The global fragrance and ingredients player is working alongside Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics manufacturer, and the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to support sustainable agriculture in the Amazon region.
This year’s edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Europe industry summit took place in Paris in November, and its organisers have released a roundup of its major outcomes, from insights on green values to a paper from H&M on key sustainability...
Henkel, a German industrial and consumer goods company, has announced it is partnering with a development organisation to support smallholder farmers in Colombia.
The United Nations Environment Project (UN Environment) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have announced funding to support farmers working with sustainable palm oil.
BASF, Cargill, Procter & Gamble (P&G) have entered a partnership by which they aim to help establish a sustainable certified and transparent supply chain of coconut oil in the Philippines and Indonesia.
Next month will see the annual RSPO European Roundtable and give manufacturers and suppliers a chance to find out how the move towards sustainable palm oil is progressing.
The Seaweed Standard, a joint project of the ASC and MCS, would leverage science-based regulation to protect the environment and promote ethical business.
Solvay has teamed up with L'Oréal to teach sustainable agricultural practices to guar bean farmers in India - derivatives of which are used in various hair and skin conditioning products.
The health and wellness trend is one that has been helping many cosmetics markets due to consumer demand and while this is seeing a new influx of food influences in the beauty market, it may have sustainability implications.
A decisive step for the REACH registration of essential oils has been taken according to the International Fragrance Association (IFRA), thanks to the third roundtable organised to assess progress with regards to 2018 registrations.
Switzerland-based Clariant has launched a new ingredient based on extract from the Abyssinica seed sourced in Africa and targeting the hair, skin, lip and sun care segments.
In a move which confirms its intent to improve sustainability, Unilever’s supplier Symrise has announced a partnership which aims to improve the livelihoods of its vanilla producers with German development corporation, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale...
According to the ECPA, the EU needs to unlock its innovation potential with active ingredients after finding the share of global crop R&D decreased in markets from 33% in the 80s to only 16% today.
Researchers at the University of Alicante have patented a new device that cultivates microalgae more efficiently; a technology that its lead scientist says will be of great value to the cosmetics industry as algae based formulations become more of a trend.
Fred Zülli, Managing Director of Mibelle Biochemistry, spoke to CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com about the sustainable aspects of the company’s PhytoCellTec technology ahead of a presentation he is giving at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris.
Laboratoires Expanscience has announced it is officially the first French pharmaceutical laboratory to become a member of the Union for Ethical BioTrade.
The cosmetics industry increasingly looks towards agricultural raw materials as the basis for many of its ingredients, but producing the necessary quantities sustainably could be challenging.
Sustainable ingredients and distribution innovation will be the key themes discussed at this year’s Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, which will look at some of the sustainability initiatives in the beauty industry and look ahead at what can be done in the...
The rise of natural ingredients seems to be a never-ending trend, but could the fact that the beauty industry’s increasing reliance on agricultural crops mean trouble?
A new research project aims to optimise the production and quality of palm oil, helping to produce more sustainable crops, by using molecular genetics to boost crop breeding.
One of the biggest challenges to natural and organic companies is ensuring a reliable supply of quality raw materials, but experts believe investing in the supply chain is a viable solution.
Germany-based ingredients manufacturer Symrise is ramping up its eco credentials with the launch of its newly Ecocert approved active containing an ethically sourced ingredient.
Two of the biggest names in European natural personal care have lent their support to L’Herboretum, a French project to encourage sustainable natural ingredient development.
Two leading suppliers of Spirulina, a protein rich in vitamins and
used in a variety of natural-based personal care products, have
voiced their concerns over what they believe are over-zealous
regulations that forced them to cease...
