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EU TEXTILES SECTOR SAUS DIGITISATION WILL HELP IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS LEGISLATION



Europe’s textile sector has said digital technologies will have a key role to play in implementing the European Union (EU) Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (1), which was released March (2022), to ensure that by 2030, textile products placed on the market are long-lived and recyclable.…

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GREEK HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR EXPANDS ENGLISH COURSES TO OPEN UP TO THE WORLD



The Greek government is seeking to grow English language higher education courses by approving a new law which will aid the creation of new English taught degrees run by Greek universities with overseas HE institutions. While these programmes were already legal, the new law clarifies how they should be operated and controlled by administrative and academic staff.…

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CHINA COVID-19 TRADE DISRUPTION WORRIES AUSTRALIAN WOOL EXPORTERS



With the lifting of the Covid-19 induced lockdown in Shanghai at the start of June, the world’s largest wool exporters are hoping for less disruption to their business with China. But ongoing Covid outbreaks in the country, alongside the government’s continued zero-Covid policy, whereby cities are closed to control infections, and a backlog at its ports, are still causing concern.…

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BUSINESSES VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT TOBACCO CRACKDOWN IN JAKARTA, BUT IMPACT UNCLEAR



Tobacco manufacturers and retailers have expressed concerns about a crackdown on cigarette advertising in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, which has been well-known for an unusually liberal approach towards tobacco marketing. However, it remains unclear whether the policy, launched last September (2021) has had any impact on sales.   …

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BOOSTS CUSTOMISATION



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Customisation is a key trend for a clothing and textile industry that looking to harness new technology to deliver consumer choice and flexibility over supply chains, including reshoring. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, in addition to widespread automation of processes throughout the garment supply chain, has been hailed as a game changer.…

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ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE MUST BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO ACHIEVE POTENTIAL



The global Islamic microfinance market has room to grow significantly if it can overcome social and regulatory barriers that have so far curbed its expansion, say experts. Given microfinance is a poverty-alleviation mechanism that provides credit and other financial resources to poor and low-income households and small-and-medium-sized businesses, it fits well with the charitable traditions of Islam.…

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LACK OF INTERNATIONAL MODELS FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE HINDERS DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MAJOR CHARITABLE RESOURCE



A lack of common international Islamic financial regulatory system is hindering the development of Islamic social finance instruments, causing a dearth of good practice solutions that could effectively fight poverty, say experts.

In the February 2021 issue of the ISRA (International Shari’ah Research Academy) International Journal of Islamic Finance, Abdulsalam Ahmed Sawmar and his co-authors say one key element of Muslim charity – zakat (obligatory charity) – historically, “has been an integral part of the Islamic economic system because of its sizable impact in achieving social harmony and preserving decent living standard for the needy segments of Muslim communities.”…

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VEGETARIANISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA HINDERS HALAL GROWTH IN INDIA



India’s predominant vegetarianism, religious complexities and a recent spurt in Islamophobic politics has stalled the development of a halal segment in a food and drink sector that serves a country of 1.38 billion people.

Despite serving the world’s second largest Muslim population of more than 210 million, according to the US-based Pew Research Center, Indian food manufacturers do not generally display ‘halal’ on any food labels, except meat.…

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ITALY’S PAINTS SECTOR PULLS FROM COVID SLUMP, AIDED BY GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES



As the Italian economy recovers from the particularly hard two-year coronavirus pandemic, Italy’s paints and varnishes sector is among the few to have weathered the storm well. “Our sector has probably never seen such a jump in growth like that of the past two years,” said Gianni Martinetti, president of the Paints and Varnishes Group of AVISA (1), which is part of Italy’s national chemicals industry association, Federchimica.  …

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GLOBAL ISLAMIC FINANCE SECTOR MOVES TOWARDS INCORPORATING ESG CONCERNS



Observers of the global Islamic finance industry are predicting significant imminent growth in sharia-compliant environmental and social governance (ESG) investment, as demand for financial institutions to deploy funds in ethical ways expands, along with awareness of climate change and social justice.…

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