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WOLLASTONITE OFFERS GREAT POTENTIAL AS BASE FOR DEVELOPING CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY



WOLLASTONITE has been described by a Canadian producer as “a white mineral for a greener world,” and it seems governments, businesses and industries agree – with wollastonite is set to see increased market growth in its traditional uses plus a new focus on its powerful qualities to help tackle climate change.…

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REGULATORS STARTING TO ENCOURAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO EXPERIMENT WITH AI MONITORING OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS



Regulators have started to actively encourage financial institutions to experiment and use machine learning to detect suspicious activity.

US regulatory authorities have called for innovative approaches to meet AML compliance obligations “to further strengthen the financial system against illicit activity”.

In a joint statement, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; USA FIU the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced their support for innovative technology development last December.…

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OFFICIAL US STUDIES HELP REDUCE ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN PIGS AND CATTLE



NEW data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will help guide US animal health officials in ensuring livestock producers use antimicrobials in a more judicious way, says this federal government agency.

The data, which was released last month (May 2019), gives the latest benchmark for swine sites and cattle rearers on antimicrobial use in US feedlots and swine operations.…

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OFFICIAL US STUDIES HELP REDUCE ANTIMICROBIAL USE IN PIGS AND CATTLE



NEW data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will help guide US animal health officials in ensuring livestock producers use antimicrobials in a more judicious way, says this federal government agency.

The data, which was released last month (May 2019), gives the latest benchmark for swine sites and cattle rearers on antimicrobial use in US feedlots and swine operations.…

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INSIDER FRAUD RISK POORLY UNDERSTOOD BY BRITISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FINANCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES - RUSI



An assessment on fraud and corruption in four UK sectors has found organisations surveyed understood the risks of internal fraud less comprehensively than threats by outsiders in financial services, the National Health Service (NHS) and local government. By contrast, the UK construction industry appreciated the risk of insider fraud and corruption as well as that posed by outside criminals. …

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ENERGY MANAGEMENT GOOD PRACTICE CAN BE HONED THROUGH DETAILED INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STANDARDS



WITH the Carbon Trust defining energy management as the use of technology to improve energy performance of an organisation within their holistic management processes, the need to tap data banks of expertise can only help in framing and operating such policies.…

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TURNING MANURE INTO ENERGY: THE GROWTH OF MANURE-TO-BIOGAS SYSTEMS ON DAIRY FARMS



PROMISING a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, energy cost-savings, sustainable manure management and a diversified revenue stream, the number of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants producing renewable biogas on dairy farms is growing globally. When upgraded to natural gas it can be sold to local utilities companies and used as transportation fuel as well as generate on-farm combined heat and power (CHP) – this biogas can be an important source of income.…

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BEAUTY SECTOR RECEIVES DETAILED GUIDANCE FROM INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL BODIES



 

THE PERSONAL care product sector has an increasingly complex and global supply chain and as a result, international technical standards are growing in utility and importance. Where suppliers and retailers follow and require the use of international standards to guide their operations and products, there will be fewer nasty surprises, in orders and purchases.…

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BALTIC STATES AML/CFT OVERHAULS UNDER WAY AFTER BANKING SCANDALS DAMAGE FINANCIAL SECTORS’ REPUTATION



THE BALTIC States, being European Union (EU) member states adjacent to Russia and Belarus have been exploited by Russian criminals as a gateway for their illicit funds into the EU and beyond.

This is despite that as EU member states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania must implement EU anti-money laundering and anti-terror finance legislation.…

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO BANKING BODY NOW WANTS 2017 BILL PASSED TO REPAIR COUNTRY’S TAX REPUTATION



Trinidad & Tobago has a problem regarding tax transparency, one that its financial sector and government want to go away. The Caribbean twin-island state remains the only country that is a member of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Global Forum that is listed as totally non-compliant with its rules – see https://www.oecd.org/tax/transparency/exchange-of-information-on-request/ratings/.…

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