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EUA ROAD MAP OFFERS GUIDANCE FOR CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY CHANGES THAT MIGHT INSPIRE UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE



The European University Association (EUA) has been preparing higher education institutions for increased sustainability requirements as governments implement new commitments made at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference, staged in December in Dubai.

It has been encouraging its 850 members, including 34 national rectors’ conferences, to follow its new EUA ‘Green Deal roadmap for universities’, which outlined policies and actions which can help universities follow a climate-neutral, environmentally sustainable, and socially equitable path.…

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NORTH SEA SHIFTS FROM WELL OF OIL AND GAS TO HOME OF DIVERSE GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS



The North Sea, tapped for oil and natural gas I earnest since the 1960s by Britain, Norway, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium – is increasingly being utilised as a site for renewable energy projects, as well as carbon capture and storage.…

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFERS SHOE COMPANIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOST DESIGN PRODUCTION AND SALES



Footwear specialists have been warned to focus on ways to implement artificial intelligence (AI) in specific use cases within their own niche area rather than being tempted to utilise the technology to extend their range into new product areas, in which they may lack familiarity.…

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WINDSOR AGREEMENT PUSHES OPTIMISM IN ISLAND OF IRELAND DAIRY SECTOR



The is optimism within the Irish dairy industry that the acute trading challenges caused by Brexit may have abated thanks to the Windsor Framework deal between the European Union (EU) and the UK that amended the Northern Ireland Protocol. Producers and traders hope that the changes will give some certainty to an Irish dairy processing industry that relies on seamless transit across the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border and onto Great Britain.…

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WILL THE FASHION SECTOR VALUE CHAIN COOPERATE EFFECTIVELY ON SUSTAINABILITY?



The sustainability of the global fashion industry is coming under increased scrutiny. Concerns about how the industry uses water, chemicals and human labour, its greenhouse gas emissions and the mounting landfilling of ‘fast fashion’ disposables, have led politicians, sustainability activists and consumers to put pressure on the industry to change.…

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IRELAND’S CAN FILLING SECTORS FACE UP TO MANDATORY RECYCLING REGIMES



A new national mandatory recycling regime announced last November (2022) (1) being introduced by Ireland’s government has local breweries shying away from canned beer formats.

“We wouldn’t consider cans now because the DRS [deposit return scheme] scheme is punitive in its execution,” said Richard Siberry, founder, GM and head brewer of Roscommon-based Black Donkey Brewing, a craft brewer with nationwide sales.…

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TEMPORARY SUPPORT MEASURES ESSENTIAL TO HELP TEXTILE COMPANIES SURVIVE ENERGY CRISIS



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.…

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IRISH ACCOUNTANTS HELP CLIENTS NEGOTIATE COMPLEX GENDER PAY GAP CALCULATIONS



Irish accountants are actively helping clients understand the country’s Gender Pay Gap Information Act, in force from May 31 (1), requiring firms to publicly report gender pay gaps – and action to solve them – in their organisations.

Companies and advisors are concerned about the tight June-to-December timescale for reporting pay data, said Aoife Newton who leads KPMG’s gender pay gap (GPG) reporting services: “The timeline for reporting is very limited.…

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RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE MAKES EMERGING ML RISK LESS PREDICTABLE



The invasion of Ukraine by Russia risks undermining AML/CFT, said FATF in its post-plenary communiqué issued in March. (1) But how this unprovoked military action will disrupt the policing and detection of dirty money remains to be seen, noted Carol Van Cleef, chair of the blockchain and digital assets practice, at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Washington DC.…

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BREXIT INCREASES COST AND COMPLEXITY FOR FOOD BUSINESSES, SAY EXPERTS



AS the one-year anniversary (January 31, 2022) (WRONG) following the end of UK commitments to follow European Union (EU) law and treaties has just passed, food and drink companies have little positive to say about the extra red tape that has followed.…

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