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HESI ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP LAUNCHES NEW ADVICE ON MAKING RESEARCH PROMOTE SUSTAINABILTY
A new set of advice for the global academic publishing sector has been released that aims to link academics with civil society, businesses and governments, so that their innovations can be understood to help deliver the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
METAL CANS ARE ON THE UPSWING IN GERMANY, BUT REGULATORY CHALLENGES ARE GROWING
Can usage and sales in Europe’s largest economy, Germany, are robust, indicating a positive outlook for metal packagers and fillers. Separate data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany and Forum Getränkedose (FGD), an association representing can majors such as the Ardagh Group, Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Ltd and Crown Holdings Inc, show that the metal can was the only beer container to see growth in Germany in 2023, at 3.8%, compared to a 4.5% drop in overall beer sales (1). …
NIGERIA PUSHES FOR SWITCH TO CLEAN COOKING, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ENERGY MARKET CHALLENGES
The release of a National Clean Cooking Policy in Nigeria this April (2024) is poised to impact west Africa’s dominant country’s energy sector and environment. With Africa’s largest population (218 million out of 1.2 billion continent-wide) and Africa’s largest economy (GDP of USD477 billion out of USD3.1 trillion), this policy – designed to offer clean cooking systems to the 30 million households in Nigeria that burn wood in their kitchens – could transform the economy of Nigeria and west Africa (1).…
PHONE SCAMMERS TARGETING UK ELDERLY ON “INDUSTRIAL SCALE”
Elderly adults in the UK are facing an unprecedented wave of telephone fraud, according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth, based on over 18 months of research with 1,997 participants. Commissioned by UK elderly loneliness charity Re-engage, ‘Fear and phoning: Telephones, fraud, and older adults in the UK’ (1), found at least two-thirds of respondents had experienced at least one fraud attempt by various means in the past six months, while 40% reported frequent attempts, occurring daily, weekly or monthly.…
GOVERNMENT SHOULD ‘FUND MORE CHARGERS’ TO MITIGATE CANADA COLD WEATHER BEV RANGE PROBLEMS
Canada’s automakers are considering how to best overcome resistance to buying BEVs because of reduced range and recharging challenges in the country’s frigid winters.
There is plenty of evidence that battery ranges decline in cold winters, when charging takes longer, eats up more power and is more expensive.…
EU MEMBER STATES SHAKE UP UBO REGISTER ACCESS AFTER ECJ CASE AND NEW AML DIRECTIVE
European Union (EU) member states have been adapting to the new legal guidance on access to their national registers of ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) following the November 2022 ruling (1) at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and a new EU directive published June 19 (2024).…
UN’S HESI LOOKS TO HARNESS AI TO HELP UNIVERSITIES IN SDG DELIVERY
Institutions working with and within the United Nations’ (UN) Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) have been building action groups and collaborations to boost how artificial intelligence (AI) might aid the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
That was a key message of the HESI Global Forum 2024, staged in New York on Monday (July 15), with Jonghwi Park, Head of Innovation and Education, the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) warning: “The world is feeling very divided about AI…regarding sustainable development.”…
CHINA IMPORTS LESS TOBACCO LEAVES BUT TO BUY MORE CIGAR LEAVES
China’s tobacco consumption has been growing despite its sluggish economy, increasing its import of leaf worldwide. In 2023, China’s tobacco industry generated receipts of Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY1.5 trillion (USD206 billion), up 4.3% from 2022, according to the China National Tobacco Corporation (China Tobacco).…
INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ROUND UP – ISSB TO BED IN IFRS SI AND S2 RATHER THAN DEVELOP NEW STANDARDS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has pledged over the next two years to help companies transition to making IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 declarations rather than developing additional sustainability reporting standards. It will focus “on the provision of high-quality, decision-useful information”, including help in measuring greenhouse gas emissions.…
RE-ELECTED BJP GOVERNMENT PLANS NEW FUNDING INCENTIVES FOR INDIA’S CLOTHING MANUFACTURING SECTOR
India’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government plans to incentivise fresh investments in the country’s garment manufacturing sector, Giriraj Singh, India’s new textiles minister has said. Speaking during the India International Garment Fair, held in New Delhi, in June, referring to the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, he said: “We are considering covering your [garments manufacturing] sector also”.…