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The metal packaging sector in Taiwan has been building a sustainable future, with solid growth since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, can makers and fillers told Cantech International at the Taipei Pack trade show in the Taiwanese capital Taipei (1).…

Institutions working with and within the United Nations’ (UN) Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI) have been building action groups and collaborations to boost how artificial intelligence (AI) might aid the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

That was a key message of the HESI Global Forum 2024, staged in New York on Monday (July 15), with Jonghwi Park, Head of Innovation and Education, the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) warning: “The world is feeling very divided about AI…regarding sustainable development.”…

The market for cigarettes in Taiwan has fluctuated during the past few years – sales were up in 2021 for example – but generally the trend has been downward, with the government tightening regulatory controls. According to London, UK-based market researcher data analytics and consulting company Euromonitor, in 2022 sales of licit cigarettes were 37.4 billion sticks, falling to 34.4 billion in 2023, (with illicit sales at 4.5 billion sticks and 4.6 billion sticks respectively).…

The election of a new Labour government in the UK comes at a critical time for chemical – and hence paint and coatings – 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).…

Indonesia’s paint and coatings industry is experiencing robust growth, driven by a booming construction sector and government infrastructure projects. However, the industry is also navigating a shifting regulatory landscape and grappling with challenges in raw material sourcing and skilled labour shortages.…

Paints and coatings companies worldwide are rushing to find new raw materials to develop eco-friendly products in line with international requirements and global sustainable goals, but the task has been difficult and time consuming.

As countries and companies race to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which includes urgent action to fight climate change (1), regulators are becoming increasingly intolerant of toxic chemicals in paints and coatings.…

A lack of infrastructure, government support, foreign trade barriers and weak domestic demand have been hampering the development of the wool industry in central Asia. Limited business opportunities are forcing farmers to focus on breeding sheep for lamb and mutton meat production, especially in Kazakhstan, the region’s wool potential powerhouse, rather than on rearing merino for wool.…

The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH – Bundesgerichtshof)’s ruling, issued June 27, that Emmerich, Germany-based vegan fruit gum and liquorice manufacturer Katjes cannot call their fruit gums ‘climate neutral’ will impact affecting future food advertising and labelling, industry experts have told Just Food (1).…

The new president of the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX), the Portuguese textile entrepreneur Mario Jorge Machado, wants to push for a more united European Union (EU) to fight unfair competition worldwide.
Machado was elected by his peers during the Euratex’s general assembly on June 14.…

The European Union (EU) has been moving towards creating a groundbreaking carbon removal certification scheme, allowing food producers to gain financial benefits for innovative sustainability, but such work by EU dairy farmers has yet to be properly recognised. That is the criticism of EU food producers’ association Copa-Cogeca, commenting on an upcoming EU regulation on a ‘certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products’ (1).…