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Clothing and textile industry disasters in the past year-and-a-half including fires and building collapses at factories in countries including Bangladesh and Pakistan have pushed companies to expand their definition of ‘safe’ suppliers to include more ethical and social standards. Yet, despite, brands’ desire to monitor more operations, the fragmented organisation of standards around the world remains a key challenge.…

AVIATION project management company Bechtel has secured a contract to create an expansion master plan for Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Selected by the Sharjah Airport Authority, the US-based company will this year conduct short-term and long-term analyses of the airport’s future needs.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament is pushing the European Union (EU) towards a potential clash with the United States, China and others over trading carbon emissions from non-EU airlines. The expansion of the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) to airlines flying in and out of the EU was frozen in November 2012 following protests from Washington and Beijing especially, and pending a global deal on aviation emissions.…

INDIAN publishers are adopting a smarter more holistic approach to fight book piracy and are focusing on awareness campaigns to tackle the problem.

“Educational authorities like the ministry of human resource development and other stakeholders should join hands with publishers to make people understand that there is some sanctity to copyrighted knowledge, which should be respected,” said Mr Sesh Seshadri, secretary of The Association of Publishers in India (API).…

THE THREAT that an ageing population will create ‘silver tsunami’ of patients causing funding pressures for Singapore’s healthcare sector came under the spotlight at an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Singapore Health Conference 2014. Nearly 100 financial and healthcare professionals attended the half-day event on February 18 at the city state’s fabled Raffles Hotel.…

One key supplier to the Chinese market that has all the advantages – in terms of market access, business connections and cultural awareness is Hong Kong’s cosmetics and personal care product sector. Its reputation for quality and the special administrative region’s proximity to mainland economic powerhouse Guangdong helps.…

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

WHILE Turkey has beaten out China as the United States’ top cotton export market, the US industry does not expect the shift to last.

Turkey has received 1.68 million bales (about 0.38 million tonnes) and China 1.4 million bales of the USA’s total commitment (cotton already shipped plus contracts for cotton delivery not yet shipped) of 6.95 million bales for the 2013-2014 crop year, figures from the US Department of Agriculture show.…

THE JAPANESE pharma sector may have previously lagged behind its counterparts in Europe and north America helping the very poorest people in the developing world, but the enthusiasm with which five of Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have embraced the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund indicates a sea change in policy.…