Rice is king — the food staple of the world. It is also a political lightning rod and the newest battleground in the GM crop war. Golden rice, created in the late 1990s, offers a lifeline to millions of children that die each decade ...
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Car Charging, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, is planning to acquire the EV Pass, EV charging network provider with its Central New York Destination Location Network from Synapse Sustainability Trust in the US. With ...
Tags: Car Charging, electric vehicle, EV Pass
In April, AATCC will honor Nicole Nichols-Wilson, president and founder of Pure Filter Solutions (PFS), as the 2012 recipient of the Association’s Young Entrepreneur Award. Nichols is being recognized for designing, manufacturing, and ...
Tags: Apparel, Textile, Nicole Wilson Bags
To honour the achievements of OEKO-TEX certified companies who have shown special commitment to the issue of sustainability, the OEKO-TEX. Association will be presenting the Sustainability Award for the first time on 12 June 2013 during an ...
Tags: Oeko-Tex, Sustainability Award, Textile
Furniture makers should speak up now if they have concerns with California's new upholstered flammability rule, a top California official told an industry audience here last week. Tonya Blood, chief of the California Bureau of Home ...
The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
Tags: AIMCAL, Bacon package, Graphic Packaging International
Jenni Staves, Environmental Manager at British Glass, reviews the current Climate on Carbon and Sustainability. Originally I set out to write an overview of the current consultation on structural changes to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme ...
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A programme to develop a certified coconut oil supply chain to enhance sustainability and improve the livelihoods of 2,500 coconut growers in the Philippines has been launched. It is a result of a partnership between the Deutsche ...
The European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit brought together about 150 senior executives from the beauty industry to discuss sustainability issues. Hosted in Paris on 21-23 November, major discussions were on sustainability ...
Tags: Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, beauty industry, green ingredients
The Ontario chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals is producing a packaging show (scheduled Tuesday, April 16, noon to 5 pm at the Centre for Health & Safety Innovation in Missisauga) that is designed to bring together ...
EMO Hannover 2013, the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking, will be held in Germany from September 16-21. EMO showcases the entire bandwidth of today’s most sophisticated metalworking technology – the heart ...
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EU navigation safety project Accseashas demonstrated automatic resilience against GPS jamming attacks in UK waters. The trials used data from eLoran, based on one of the navigation systems used before GPS was invented, to provide back-up ...
CEMBUREAU has commissioned a study to outline the European cement sector's competitiveness and its part in achieving sustainability and resource efficiency in the region. The recently published report, carried out by the Boston Consulting ...
Tags: European cement sector, cement industry, concrete industry
The practice of purchasing products online has affected packaging-appearance, structure, messaging and more. However, research and expert opinion reflects there still exists a need for packaging companies to understand the differences-and ...
Tags: purchasing products online, packaging-appearance, packaging
This week sees the official launch of a highly innovative initiative supported by Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling, which sees waste plastic being collected from the seas around the UK by EU fishermen and sent to the UK for recycling at ...
Tags: Project, Plastic Packaging, Oceans