Regulations

Honduras, Togo and the UAE join EDISON's Lighthouse Countries Network for digital inclusion.

EDISON Alliance crosses the halfway mark in its aim to positively impact 1 billion lives through digital inclusion.
Rwanda's EDISON Alliance partnerships yield skills training, digital payments and micro-credit solutions, as well as smartphone financing.

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The World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Meetings are taking place on 18-22 September in New York.

They will build momentum for supportive multistakeholder action on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
More than 1,000 business leaders, policy-makers, leaders from international and civil society organizations, innovators and social entrepreneurs will meet as part of initiatives driving progress on specific SDGs.

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Most economists expect the global economy to weaken in the coming year, as the world grapples with political and financial volatility.

Almost six in 10 believe the economic outlook will undermine progress towards meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with 74% saying geopolitical tensions will have the same effect.
Experts warn that developing countries will face an increasing trade-off between development and climate action.

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By Erin Gilchrist, Research Intern at Ecoveritas

Allegedly responsible for a global shortage of pink-coloured paint, the Barbie Movie was always going to be a hit. Playing on nostalgia, the film spoke to multiple generations and raked a large audience into theatres worldwide. This success was not limited to the box office but also in product sales - Mattel’s stock value has increased by around 4.5% since the start of its marketing campaign.[1]

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Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading certification authority in sustainable printing, announced today the support of Grimco in its sustainability mission as an SGP Gold Patron.

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The Two Sides Trend Tracker survey, carried out every two years, is one of the print and paper industry’s largest studies examining consumer preferences and perceptions of print, paper and paper-based packaging.

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Dr. Thomas Lindhquist, the man behind the original principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the nineties, insists it remains a viable collective solution to the worsening plastic pollution problem some 30 years on.

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Extended Producer Responsibility formulator Thomas Lindquist has called on the UK government to look beyond the money flow and embrace its responsibilities, as Defra looks to reboot the delayed waste and recycling reforms.

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Leading environmental compliance data specialist Ecoveritas has provided critical support to Defra's decision to defer Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging fees until October 2025, describing the decision as unfortunate but necessary due to a lack of clarity on costs for businesses.

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The European Commission today kick-started a plan to phase out animal testing for chemicals across Europe but will not protect the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics in response to the “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing” European citizens’ initiative (ECI) signed by 1.2 million European citizens.

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