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The home textile sector is a strong growth segment for digital investments within the industry and the amount of innovation indicates this expansion has some way to go. There are good reasons why this segment is well suited to digitalisation. One is the rectangular form of most bed sheets, curtains and tablecloths – which aids fully automated cutting and sewing.…

Aviation has always been regarded as a tougher sector to convert to low carbon fuels than road transport, because of the high intensity burn required to power planes – which traditionally been supplied by fossil-based kerosene. And a lot is burned.…

An anticipated surge in supply and demand for renewable diesel, fuel that is chemically identical to its fossil fuel predecessor, is likely to cause major disruption to the American vegetable oil market and industry, notably soy.

With the US government and certain states regarding renewable diesel as a swift way to further reduce carbon emissions and meet Paris agreement climate change targets, the prospects for major additional purchases of soybeans within the American domestic market are very real.…

A MALTESE notary has become the latest victim of increased zeal in Malta by regulators to punish breaches of this European Union (EU) member state’s AML/CFT legislation.

Dr Roderick Caruana has been fined EUR61,573 by the Malta Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) and ordered to demonstrate future compliance with Maltese AML/CFT laws, or further punishments will follow.…

While the estimation of sources of laundered money is made imprecise by its inherent covert nature, the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) has estimated that the amount of criminal proceeds processed annually is 2%-5% of global GDP, or USD800 billion to USD2 trillion.…

European and US interest in carbon capture and storage/sequestration (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) is continuing to surge as governments make ever more ambitious climate change commitments.

In tandem with improvements in technology mean capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) emitted from industrial processes, power generation or directly from the air, and either storing or using it, CCS/CCUS is no longer viewed as a marginal solution with limited applications. …

South Africa’s dairy sector has been dealing with a triple whammy of low economic growth, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a spate of unrest in July in parts of the country that caused major damage to retail outlets and the spoilage and wastage of up to 1 million litres of milk.…

The Bangladesh clothing manufacturing sector is continuing to strive to improve its sustainability profile, which has remained a key focus since the collapse of the Rana Plaza manufacturing complex killed 1,134 people in 2013.

While the response has been uneven, the industry and government has been and is continuing to adopt circular economy methods, chase UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), alignment, improve working conditions and pay, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, chemical management, water resource management, waste reduction, and more.…

London and New York-based WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, has agreed to pay USD19.2 million to resolve charges laid by the USA’s Securities & Exchange Commission that it breached the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The SEC alleged WPP allowed overseas subsidiaries to bribe clients and breach accounting controls.…

With electronic communication methods proliferating, as machine learning and artificial intelligence systems develop fast, the potential for using technology to detect deception and lies is growing. But interrogation experts maintain that the most effective way of detecting lies and deceit remains a combination of face-to-face interviews, backed up with analysis that can help them assess the resulting exchange.…