stiff challenges

The naming ceremony in February 2017 for offshore facilities for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia was another milestone in the huge wave of investment in LNG production capacity globally in recent years.…

Promoting women to corporate boards within the Middle East and elsewhere can directly improve profitability and change the way a company approaches its market, participants at a recent networking breakfast hosted by ACCA concurred.

Entitled ‘Women in Finance: beyond the numbers’, the event was held on February 2 at the Four Seasons resort hotel in Dubai and attended by senior finance professionals and leaders from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…

Under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), which is voluntary from 2024 to 2026, then mandatory for all ICAO member states 2027 to 2035, apart from certain exemptions, airlines will buy emissions units representing 1 tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) from green projects to offset excess CO2 above 2020 levels.…

AS many leading fashion brands are stepping up use of Australian Merino wool, Chinese fabric makers with a long track record of in-house research and development (R&D) into wool are finding themselves better positioned than latecomers to reap the fruits of this trend.…

WORLD leader in viscose staple fibre, Mumbai-based conglomerate the Aditya Birla Group has boosted its sustainability policies through a social and agro-forestry programme designed to reduce the environmental and community impact of its in-house fibre sourcing.

Focused on its operations in Karnataka, India, the group has launched what it calls a ‘Better Viscose Initiative’, developing new in house cloned eucalyptus fibre sourcing plantations that are about to come online, supplying quality fibre for Birla operations.…