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EU ADOPTS ANTI SLAPPS DIRECTIVE
The European Union (EU) has approved a directive that will restrict the use of so-called ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation’ (SLAPPs), where rich individuals use legal cases to silence critics or prevent journalists investigating wrongdoing. Once the directive is published in the EU’s Official Journal in the coming days, EU member states will have two years to apply the rules.…
NEW LEGISLATION IN FORCE TO CURB LABOUR RIGHTS ABUSES IN MAURITIAN APPAREL SECTOR
The Mauritius clothing and textile industry, as well as its government, hopes that new worker rights legislation will bring order to the recruitment of foreign labourers, while protecting their rights. This Private Recruitment Agencies Act (1) came in force in October 2023, being designed to consolidating and strengthening the legal framework regarding the employment of foreign workers in Mauritius.…
WESTERN SAHARA UNIVERSITY GRADUATES HUNDREDS OF SAHRAWIS – BUT DOES THEIR COUNTRY HAVE A FUTURE?
The only university of the self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or Western Sahara, continues to teach and graduate students, despite the military stalemate that has persisted before and since its founding in 2012, which has left Morocco controlling 80% of the territory.…
SWITZERLAND TRIES AGAIN TO BRING IN KEY AML REFORMS
The Swiss national government, its Federal Council, is having another attempt at bringing Switzerland’s anti-money laundering law (AMLA) and associated legislation (1) into line with international standards – but once again it is facing stiff opposition from the legal profession.
The last major AMLA revision that took effect on January 1, 2023, had not even been in effect a year, before on August 30 the Federal Council launched a consultation on planned reforms (2) designed to plug the remaining gaps in the regulatory system.…
EU ROUND UP – GROWING EFFECTIVENESS OF CROSS-BORDER ANTI-FRAUD ACTIONS DEMONSTRATED IN RAIDS AND ARRESTS
The effectiveness of cross-border collaboration between national and international law enforcement agencies has been demonstrated by recent raids and arrests in the European Union (EU). The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in February (2024) and Swedish police worked with EU judicial agency Eurojust in February (2024) to breach a large-scale cross-border carousel VAT fraud.…
GERMAN DYE AND TEXTILE CHEMICAL COMPANIES AT RISK FROM RED SEA CRISIS, BUT INNOVATION CONTINUES, SAY EXPERTS
Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthi Islamic militant group from Yemen are creating significant concerns for the European chemical industry, including makers of dyes and textile finishing chemicals in Germany.
Over the past two months, trade volumes through the Suez Canal have dropped by 42%, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).…
ETHIOPIA’S INDIGENOUS SPORTSWEAR MANUFACTURER CAUSING RIPPLES IN THE MARKET, AMID REDUCED IMPORTS
The CEO of an expanding Ethiopian sportswear company has told WTiN how it has combined tech investments with a creative commercial strategy to become a pan-African company that provides quality and affordable sportswear to African consumers.
Samuel Mekonnen, also the co-founder of Gofere, which was launched in 2016, has succeeded in tapping a growing regional market that used to be dominated by cheap, sub-standard products bought mainly from China.…
US CAR RENTAL FIRMS PULL THE BRAKES ON EVS BUT UPCOMING EMISSIONS STANDARDS MAY REVERSE THIS TREND
The future of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) US rental market remains highly uncertain amid falling BEV resale values and persisting maintenance challenges.
While the American car rental industry has collectively purchased over 100,000 BEV and other zero-emission vehicles (not including hybrids) to date, consumer demand for such cars is still evolving, according to the American Car Rental Association (ACRA). …
EUROPE’S TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES RELEASE GOOD PRACTICE ON SUSTAINABILTY EDUCATION
With universities grappling how best to integrate sustainability concerns into curricula and operations, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) has released a detailed report offering good practice examples from its 24 elite HE members.
A paper ‘How to Enhance Education for Sustainable Development – Trends and Good Practice at LERU Universities’ includes guidance and examples for HE institutions worldwide.…
US TOBACCO GROWERS WELL-POSITIONED TO BENEFIT FROM SUSTAINABILITY MOVEMENT BUT MENTHOL BAN AND LABOUR ISSUES HINDER PROGRESS
US tobacco growers are facing tough times as labour costs rise, and American cigarette consumption continues to shrink.
In 2023, tobacco production in the US amounted to 432.45 million lb (pounds) (196.1kg), a 3.3% decline from the 447.4 lb (202.9 kg) produced the previous year and continuing a long-term downward trend, Fiona Dyer, lead analyst for tobacco at UK-based data analytics and consulting company GlobalData, told TJI.…