In future, the digital product passport is to include all important environmental and material data of a product along its entire life cycle. VDMA sees opportunities and challenges in this concept and calls for the involvement of the industry.

The chief executive of the world’s leading accountancy body says that changing culture is crucial in correcting the under-representation of women on boards.

Helen Brand, from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) called on businesses to appoint more female directors because it makes sense commercially as well as ethically.

The S&D Group mourns the death of their Secretary General, Michael Hoppe, who died yesterday at the age of 58 after a long and severe illness. Michael Hoppe, a truly committed European and long-standing member of the SPD, was one of the longest serving officials of the S&D Group. He served the Group and the European Parliament for more than 30 years. He joined the S&D Group in 1996 and worked in various functions, from parliamentary assistant to cabinet advisor, and later Deputy Secretary General for many different Group Presidents.