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INNOVATION AND PATIENCE NEEDED FOR SUSTIANABLE GROWTH IN US PLANT-BASED MEAT MARKET
Alternative non-meat product sales may be growing in the USA, but more product innovation, including in ingredients, may be needed say experts, to persuade American consumers to continue embracing this segment rather than sticking to natural meat.
After robust sales growth was noted during the Covid-19 pandemic as US consumers experimented with new food products at home, concerns that this market expansion may be slowing appeared last year.…
RUSSIA INVASION OF UKRAINE CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HACKERS OF VARYING SOPHISTICATION
The battle between an invading Russia and Ukraine’s defenders has not just been conducted with military force – by January 23 killing 7,068 civilians, said the UN, but also in cyberspace. While lacking the sophistication of attacks carried out by Chinese threat actors, Russian cybercriminals are increasingly probing Ukrainian companies critical to the institutional stability and defence of the country, primarily active in Ukrainian cyberspace for data collection purposes, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1): “Intelligence collection… has been the main focus of Russia’s wartime cyber operations in Ukraine”.…
HUNGARY’S DAIRY SECTOR GETS SHOT IN ARM FROM CAP PLAN FINANCINGHUNGARY’S DAIRY SECTOR GETS SHOT IN ARM FROM CAP PLAN FINANCING
THE HUNGARIAN dairy industry and supporting government officials are looking ahead to incoming financial support from the European Union (EU) now that the European Commission has approved the country’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan for 2023-2027. This has cleared the way for a ЕUR8.4 billion transfer in funding from Brussels, despite the friction between the EU and the Hungarian government, led by populist right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – NEW CAP NATIONAL PLANS TARGET SUGAR PRODUCTION AND DEMAND
Sugar production and consumption are being targeted for spending in new national Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plans approved by the European Commission as part of a new process to secure European Union (EU) food production funding. With EUR53 billion spent in 2022 alone, this is the EU’s largest spending programme.…
INNOVATORS EXPLORE POTENTIAL OF VERTICAL FARMS, IN BRITAIN AND OVERSEAS
As the world’s largest vertical farm is set to launch operations in Gloucestershire later this year, proponents have lauded the sustainability benefits of the model. They say it has the potential to reduce agriculture’s physical and carbon footprint, growing more crops with significantly reduced water usage, zero pesticides and delivering fresher produce than traditional field-based models.…
GM EXECS AND CANADA POLITICAL LEADERS HAIL LAUNCH OF FIRST CANADA LARGE-SCALE EV ASSEMBLY PLANT
GM and Canadian political leaders today (Dec 5) hailed the launch of Canada’s first large-scale EV assembly plant, making BrightDrop Zevo electric delivery vans at the Big Three auto-maker’s CAMI assembly plant at Ingersoll, Ontario. BrightDrop, a wholly-owned GM subsidiary, announced it plans initial production of its Zevo 600 models in January (2023) and Zevo 400 models late next year (2023).…
EU EXPANDS SANCTIONS TO RUSSIA MISSILE AND DRONE MANUFACTURERS
The European Union (EU) has approved its ninth package of sanctions against Russia, following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, blocking the export of technologies used to create drones and missiles being fired at Ukraine power and water plants. These are designed to create misery during the Ukraine winter – with temperatures in Kyiv already falling below zero, worsening an invasion that the UN says has killed 6,826 civilians as of December 19.…
TUNISIA’S CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR GROWS, BUT IS THREATENED BY GENERAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEAKNESSES
Tunisia’s textile and clothing sector may have expanded sales in 2022, notably through an export increase from January to September, up 11.9% year-on-year, according to the Tunis-based Technical Textile Center (CETTEX – Centre Technique du Textile). But its companies remain concerned about the stability of the national economy and potential long-term weaknesses.…
DANSKE BANK SETTLES ESTONIA ML CASES IN USA AND DENMARK
Denmark’s largest bank Danske Bank has settled criminal cases brought against it in the USA and Denmark over allowing its Estonia branch to funnel around EUR200 billion (USD213 billion) in funds from non-residents, including from Russia, into international financial networks, with light touch AML controls.…
EUROPE’S TEXTILE COMPANIES CUT WATER USE TO LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND PREPARED FOR FUTURE WATER SCARCITY
European textile companies are working to ensure that future water scarcity problems will not affect their operations, notably by cutting water consumption and installing high quality waste treatment facilities, European Union (EU) experts have told World Textile Information Network (WTiN).
According to EU statistical agency Eurostat’s regional yearbook 2022 (1), EU water scarcity – chiefly seen in southern Europe, with Portugal’s textile industry particularly affected – is primarily driven by climate change and excessive water consumption.…