Category: Oceania
New Zealand: Government moves into Halal Accreditation
New Zealand’s state-owned food certifier AsureQuality is stepping into halal audit and accreditation with NZIDT Ltd., NZ’s top provider of halal audit and certification services to food exporters.
Halal consumer market will hit $2.5 trillion globally in 2020, AT Kearney reports
The firm’s Global Business Policy Council, which conducted the analysis, found that spending on halal products and services is set to almost double globally by 2023.
Opinion: Harmonizing Halal Standards
Strong political will is needed among all governments to realize the vision of implementing common halal standards and certification across the world.
Opinion: BLOCKCHAIN: The Next Frontier in Halal Certification?
To address issues of cost, risk and efficiency HCBs should consider embracing halal blockchain initiatives together with the halal industry and be part of halal blockchains for efficiency.
Nestlé breaks new ground with open blockchain pilot
Nestlé will break new ground in supply chain transparency through a collaboration with OpenSC – an innovative blockchain platform that allows consumers to track their food right back to the farm.
Asian Countries Are Off Track to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Across the region, the landscape also varies. Each of the five subregions shows uneven progress toward some goals and negative tends away from others.
Australia: Busting the five biggest myths of ethical fashion
Australians are the second biggest consumers of textiles worldwide. We throw more than 500,000 tonnes of the stuff into landfill every day.
Malaysia: Sarawak to become leading cattle meat supplier in the ASEAN region
The AUD20 million (RM58 million) acquisition of the new cattle station was earlier announced by the Chief Minister who recently led a delegation to SEDC’s Rosewood Cattle Station in Western Australia.
SDGs: Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Trends
In an extract from the Responsible Business Trends Report 2019, Ethical Corporation’s Liam Dowd says progress towards integrating the SDGs into business strategies is continuing.
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WHO says climate change could have ‘considerable’ food safety impact
WHO is working with countries to raise awareness of increased foodborne risks associated with climate change and to help them draft national plans.
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‘The clock is ticking’ on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, says UN deputy chief
The economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development call for “a fully integrated approach” that engages everyone.
Is it time for the hospitality sector to align to the SDGs?
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has called on the food industry to follow the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to achieve the innovation required.
Sustainable business is good business: Creating financial tipping points for the Global Goals
Almost four years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is clear that the actions we are taking are not transformational enough, nor at the scale and pace needed.
How do you know where your olive oil really comes from?
Food suppliers are making efforts to guarantee the provenance of their food themselves, using new tools such as blockchain technology and tracking supply chains to approach food fraud.
Australia: Woolworths becomes first supermarket to make own-brand halal food
The Director of Buying said that because halal food is religiously sensitive, the company wanted their own in-house brand to make sure they get it right.
Malaysia: Global Halal Summit: Kuala Lumpur 1 – 6 April 2019
Introduced this year, the Global Halal Summit (GHaS) is a rebrand of the World Halal Week. 6 Programmes catering to different target audiences.
Opinion: Corporate Halal reputation needs to be on the top agenda for companies operating in Muslim Markets
The Reputation Institute reported in November 2018 that nearly 84% of a company’s value is now based on reputational factors.
Woolworths first supermarket in Australia to make own-brand Halal food
Woolworths director of buying Peter McNamara said the company made the move because of the increasing diversity of its customers.
