At a mobile phone shop along Moi Avenue in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, dozens of customers queued patiently at the counter waiting to be served. Most of them were to buy a mobile phone. Among the various kinds of mobile phone displayed ...
Tags: Huawei Honor, mobile phones
In response to a Hong Kong based NGO alleging inappropriate working conditions at factories from where it outsources garments, Japanese apparel retailer, Fast Retailing said it has initiated its own independent investigations, which ...
Tags: air quality, temperature, Apparel
The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
BASF turns 150 in 2015. The company announced its anniversary program in an international press conference held in Ludwigshafen. In addition to celebrations and a historical retrospective, BASF has prepared a global co-creation program with ...
Reebok announced a groundbreaking partnership with UFC, the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization. Under the long-term deal, Reebok will become the exclusive authentic global outfitter of UFC, creating for the first time ...
Tags: UFC, partnership, Sporting Goods
Absolut Elyx - the first single-estate, luxury vodka - will create a private pop-up club, Casa Elyx during Art Basel's Miami Beach show this year. Inspired by the effervescent creativity arising out of Latin America, and Miami's position ...
The commerce minister of Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed, has urged Australian buyers to visit readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Speaking at a joint forum in Melbourne, Australia, Ahmed said the ...
Tags: RMG factories, Apparel
Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
Tags: Water Risk, water management data
Sustainability has been a concept which regional and national trade associations in Europe has been encouraging coatings producers and their suppliers to adopt to ensure that the coatings sector move in a more environmentally friendly ...
Tags: Marine coatings, coatings
The international clothing brand Esprit has unveiled its first-ever recycled Autumn/Winter apparel collection with the R Cert verification tag from the Hong Kong based environmental sustainability promoting NGO Redress’. Designed by ...
Tags: Esprit, Autumn/Winter14 Line, Accessories
The environmental sustainability promoting NGO, Redress, has recently launched the R Cert recycled textile clothing standard, a verification standard that aims to educate consumers about the recycling process and the environmental savings ...
Tags: recycled textile, clothing
Axalta Coating Systems is launching its next generation C5 electrical steel varnish - Voltatex 1250V. Part of the Voltatex family of electrical insulation products, Voltatex 1250V is suitable for use in multiple applications including ...
The Exo Grappler AWT from Nitto provides year-round traction, including in snow and ice conditions. It has the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake rating. Nitto Tire U.S.A. has added an all-weather tire certified for use in severe snow ...
Tags: Nitto, Grappler Line, Auto Parts
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a theme park and entertainment firm, has used Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle packaging technology to develop the first refillable plastic cup. The PlantBottle technology, which is usually used for Coca ...
Tags: SeaWorld Parks&Entertainment, packaging technology, Packaging
This initiative, which will restore rainforest four times the size of the Lake District, has been developed with input from stakeholders including WWF, Greenpeace and NGO members of APP's Solutions Working Group. The commitment takes the ...