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Growing environmental concerns and rising awareness of sustainable energy resources is driving considerable growth in the global used cooking oil (UCO) market. Production is also being boosted by recent technological advancements in UCO processing, expanding supplies from the rapidly evolving foodservice industry and initiatives by various governments to promote UCO for industrial use.…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has undermined many political assumptions, including – of course – the right of countries to retain their borders and independence without being invaded. But one change encouraged by the war has been the increased desire of European countries to shake off dependence on Russian oil and gas – and that has increased support for nuclear power.…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy supplies and raised concerns about the future availability of oil and gas, inflating these commodity prices and hence energy prices, increasing textile and apparel processing costs worldwide. On December 21, as Russia was preparing to send its military into Ukraine-government controlled territory (February 24), Brent crude was selling for USD71.57 a barrel.…

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly today (March 9) for a European Union (EU)-wide ban on golden passports or citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes by 2025. In a 595 for, 12 against and 74 abstentions vote, MEPs approved a report on ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’ (1) which said schemes operated by 12 EU countries (2) “pose several serious security risks for Union citizens” notably corruption and money laundering.…

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.…

In an age when competitiveness in the textile and garment manufacturing sector is increasingly measured by sustainability and on-demand production, efficiency in laundering finishing processes plays an important role for production companies. The textile sector has significant improvements it can make in sustainability – a 2017 report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, said the textiles industry’s share of the carbon budget, which is the amount of CO2 that humanity can emit while still having a chance to contain global warming, will grow from 2 per cent in 2015 to 26 per cent in 2050 if it failed to make environmental reforms [1].…

Higher education institutions are being warned they could be a target for money laundering, with fees being financed by the proceeds of crime, including corruption, which might also buy property, cars and other items for students.

The problem has been highlighted in a series of reports.…

The food halal market for Portugal, a largely Christian country that was in the early Middle Ages part of the Muslim world, has been expanding, serving a growing local Muslim community and Muslim tourists keen to taste Portuguese food.

Between 711 and 1249, most of Portugal was under Muslim rule, which influenced its language and culture.…

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While debates continue over whether Aristotle actually said ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts’, the concept that a system can deliver more impact than each element of its technology acting alone is well established in the textile sector.…

African students have been benefiting from an informal innovative online initiative helping them find jobs after they graduate. The iDEASlab (1) has in particular enabled higher education students to launch business ideas after graduation.

The network’s academics are Angolans based in the USA, Russia and Angola, who, inspired by their time at university, decided to work together informally to create development in their places of birth.…