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01 March 2023

LWG, SLF and ICEC sign at Lineapelle the COTANCE initiative of Leather Traceability

The Terms of Reference foresee the enlargement of the group to relevant Intergovernmental Organisations, such as UNIDO or UNECE, NGOs and Livestock sector organisations. The next meeting of the “Leather Traceability Cluster”, as the working group has been named, is scheduled for the 16^th of March. [by MPASTYLE on FEBRUARY 28, 2023 in NEWS]

17 January 2023

In China, from 1 April 2023 it will be possible to recycle leather solid waste containing chromium

This is confirmed by the industry association on the Official Website of China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), Beijing, China. The decision was taken following the "Risk Assessment Report on Hazardous Properties of Leather Scrape Containing Chromium, Transportation and its Utilization", a report that certified the low chromium content of the tannery's solid residues. Hence, the implementation of environmental standards approved by the MEE (Ministry of Ecological Environment), which will come into force from April 1, 2023.

17 October 2022

Hopes that after Congress Xi Jinping will ease his controversial zero-Covid policy are fading

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened. "China must accelerate the creation of a new development model and pursue high-quality development," Xi Jinping said. Luxury executives around the world will keep an eye on China this weekend for an update on its zero-Covid policy, which has devastated supply chains and forced store closures throughout 2022.

20 August 2022

Ecological transparency of industries: what the EU is doing

The EU may be forced to water down its ambitions for corporate transparency on climate change to keep the U.S. on board with a global deal. The idea is to require large companies to disclose green information with the same rigor and external checks as they do for financial disclosures. [EU’s ambitions on climate disclosures run up against US wall – Politico]

23 May 2022

Process analyzer OPC UA companion standard now in development

The OPC Foundation* is putting together a working group to develop an OPC UA Information Model for a Common Analytical Instrument System Integration. The working group will develop a model that will allow for the integration of analytical instrument systems into analytical data systems to execute analytical runs (Common Analytical Instrument System Integration -“CAISI”), according to a newsletter sent to OPC Foundation members.

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