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THE ECONOMIES of the Asia Pacific region are impressively dynamic, but HR experts agree much more could be gained if the region were to succeed in improving women’s skills and providing them with equal opportunities at work.

Illustrating just how much potential there is, the latest report from the McKinsey Global Institute published in April, ‘The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in Asia Pacific’, has found that advancing women’s equality in the region could add USD4.5 trillion to their collective GDP annually in 2025 – a 12% increase over the “business-as-usual trajectory”.…

A LANDMARK deal on the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy directive (RED), reached in the early hours of June 14 in Brussels between the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers (of member states), means the European power sector will have to become greener.…

FRAUD poses a “tremendous threat to organisations of all types and sizes, in all parts of the world”, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – which like many expert groups have sought to demonstrate the scale of the problem with statistics.…

GERMANY’S strong anti-bribery enforcement against individuals needs to be matched by comparably strong enforcement against companies, according to a June 21 report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery.

The report, which follows a ‘phase 4’ evaluation of Germany’s implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention, praises Germany’s role as one of its most efficient enforcers.…

The European Union’s anti-fraud office OLAF recommended the recovery of over EUR3 billion to the EU budget in 2017, up from EUR631 millon in 2016, according to the agency’s latest annual report. OLAF said that this “exceptionally high figure” stems from major undervaluation fraud “where fraudsters profited from declaring falsely low values for goods at import in the European Union,” among the 197 cases concluded by OLAF last year. …

FRAUD poses a “tremendous threat to organisations of all types and sizes, in all parts of the world”, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – which like many expert groups have sought to demonstrate the scale of the problem with statistics.…

SPAIN’S personal care product market is continuing to grow after years of post-financial crisis weakness. Spain’s skincare, cosmetic and perfume industry continues to mature, and has turned in solid sales figures for 2017, reflecting the optimistic mood of the economy after the ‘lost’ years of the recession.…

THE LATIN American personal care product market, buffeted in recent years by economic and political instability, looks back on track, with trouble-spots such as Venezuela being very much an exception to overall progress.

Data released by market researcher Euromonitor International has said that the region’s beauty and personal care product sales in 2017 topped USD65 billion in 2017, growing by 42.5% between 2012 and last year.…

THE INTERNATIONAL Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) has released an ambitious policy plan designed to steer the industry towards sustainability. Called the Berlin Declaration, having been released at the fourth World Cocoa Conference, of governments, farmers, traders, grinders, processors, manufacturers, researchers, trade unions, civil society organisations, trade unions, consumer organisations, it says higher farm gate prices should be paid.…

THE CANADIAN fur industry is adapting to changes in consumer demand by looking to new uses of pelts, including fur yarns that can be knitted or weaved, as well as the use of fur for trimming. The resulting product lines are intended for a broader target market, including clothing and accessories that will appeal to a new generation.…