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Fraud is sometimes downplayed as a ‘victimless crime’, especially when companies are the direct victims. While that is obviously untrue, frauds associated with food that can directly harm consumer health give the lie to this statement. It is one reason why food fraud is a clear priority problem for international policy makers.…

European Union (EU) confectionery, chocolate and biscuit industry association CAOBISCO has called on the EU to take a smart and integrated approach when amending and approving a planned EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. Proposed by the European Commission in February (2022), the law would insist that larger companies identify, prevent, end or mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights, (such as child labour and worker exploitation), and the environment, (such as pollution and biodiversity loss).…

The need to reduce the environmental impact of the dairy sector, promoting sustainability, may limit the growth of the industry internationally, but the world’s largest milk producer, India, is projected to double its turnover within the next five years, a global conference has been told.…

The Indonesian government is ramping up its requirement for government-funded construction to use locally-made products by insisting paint and coatings manufacturers seeking to supply such projects use national standardisation and certifications.

This, said the chairman of the Indonesian Paint and Coatings Association, Markus Winarto, is part of a trade ministry directorate general of chemical, pharmaceutical and textile industries campaign to reduce imported products.…

The Big 4 accounting groups (Deloitte, EY. KPMG and PwC) have joined with 161 major international accountancy and business companies, partnerships and organisations to call for a coordinated approach by promoters of international sustainability standards. A joint statement developed by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) said the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) should work closely together.…

TEXTILE companies will face deindustrialisation, relocation outside Europe and bankruptcy if they do not receive aid, including tax breaks or a gas price cap to help them deal with rising energy costs, European textile companies and governments have told WTiN. 

The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex on September 16 in a statement also signed by Eurocoton (the European Federation of the Cotton and Allied Textiles Industries), CIRFS (the European Man-Made Fibres Association), ETSA (the European Textile Services Association) and EDANA, representing non-wovens producers, welcomed European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement of initiatives aimed to tackle the energy crisis.…

Academics have stressed at an international conference in Tunisia the importance of ensuring African graduates secure jobs after their studies, ideally linked to the expertise they have gained during their courses. They spoke out at the second Annual Academic Summit hosted by the Honoris United Universities (HUU) network of private universities, which was staged on both campuses of Tunisia’s Central University (Université Centrale), Tunis, and the Ariana, Tunis-based ESPRIT: Ecole Supérieure Privée d’Ingénierie et de Technologies, from August 30 to September 2.…

The Greece higher education sector is sharply increasing the number of English-taught short-term higher education (HE) courses that operate in collaboration with foreign universities. According to Christos Michalakelis, co-founder and president of Study in Greece (SiG), the official organisation promoting internationalisation within Greek HE, short-term courses yielding student academic credits, is a stepping stone “towards internationalising Greek universities”.…

The rising value of the US dollar in international exchange markets is inflating the value of exported US-made vehicles, while reducing the cost of competing imports and parts sourced overseas.

With war and inflation making the US dollar an attractive option to currency traders, the greenback has been appreciating, including against the Euro (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), Canadian dollar (CAD), British pound (GBP), Swedish krona (SEK) and Swiss franc (CHF) – making up the US dollar index (USDX).…

A European research project is seeking to overcome hurdles to the development of new generation of supercapacitors (SC) for fast-charging, structural energy storages for the automotive industry, as well as aviation services.

The PRINTCAP project was launched in July and will last until 2025, with an anticipated budget of EUR200 million (USD199 million), from public and private sources.…