It goes without saying that China has proven it is a true heavyweight global contender. The herculean growth achieved by China over the past two decades is unprecedented in the annals of human history. China has overtaken Japan to become ...
Tags: China, Standard and Poor's, data, economy
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) called on President Barack Obama to immediately seek resolution to contract negotiations between the International Longshoremen Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). ...
Tags: American Apparel and Footwear Association, resolution, ILA, USMX
The Post Office has launched an external review into the Horizon computer system at the centre of its legal dispute with sub-postmasters. Some sub-postmasters blame the Horizon system for what they claim are false accusations made against ...
Tags: Post Office, external review, Horizon computer system, legal dispute
Hershey has teamed up with Mexican cocoa supplier AMCO to re-introduce the cultivation of the commodity in the south of the country. The US confectioner has launched the Mexican Cocoa Project to help cocoa growing in a country where ...
Tags: Cocoa Crops, cocoa prices, production plants
Cadbury owner Mondelez International has claimed its new sustainability programme will "help secure the future of the cocoa industry". The company yesterday (19 November) launched Cocoa Life, an initiative to "improve the livelihoods" of ...
US agribusiness giant Cargill has launched a Cocoa Promise pledge that it says strengthens its global commitment to cocoa farmers. Cargill said the programme, launched today (21 October), builds on its work over the past ten years and ...
Tags: Cocoa, livelihoods, cocoa beans, cocoa farming
Swiss chocolate giant Barry Callebaut has broken ground at its first Center of Cocoa Excellence in west Africa. The CHF1m (US$1.3bn) training and research centre, which will be operational from October, will be used to test ...
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) will take its case to Canberra calling on the federal Government to reverse last week’s decision to slash $7 mill from a targeted program for retrenched workers in TCF ...
Tags: TCFUA, TCF industry, dramatic cut, redundant workers
The Hershey Company,a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products,has launched the Mexico Cocoa Project in collaboration with cocoa supplier Agroindustrias Unidas de Cacao,a member of the Ecom Cocoa ...
Tags: cocoa, GAPs, productivity, farmer
Helena Helmersson, Head of Sustainability for Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announces that H&M is extending its All for Children collaboration with UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, to include Bangladesh. In total H&M will contribute ...
Tags: UNICEF, donation, all for children project, Bangladesh
She Huo are entertaining shows dedicated to the Gods of earth and fire performed during the Spring Festival.The activities originated from the worship of land and fire in remote antiquity.The word"she"means the God of Earth,and the ...
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The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) has strongly condemned the Federal Government for slashing $7 million available for redundant workers in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry to secure alternative ...
Textile Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating sustainable practices in the textile industry, presented ten companies with a "Future Shaper" award in recognition for their dedication to organic cotton and the overall ...
Tags: Organic Cotton, Textile Exchange, textile, Future Shaper Awards
Major players in the international textiles industry are challenged to sign up to organic – the most reliable and trustworthy standard of sustainable textiles production. Speaking at the Sustainable Textiles Conference in Hong ...
Thanks to legislation passed by the European Commission on 28 November, all wood imports into Europe via the Central Africa Republic (CAR) will be required to have a license denoting their legal origin, which will be fully implemented by ...
Tags: market view, wood