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UNIVERSITIES in the Netherlands are calling on the Dutch Government to cap the number of international students to maintain the quality of their degree programmes, Pieter Duisenberg, president of the Association of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), has told University World News (UWN) in an interview on February 14.…

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.…

As controversy continues over the disconnect between the European Union (EU) animal livestock stunning rules and halal slaughtering requirements, the Netherlands’ Muslim official representative organisation has designed a new halal standard that aims to create a system that respects both religious rules and animal welfare needs.…

Bulgaria’s new government has promised to fight corruption and challenge the country’s reputation as the European Union’s (EU) worst blackspot for graft. The new Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov defeated former PM Boyko Borissov last November amidst demonstrations against government corruption.…

Financial professionals involved in AML/CFT are facing a growing set of professional, regulatory and technical pressures, from top AMLO managers to the front-facing staff onboarding customers, and backroom technical staff screening transactions. AML/CFT regulations in most jurisdictions are becoming increasingly broad and detailed, with implementation and enforcement ramping up.…

While a projected boom in renewable diesel production is expected to disrupt the American bio-based oils and fats market, a swifter adoption of electric transport technology in Europe is likely to reduce this impact in the European Union (EU), the European Commission has projected.…

The importance of ensuring auditors and accountants have good self-esteem is perhaps higher today than before, with Covid-19 loading on stress in a tough profession. It has been highlighted by new research from Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands.

Nyenrode research conducted by Professor Herman van Brenk and co-authors assessed more than 100 audit partners and managers.…

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The growth in digital textile printing across the Americas has created a surge in demand for a wide range of digital inks, which is spreading into Latin America as well as north America. The adaptability and broad uses of digital inks, for garments, household products, technical textiles, and more, fits the diversity of the textile sector in the Americas, which spans higher wage industries such as US textile production to lower cost manufacture in central America.…

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ACCOUNTING used to be restricted to financially measurable matters of profit and loss; expenditure and revenue; taxes and subsidies; investment and liabilities. But the mathematical and statistical skills underpinning a solid set of books and filed accounts are today increasingly being used to measure the environmental and social sustainability of a product, input, production process and supply chain.…