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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).…

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe could help its long-established and highly regarded textile sector to boost its sustainability and ability to recycle materials. With the European Union (EU) generating some 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste per year, (1), the European Commission has been pushing the sector to improve its recycling, just as the EU has passed a groundbreaking regulation, in force from July 12, law designed to encourage AI and its ethical use (2).…

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). …

Law enforcement actions against dark web marketplaces and ransomware groups has created instability in the criminal world, through the resulting splintering of gangs, European Union (EU) police agency Europol has warned. Its latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2024 (1) said that this threat, combined with a surge in online scams, has contributed to the fragmentation and multiplication of cyber threats in Europe.…

Budget constraints are threatening the ability of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to continue investigating VAT fraud, especially as it expands to take on newcomers Poland and Sweden this year, the Luxembourg-based office is warning. The EPPO College (1), a management board composed of the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Kövesi, and prosecutors from the now 24 participating member states – has been pushing for a much bigger budget as the agency’s workload rises.…

It is a rule of thumb that every new economic and social innovation brings its response in fraud, and the phalanx of sustainability reporting rules and certification is expected to prompt a wave of environmental fraud.

Companies have long been accused of ‘greenwashing – making false sustainability claims about their goods and services – and regulators are increasingly cracking down on the practice, with a new European Union (EU) green claims directive under consideration.…

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has spoken out against a proposed Austrian law that might undermine its ability to probe transnational and national crime, through preventing its teams from seizing data that might compromise offenders.

This proposed legal amendment from Austria’s justice ministry would reserve the power to seize data and data storage devices in Austria to Austrian law enforcement.…

Anti-fraud professionals are seeking greater access to larger data pools, inside and outside their organisations, to improve the ability of audit procedures to identify financial crime.

Said Linda Miller, founder and CEO, of the US-based fraud risk consultancy Audient Group: “Fraud is a data problem.…

Increasing pressure from researchers is prompting revised regulatory controls to reduce the use of flame retardants in textile products over concern that consumers may be exposed to air-borne chemical emissions that might damage their health.

A new US-focused study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology, for example, (1) has concluded that the integration of flame retardants in car seats may increase passenger and driver exposure to cancer-causing chemicals – especially during the summer.…

The election of a new Labour government in the UK comes at a critical time for chemical – and hence textile finishing materials – regulation in Great Britain, with public consultation under way on potential changes to how GB (not Northern Ireland) regulates its chemical industry and market (1).…