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South Asian clothing manufacturers are facing lean times, with international brands reducing or cancelling orders, but industry association leaders are looking towards a recovery by the end of this year. In major production hub Bangladesh, key purchasers from the USA and Europe have been cutting their order books as continuing high inflation depresses consumer demand and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sharpens nervousness among corporates and investors.…

Australia is at the forefront of developing innovative marine coatings that draw inspiration from nature. These have the potential to not only protect ships from biofouling but also reduce fuel consumption by up to 10% by mimicking the properties of streamlined natural surfaces.…

This increase in demand is linked to the construction of venues and facilities for the Games, as well as for connected infrastructure, such as new hotels and transport facilities.

And with the final touches added to the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in early March, the preparations for sporting venues were completed – well ahead of schedule, a bright contrast to the last-minute construction that bedevilled the 2016 summer games in Rio de Janeiro.…

The international clothing and textile sector will have to take account of the first global sustainability reporting standards designed to become compulsory in many countries worldwide from January 1, 2024. These will be published by June, having been approved in February by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).…

International automobile manufacturers, including those based in the USA, have been presented with the first global sustainability reporting standards designed to become compulsory in many countries worldwide from January 1, 2024. They may also apply to foreign companies operating in the USA and overseas branches of US-owned companies such as Ford and GM, depending on a looming decision made from the Securities & Exchange Commission, expected in April (2023).…

Myanmar’s clothing industry is struggling to continue effective operations as the military coup which toppled the country’s former democratic government two years ago has continued to harm the country’s economy, especially those sectors heavily dependent on international trade.

Resulting protests have mutated into civil war, with this instability and economic dislocation causing many western apparel companies to quietly withdraw from the country or reduce orders and sales.…

Fresh food manufacturers worldwide are developing intelligent packaging that can help them reduce both food and plastic waste, responding to regulatory and consumer pressure to minimise their products’ environmental footprints.

Such bio-innovations may be of particular importance to European Union (EU) food manufacturing companies, given the EU is revising its packaging and packaging waste directive.…

With the USA looking to replace fossil fuel consumption in its energy sector, its nuclear industry has “no appetite” for building traditional large-scale nuclear reactors…because of the delays and the cost overruns on such mega projects, said Jacopo Buongiorno, a nuclear energy expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).…

An International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) symposium in Montréal, Canada, has heard how accounting standards experts are striving to build a “global baseline” of regulation based on ISSB standards, despite the contrasting guidance being developed worldwide.

Speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17), Mark Carney, UN special envoy for climate action and finance, and former central bank governor for the UK and Canada, said of the baseline: “It’s critical.…