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The South Korean aesthetics market is regarded by UK-based market researcher GlobalData as the fastest growing in the Asia-Pacific region, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% between 2022 and 2030, displayed remarkable resilience during the pandemic.…

THE Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, owner of India’s leading dairy brand Amul, could become the leader of a planned multi-state association of five major Indian cooperative bodies promoting organic Indian food products.

The other cooperatives are the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED), the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Krishi Bharatiya Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO).…

India’s nascent wine market is dominated by domestic brands trying to overcome low awareness about wine among Indian consumers, while dealing with high taxation and cumbersome trading regulations. However, these wine companies are confident of achieving high sales growth in the short and medium term, with market projections looking healthy, even if they vary widely.…

The Chinese are eating more cheese than ever.

China’s cheese market size reached Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY/RMB6.32 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 8% during 2020-2025, according to a 2022 report from GlobalData, the market researcher that owns Just Food.…

Fraud is sometimes downplayed as a ‘victimless crime’, especially when companies are the direct victims. While that is obviously untrue, frauds associated with food that can directly harm consumer health give the lie to this statement. It is one reason why food fraud is a clear priority problem for international policy makers.…

European Union (EU) confectionery, chocolate and biscuit industry association CAOBISCO has called on the EU to take a smart and integrated approach when amending and approving a planned EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. Proposed by the European Commission in February (2022), the law would insist that larger companies identify, prevent, end or mitigate their adverse impacts on human rights, (such as child labour and worker exploitation), and the environment, (such as pollution and biodiversity loss).…

The need to reduce the environmental impact of the dairy sector, promoting sustainability, may limit the growth of the industry internationally, but the world’s largest milk producer, India, is projected to double its turnover within the next five years, a global conference has been told.…

The Big 4 accounting groups (Deloitte, EY. KPMG and PwC) have joined with 161 major international accountancy and business companies, partnerships and organisations to call for a coordinated approach by promoters of international sustainability standards. A joint statement developed by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) said the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) should work closely together.…

African environmental academics are struggling to get political and social support for their solutions to problems such as the desertification in North Africa and the Sahel region.

In Africa, there is a “disconnect” between policymakers and researchers, and “to some extent, even the community”, including research findings released by academics and even research institutes, said Sanusi Bello Shamaki, professor at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, north-west Nigeria.…

An environment-friendly development in creating a key component of polyester has been hailed as a “path-breaking innovation that can change the future of the textile value chain and help the industry in moving toward its sustainability goal”.

This was the view of Gurudas Aras, a textile chemical consultant bases in Mumbai, India.…