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BY KARRYN MILLER, IN HANOI

WITH similar tropical and sub-tropical climates giving personal care product consumers some similar requirements as regards skin care, the 10 countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region could be regarded as one by lazy marketers.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

THE AIRPORT and civil aviation industry wants sustainable development goal to be established on mobility and transport when a new set of United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG) are agreed by 2015. Its call has come after world leaders meeting at the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development conference Rio+20 in Brazil last week decided to replace the current millennium development goals, which expire that year.…

BY KITTY SO

FORD, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Mazda, and Hyundai: the list of car manufacturers switching to bioplastics for internal components is full of heavyweights and growing.

Attracted initially by environmental benefits, car makers and their suppliers now ask what added functionality they can get from non-compostable, bio-based materials.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR products that are marketed for their ability to sooth and generate the feel-good factor, the sustainable sourcing of cosmetics ingredients causes plenty of headaches for manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is in a period of transition, in which several of the world’s multinationals are engaging in a step change in how they go about sourcing the oils they need, and the public wants.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS

As the European Commission considers the shape of a new tobacco products directive, the industry and health groups clash over its content. The industry wants this legislation to be science-based and fair to the manufacturers of a legal and popular product.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

AS a British nurse, the opportunities to work in other countries are eased by professional agencies helping foreign nurses relocate. Yet, US nursing sector experts fear their country may be overlooked by internationally-educated nursing candidates planning on relocating because long of wait times for working permits and visas.…

BY ANDREW GREEN, WANG FANGQING, PAUL COCHRANE, JONATHAN DYSON AND CARMEN PAUN

THE POLITECNO di Milano, one of Italy’s most prestigious universities, will teach and assess most of its degree courses and all its postgraduate ones entirely in English from 2014, UWN reported recently.…

BY HANA KAMARUDDIN IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA

SUSTAINING university-industry-community initiatives beyond the first flush of enthusiasm is a key challenge for all partners involved, delegates at a key Asian higher education conference have said. Related issues of passing on know-how, gaining and keeping community support, and funding were common sustainability themes among attendees at the recent AsiaEngage Regional Conference on Higher Education – Community – Industry Engagement at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia on the outskirts of capital city Kuala Lumpur.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

After relocating from a small community-based hospital in north Wales to a city hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Layla San Martin (whose husband is American) said she remembers her first nursing experience in the United States was a big learning experience.…

BY HANA KAMARUDDIN, IN SELANGOR, MALAYSIA

"NEVER in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to be a deputy vice-chancellor," says Saran Kaur Gill, who fulfils that elevated role at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) where she runs UKM’s industry and community partnerships.…