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Time was that whistleblowing laws were a novelty. No longer – they are increasingly commonplace in developed economy jurisdictions and offer a widening range of protections.

Take the USA. A bipartisan bill was proposed in March (2023) by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren to strengthen whistleblower protections at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).…

The Qatargate scandal continues to encourage the European Parliament and other European Union (EU) institutions to tighten protections against graft and inappropriate influence, especially from non-EU governments.

Its key suspect Greek MEP Eva Kaili has been under house arrest since May and has (as of July) yet to revisit the parliament, where she remains a full member.…

The European Commission has proposed new legislation offering more flexibility to food technologists creating new foods based on altering the genetic structure of plants. A new suggested EU regulation would create streamlined controls for plants created by ‘new genetic techniques’ or NGTs, that are less rigorous than the existing assessments and restrictions undertaken for genetically modified (GM) foodstuffs.…

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is pushing the European Union (EU) and the UK into paying more subsidies to attract battery electric vehicle (BEV) and battery production to Europe.

While the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center (APC) forecasts 5 million more BEVs globally by 2030, requiring 3,306 gigawatt hours (GWh) in batteries, (1), the US and China may benefit more in production terms.…

The use of money mules moving dirty money worldwide continues to grow, with law enforcement, financial institutions and researchers continuing to highlight the problem. In the UK, 31,979 money mule cases were recorded in 2017; rising to 40,129 in 2018; 42,900 in 2019; and 40,353 in 2020; according to 2022 research published in the International Journal of Business and Economy (1).…

With ChatGPT and related large language model (LLM) systems being adopted by a wide range of industries, landowners and farmers are increasingly assessing the benefits that artificial intelligence (AI) can bring to their businesses. The potential is clear – from sharper land valuations for sellers and data enabling enhanced biodiversity programmes for environmentalists to better animal welfare and crop production, especially from improved weather forecasting.…

Since February (2023), all tobacco sellers trading excise products across national borders within the European Union (EU) have been using paperless taxation and fully electronic duty transactions. (1) Previously, digital excise procedures were only accessible to operators using a so-called “duty suspension” procedure while duty-paid business-to-business procedures had to be accompanied by physical paper declarations noting the excise duty charged at their destination.…

The Covid-19-related increase in waste from disposed personal protective equipment (PPE) has focused attention on nonwovens waste management.

For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 1.5 billion units of PPE, much of which nonwovens, weighing 87,000 tonnes, were procured between March 2020 and November 2021 alone and shipped to support countries’ urgent Covid-19 under UN emergency work alone.…

While all eyes are on headline investments into conversions of major auto plants for EV production, a key sign that this market is maturing is emerging – the growth of used-vehicle sales for the electric transmission segment. Data from US-based industry consultant Cox Automotive released on April 7 said that American used-EV retail sales via licensed dealerships increased 32% in Q1 2023 year-on-year to 42,753 units.…

Deposit return systems (DRS) promoted by European Union (EU) regulation are the best way to help EU can manufacturers achieve high recycling and collection of quality materials, EU (European Union) can sector experts told the March 28-30 Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum, in Brussels.  …