Emory University fired two neuroscientists after they were accused of failing to disclose foreign research funding and connections with China.
Li Xiao-Jiang told Science magazine that the university fired him and his wife, Li Shihua––with whom he led a laboratory at the Atlanta university’s medical school. The university also shut down their laboratory. Four Chi…
Read moreAnd it said that Jim Herbert, senior VP and general manager of EMEA at the firm, will join the BFC’s Industry Advisory Board. This delivers top-level guidance on industry best practices around key topics including sustainability and diversity in the industry. Herbert said the firm is keen to parter with the BFC “as it nurtures the future growth and success in British fashion by focusing …
Read moreCalled The Rise of Vegan Fashion, the report said “the majority” of Britons want to see “more vegan-verified clothes, bags, shoes and accessories on the high-street and online”.The study includes a survey that shows a massive majority (95%) would like to see more vegan-verified fashion. That suggests a market for such products among non-vegans and non-vegetarians.
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Read moreSeparated by police, hundreds of protesters on both sides of the debate squared off outside City Hall on Wednesday as the city council debated the bill, which would impose fines starting at $500 for people who sold new fur products but would permit the sale of second-hand gear.”For me, this is really an argument about how we treat animals and how we act as a humane society,” Corey Johnson, a ci…
Read moreWhile events such as this week’s terrorist attack on a key London tourist destination may dent visitor appetite in the future, for February, international tax-free shopping spend rose 55%, year-on-year.Tax-free shopping facilitator and researcher Global blue said the stellar start to this year’s tourist spend is in stark contrast to performance a year ago when the spend rose only 3%.
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Read moreFrance is the world’s largest grower of flax fibre and part of a northwest European belt also covering Belgium and the Netherlands that accounts for over 80% of global supply of the crop.”Growers have been advised to cut by half their flax fibre area next year to try and absorb the surplus,” Sebastien Windsor, a farmer and president of French farming body APCA, told a videoconference on Wednesd…
Read moreThe rapid proliferation over recent years of second-hand luxury sales online platforms have helped fuel an expansion of the market, similar to those of U.S. online luxury reseller The RealReal Inc or Europe’s Vestiaire Collective.”Our income recorded a surge this year during the pandemic as offline stores are mostly closed,” said Xu Wei, founder of Plum, a second-hand luxury products company in…
Read moreThe beauty giant and the packaging company have announced the invention of what is reportedly the first carton-based cosmetic tube, which sees plastic for the most part replaced with a bio-based, paper-like material. The creation, whose environmental benefits will be assessed through a multi-criteria Life Cycle Analysis, is expected to start going into industrial production in the second half o…
Read moreThe Portland, Oregon-based Nike said it is now eyeing a 30 percent reduction in aggregate greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, with hopes to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.”Issues as big and complex as climate change call for us to collaborate across our industry and beyond,” said Noel Kinder, Nike’s chief sustainability officer, in a press release.
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Read moreLaunched last year, thanks to its secure digital format, the consortium relies on blockchain technology to ensure transparency and traceability of products and product sourcing, thus increasing customer trust.With the advent of the metaverse, the consortium has also accelerated its activities in the development of its technical roadmap to include various NFT solutions (non-fungible tokens), alw…
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