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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).…

Angola may be a hydro-carbon rich country in south-west Africa country, but it is increasing its electrification rate and diversifying its energy sources to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (1). That said, experts warn that private investment is urgently needed for this country to maintain this forward-looking policy.…

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).…

The role of corporate treasury departments amid global and regional volatility, technological change, and sustainability goals will take centre stage at the upcoming ACT Middle East summit in September (1).

This region continues to grapple with tough macroeconomic challenges of sluggish growth and poor productivity, but also more intense regional political concerns, such as the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.…

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 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).…

India’s new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government plans to incentivise fresh investments in the country’s garment manufacturing sector, Giriraj Singh, India’s new textiles minister has said. Speaking during the India International Garment Fair, held in New Delhi, in June, referring to the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, he said: “We are considering covering your [garments manufacturing] sector also”.…

The Colombian digital textile printing sector is innovating to overcome weak sales trends in fabric and clothing sales, with challenges to exports and production. Local companies are as a result pushing technological adoption to improve response rates and production times, especially regarding digital printing techniques.…

Financial businesses could do much more to protect against internal and external fraud risks, the latest Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) annual global anti-fraud conference, from June 23-6, in Las Vegas, USA, has been told. Keith Nuthall reports.

In the ACFE’s latest biennial 2024 ‘Report to the Nations’ global anti-fraud survey, the association found that with financial services suffering a median loss of USD120,000 to occupational fraud, only 57% of all organisations had run background checks on the perpetrators before hiring them.…

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.…