This year’s dry season in Brazil has brought a significant increase in fires, an increase that is so enormous it is not only concerning environmentalists but the business world too.
Natural and organic cosmetic and personal care products continue to be a growing niche in the Latin America region, but latest research from Mintel suggests price and availability is holding it back.
The two-day programme for this year’s in-cosmetics Formulation Summit will be focusing on a theme that is close to both industry professionals and consumers alike, what’s good for us and the planet?
The company Suvi Haimi and Laura Kyllönen founded in Finland in 2016 has been gaining accolades, winning awards, and making headlines while continuing to innovate for a plastic-free future. This year, Sulapac announced that its Universal Recipe material...
Beauty has made sustainable packaging advances but nothing widespread enough to align with consumer expectations and the urgent need to save the planet, says a beauty industry commentator.
British-based Indie Brand BYBI is on a mission to mainstream sustainable beauty and believes lots can be learned from fashion and kick-started through packaging.
The beauty industry must push sustainability forward in a collaborative, transparent and open-source way to make any real, scalable change, says the co-founder of UK Indie Brand Beauty Kitchen.
Ultra-natural has taken hold across several beauty and personal care categories and fine fragrance will eventually make its mark with the right innovation and transparency focus, says a Firmenich executive.
Sustainable cosmetics is a complex and multifaceted issue, but future developments must focus more carefully on raw materials used in the formulation phase of a product’s life cycle, say researchers.
Croda International says it is committing to reducing its greenhouse gases for its worldwide operations in line with its Science Based Targets initiative.
Non-profit environmental advocate and climate research provider, CDP, reveals how personal care household name, L’Oréal, and skin care name, Beiersdorf, set a positive precedent in personal care for the sustainable sourcing of palm oil.
Plastic-free glitter firm Bioglitter believes certification is essential to re-educate consumers about biodegradability and remove widespread confusion in the market.
Cosmetics packaging supplier, Geka, centres its beauty strategy on customisation, innovation and sustainability through its new 3D packaging configurator and ‘green mascara’ concept launches.
French personal care giant, L’Oréal, supports innovations to manage the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers through backing bio-industrial solutions provider, Carbios.
Expo Pack Guadalajara, one of the leading events for the packaging and processing industries in Latin America, broke attendance records for its 2019 event.
Yesterday, the beauty maker announced its minority stake investment in Carbios, a green chemistry company working to solve environmental sustainability problems in manufacturing. The funds will help the company move its PET recycling technologies closer...
We caught up with the Director General of the European trade association for the cosmetics and personal care industry, John Chave, on the state of the industry today, and why it is a very good time to be an industry professional in beauty.
Beauty conglomerate Amorepacific has signed an MOU with TerraCycle to step up its efforts in recycling empty bottles, with the firm hoping to hit the 100% milestone by 2025.
Beiersdorf, German parent company of major skin care brands including Nivea and Eucerin, kicked off 2019 with a new strategy and an additional investment program announced. We take a look at where it’s got to so far this year.
The German personal care giant has continued to push forward with efforts in sustainability across packaging and ingredients this year. We take a look at some of its highlights so far.
Colgate, the brand’s parent company, announced yesterday that a new tube design has been recognized for its recyclability by the APR. The company intends to update Tom’s toothpaste tubes next year and all Colgate owned brands’ toothpaste tubes with 100%...
Euromonitor International, a leading market reasearch provider, has launched its latest report into the current state of the beauty market. Here, we take a look at some of the highlights.
In this Editor’s Spotlight, we pick out some of the key news from L’Oréal this year, including digital innovations like an acne app and its latest artificial intelligence on Amazon Beauty.
From pioneering new pigments for recycling packaging, to more major acquisitions in its sights, to commitments on gender equality and ingredients transparency, we take a look at what Unilever has been up to so far this year.
Henkel, which owns personal care brands including Schwarzkopf hair care, has announced its launch of 100% recycled plastic product packaging, of which 50% is ‘social plastic’ across specific products within its offering.
Here, we shine the light on one of the leading personal care players globally, Johnson & Johnson, catching up with what the multinational has been up to so far in 2019.
L’Oréal’s recently released annual report into its sustainability programme’s progress reveals it is pushing forward with meeting goals for ‘Sharing Beauty with All’.
The upcoming conference on Beauty of Sourcing with Respect is the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT)’s annual gathering, set to take place on 20 and 21 May, Paris.
The fragrance, cosmetics and skin care player is tapping into the ongoing rise in demand for products that can prove meaningful green credentials all the way through the supply chain, right to sourcing.
Professionals from every possible cosmetics and personal care industry niche flock to in-cosmetics Global each year to discover what’s new in beauty ingredients, in formulation technologies, in marketing strategy, and more. To find out what one expert...
Clariant has introduced what it claims is a ground-breaking step for eco-friendly products in the form of a sugar-based label-free alkaline neutraliser.
The men's grooming and natural trends have both seen huge growth in the LATAM region in recent years. Here we look at a selection of products that combine both trends, brought to us by the Mintel Global New Products Database.
Barcelona-based Lipotec has added two new naturally-derived ingredients to its actismart range, tapping into the trend for exotic botanicals from different parts of the world.
Schwan Cosmetics has increased its sustainability initiatives thanks to the introduction of a wooden eye pencils and the opening of a more sustainably designed production facility to produce them.
Sustainability is continuing to bring our industry lots of new opportunities, but how about the prospect of a personal care product line that could be with you for a lifetime?
The in-cosmetics Paris appears to be the best attended event in almost to date, if preliminary figures prove to be an accurate representation. In this photo gallery we bring you some of the most interesting developments from the biggest formulation players....
I was intrigued to see an article I recently wrote about a Guatemalan designer creating sustainable packaging becoming one of the highest hitting on Cosmetics Design USA.
The Swiss fine chemicals player is set to make a big splash at this year’s in-cosmetics Global event in Paris, which opens today, with the unveiling of new ingredients and its focus on the diversity in beauty trend.
Ingredients player SNF has chosen to launch its Flocare Nat 132 multifunctional polymer at this week’s in-cosmetis Global, being held at the Port de Versailles Expo in Paris.
Belei is the new - and first-ever - skin care brand from global internet retailer Amazon. Based on consumer data insights, is this the future of brand development in beauty and personal care? We take a look in this Editor’s Spotlight.
Evonik has been recognised by Henkel for the development of a new opacifier which can be used as an alternative for microplastics, with the company’s “Best Innovation Contributor Beauty Care 2018” award.
In a sign that the Japanese beauty giant is keen to push forward its presence in Europe, Kao’s hair care brand in the region, Guhl, is tapping into rising demand for sustainable products.
