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The international can manufacturing and filling industry is continuing to face increasing regulatory pressure regarding certain food contact chemicals, which while protecting cans against corrosion, may also harm consumer health and the environment.

Dubbed by environmental groups as ‘forever chemicals’ because they take so long to degrade, these substances include bisphenols, phthalates and PFAS (per and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances).…

THE EUROPEAN and international dyeing sector will effectively lose the ability to use inks manufactured using solvents made with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under new European Union (EU) measures to ban fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). These are considered 100 to 24,000 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide, and hence controls are tightening.…

One of the core missions of ABET, a global, non-governmental quality assurance organization for post-secondary programs in engineering, engineering technology, computing, and applied and natural sciences is to increase awareness of the importance of outcomes-based education.

To achieve this, educational programs need to be carefully designed, developed, delivered and evaluated with a focus on learning outcomes – ensuring that students who complete an educational program are equipped to serve a global society in their fields.…

The University of Victoria (UVic), in Canada’s temperate rain forest zone, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has blazed a trail in integrating its education for sustainable development (ESD) with an expansive range of courses and activities, deepening its impact.

The 2024, the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings rated UVic as fifth worldwide in the world for supporting the UN sustainable development goal SDG13 on climate action; and fourth worldwide for helping promote SDG11 on developing sustainable cities and communities.…

The Himalayan state, the Kingdom of Bhutan, has been slowly improving its AML/CFT systems and legislation – while improvements are being made in adopting FATF-compliant policies and laws, there have been no ML or TF prosecutions. A mutual evaluation report (MER) from the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG), released last June (2023), concluded: “Bhutan has made progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified…” in past assessments.…

The government of the Himalayan republic of Nepal, squeezed between Asian giants India and China, has passed amendments to 20 laws affecting AML/CFT, as it seeks to avoid a re-grey-listing by FATF (1).

Nepal left the FATF grey list in 2014, after a six-year-stay, but a critical mutual evaluation report (MER) from the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) called for more action (2).…

Food and drink industry regulators worldwide are tightening rules and guidance on reducing the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), pushing food manufacturers to develop alternatives to this non-stick chemical used notably in microwave popcorn bags, grease-proof paper and plastic sandwich bags.…

The Swedish metal packaging sector is trying to maximise recyclability and circularity, particularly in aluminium, as the country works to heighten food security and anticipate future challenges, including the government bolstering food stocks through commitments made when joining NATO.

Sweden’s Krone SEK356 billion (USD33.8 billion) food and beverages market has reported strong growth over the past three years, growing by 6.6% in 2022 on the previous year, according to the latest figures from state-run Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån) (1).…

International accounting networks are keeping a close eye on China’s lucrative audit market, which is becoming a riskier proposition as tough regulatory actions make Chinese clients less willing to choose firms with global connections over local outfits.

These pressures are rising as the Chinese government mulls regulatory action against PwC, following the January collapse of its property giant client, the China Evergrande Group.…

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published planned changes to its standards, helping accountants write financial reports including currencies whose jurisdictions suffer from hyper-inflation. The planned changes to IAS21 on ‘The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates’ would help translate financial information from a non-hyperinflationary to a hyperinflationary currency.…