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A planned legally binding global agreement covering the lifecycle of plastics should hasten the regulation, proliferation and uptake of steps in the personal care product industry to eliminate plastic pollution, sector associations and experts.

Even before the decision in March (2022) by the United Nations Environment Assembly to conclude negotiations by 2024 on a pact to eliminate plastic pollution, cosmetics manufacturers of all sizes have been moving towards a more circular economy approach.…

Russia’s paint and coatings industry has been hit by sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) banning the export of high-tech oil refining equipment, because of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. The EU Council of Ministers has banned equipment helping create petrochemicals such as polymerisation units, sulphur production units, and sulphuric acid alkylation and sulphuric acid regeneration units.…

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly today (March 9) for a European Union (EU)-wide ban on golden passports or citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes by 2025. In a 595 for, 12 against and 74 abstentions vote, MEPs approved a report on ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’ (1) which said schemes operated by 12 EU countries (2) “pose several serious security risks for Union citizens” notably corruption and money laundering.…

The Chinese government has been hindering international infant formula brands by encouraging the growth of domestic manufacturers while failing in its attempt to boost the birth rate, reducing overall demand.

The government has been rolling out its Action Plan for the Promotion of Domestic Infant Milk Formula published in May 2019, involving stricter manufacturing quality standards to improve faith in Chinese brands such as Feihe.…

The Tunisian food sector is showing how an industry can leverage traditional halal practices in the domestic market to generate certification that enables its products to be exported to Muslim-majority markets worldwide.

“When we say a food product is halal and it is not haram (religiously forbidden), that does not just mean the absence of alcohol and pork, but also, and most importantly, it is halal because it does not harm the health of its consumers,” said Nawel Jebali, senior technician for the halal sector at Tunisian standards organisation, INNORPI (Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle), which issues renewable three-year halal certificates in the country.…

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a GBP282 million (USD377 million) fraud linked to collapsed broadcaster Arena Television.  The company, which offered broadcast trucks for major sporting and music events to the UK’s leading television stations, including the BBC and ITV, folded in November 2021, owing 55 lenders for purchases of equipment that it never actually bought.…

The Tunisian halal poultry sector has claimed its good practice has been preventing livestock from becoming infected with bird flu, that can infect human consumers. Tunisia’s vulnerability to the disease is particularly intense because the country lies on the key wild bird migration routes between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.…

The Tunisian clothing industry says that a collective wage agreement to 2023 will help Tunisian workers deal with rising costs, (inflation was 6.6% in December), while keeping the sector competitive in international markets. The deal was struck in November by the Tunisian Textile and Clothing Federation (FTTH), (as part of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts – UTICA) and the General Federation of Textiles, Clothes, Leather and Shoes workers (FGTHCC), which is part of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT).…

The European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) has attacked the UK government for extending until December 2024 an import quota of 260,000 tonnes for raw sugar, claiming this could disrupt the European sugar industry and market. “The UK’s approach is alarming, since it undermines existing concessions offered to sugar producers around the world,” said CEFS, notably European Union producers and those from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries who usually have some special access to EU markets (and formerly UK markets prior to Brexit).…

Major garment labels, technology innovators, environmental research companies and textile manufacturers are working hard worldwide to deliver sustainable solutions for cotton textile pre-treatment. Reducing levels of chemicals in wastewater, significantly decreasing the total amount of water used in processing in the first place and cutting energy use by as much as 75% are some of the benefits these new techniques are delivering to finishers.…