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If you recently made a purchase online, you’re not alone. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that retail e-commerce sales topped $272 billion in the first quarter of 2023, up 7.8% from the same period last year.

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Leading environmental compliance specialists, Ecoveritas will attend the 12th National Plant Show later this month.

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There is growing debate about the future of environmental labelling in the food industry. The first debate concerns number of eco-labelling schemes; the EU plans to introduce legislation to curb the number of labels in the market place. The second debate concerns the disparity between environmental impact ratings of existing schemes. Ecovia Intelligence believes the way forward is consolidation of existing labels and harmonisation of impact measurement methods.

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Many urban regions across the globe are affected by floods. One region that is particularly prone to flooding is Central Viet Nam, which suffered from severe flood impacts in 2020. In the context of its FloodAdaptVN project, UNU-EHS along with partners from Germany and Viet Nam conducts research to better understand current and future flood risks and identify adaptation options. More information about the project is available here.

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Economic Development, Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals

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The newly published GMP guidelines aim to support the demand of the market and customers for increased product safety. The document builds on the achievements of a sector which has early on opted for an approach minimising contamination risks and allowing for transparent and independent assessment.

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By Andrew McCaffery, Chief Strategy Officer at Ecoveritas

Ahead of the UN's second International Negotiating Committee (INC-2) on establishing a global plastic pollution treaty, it will be no surprise that we're advocating for legally binding global rules and comprehensive circular economy measures – a unique opportunity to accelerate systems change and end plastic pollution.

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By Elena Rotzokou, Global EPR Researcher at Ecoveritas

Anticipation, excitement, and even confusion came upon the packaging world when the most recent draft proposal on EU rules on Packaging and Packaging Waste was leaked online this past April. Although the proposal is multi-faceted and thorough, encouraging legislative action across vital areas like reuse, recycling, consumption reduction, sorting and waste collection, labelling, and modulated fees, eCommerce remains a grey area.

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Leading environmental compliance specialist, Ecoveritas has called on the world leaders set to gather in Paris this week for the UN's second International Negotiating Committee (INC-2) to count Extended Producer Responsibility among the key provisions for inclusion to ensure circularity.

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The World Economic Forum and the Government of Malaysia have established the first Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR Malaysia) in the Asia-Pacific region

C4IR Malaysia will focus on the digital economy, the energy transition and digital transformation
The Prime Minister of Malaysia and the President of the World Economic Forum open the launch event today

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