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The challenges of working out whether textiles are sourced, produced or manufactured ethically are magnified by the plethora of eco-labelling schemes that apply to the industry. According to the Vancouver, Canada-based Ecolabel Index (www.ecolabelindex.com) there are 436 ecolabels worldwide, of which at least 24 cover textiles, clothes, other apparel and garments (while several others potentially overlap into the industry).…

INDIA’S largest dairy brand Amul is expanding beyond India for the first time by planning to launch its first offshore production facility in the United States. In a joint venture with a local dairy in upstate New York, in Waterloo, between Rochester and Syracuse, Amul will produce specialised products for the sizable Indian community living on the east coast of United States.…

The privatisation and expansion of the Brazilian airport sector has proved to be a significant opportunity for the American civil aviation sector, which has been vying for opportunities in Brazil’s air navigation, airport and airport-related services. These opportunities are set to increase with the United States Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA) having brokered a US-Brazil Aviation Partnership, signed last April and now being rolled out in earnest.…

THE LEADERS of eight of the world’s leading economies have pledged to crack down on misuse of companies and legal arrangements to evade tax and launder money.

It raises the prospect of national registries of beneficial ownership for companies and trusts in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA, and in the UK, which had already announced plans to force registration of beneficial ownership at Britain’s Companies House registry.…

BIOMETRICS technologies producing voice and phone ‘fingerprints’ to prevent, detect and prosecute fraud and other crimes are evolving rapidly in an arms race between fraudsters, law enforcement, private companies and private sector anti-fraud companies.

For forensics, many jurisdictions admit voice biometrics in evidence.…

THE PLANS of Canada’s conservative government to record conversations in specific areas of certain airports are on hold pending a review from the country’s privacy commissioner, following a public backlash over privacy concerns.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is currently waiting on the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to submit a privacy impact assessment of its plans before conducting a review, said Scott Hutchinson, spokesperson for the commissioner.…

PORTUGAL’S Faro Algarve Airport may not be the first airport that leaps to mind when considering where to test-run the latest in air travel security equipment, but the airport is trialling a cutting-edge airport security system.

Located in the country’s southern Algarve region, it is a small airport with seasonal peaks and troughs of traffic that processed 5,672,377 passengers last year (2012) – the majority of whom arrived on budget carriers between June and September.…

While the American civil aviation sector has its problems, the long term future is bright, according to the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA). In a groundbreaking forecast released last March (2012), it predicted the US industry would grow steadily over the next 20 years, reaching 1.2 billion passengers flying commercially by 2024, compared to 731 million in 2011.…

INDIA has a long tradition of cottage industry dyeing, but today, these skills are brought to bear for supplies to larger manufacturers who make clothing, fibre and textiles for major domestic and international markets.

International Dyer visited such a traditional dyeing hub last month – Barabanki, a small town in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.…

“We use our earth as if we have a planet and a half; we have a deficit relation with our natural resources. The biggest challenge facing not just business, society and government, but humanity is the question of our sustainability. And business, as usual, will do nothing to solve it.”…