In this episode, Yve-Car Momperousse of Kreyol Essence and Emma Dawes of the Soil Association talk about how important supply chains and certifications can be in the clean beauty movement. Scroll down to watch the video.
Interest in FairWild certification to protect plant biodiversity and harvesting livelihoods continues to blossom, and beauty can play its part in driving wider protection and certifications, says the foundation’s executive officer.
The Body Shop has spent two years building a solid supply chain with Plastics for Change in India to source Fair Trade recycled plastic and plans to integrate these materials across its global recycled plastics portfolio within three years.
A National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel has recommended that Fair Trade USA require users of the organization’s “Fair Trade Certified” seal for composite products to provide additional information to consumers.
Fairtrade International, which until now has remained a predominantly European operation, has taken concrete steps to re-launch operations in the United States.
At its recent global re-launch The Body Shop unveiled plans to bring ‘Beauty With Heart’ to the industry through new international ‘Pulse’ concept stores set to roll out this summer, to better engage and interact with the consumer.
A research project carried out by Organic Monitor to analyse the formulations of leading natural and organic personal care products finds that many fall short of their ‘chemically-clean’ claims.
Cosmetics containing fair trade ingredients can really benefit producers, especially if commitments to volumes can be made, according to the Director of Innovation at Fair Trade USA.
Many companies support the concept of fair trade but far fewer are willing to go the distance and conform to Fairtrade certification, research group Organic Monitor says.
Fairtrade has been part of the consumer vocabulary for a long time, particularly relating to food products, but the standard has only recently become popular in the cosmetics industry.
Cosmetics ingredients supplier Jan Dekker is launching an organic and fair trade aloe vera ingredient for cosmetics products, which it claims is a world first.
Alaffia Sustainable Skincare has become the latest company to gain fairtrade certification under the Institue for Marketecology’s (IMO) Fair for Life standard.
Although the concept of fairtrade products is still relatively new to the beauty industry, a trickle of new product launches has turned into a steady stream, evinced by these launch highlights in 2009.
The organic oil specialist, Earthoil, has achieved fair trade status for its Indian mint growing facility under an Institute for Marketecology (IMO) scheme in order to meet growing demand for ethical products.
The year has seen the strengthening of all things green in both the political and public consciousness. However, how is the cosmetics industry reacting to these shifting ideals and principles?
‘Values’ will not necessarily be sacrificed for ‘value’ when it comes to ethical purchasing in an economic downturn, according to a recent Co-op report.
Consumer pressure has led many of the leading players in the
industry to publicise their plans to practice ethical and
sustainable ingredients sourcing, resulting in a number of critics
accusing companies of simply jumping on the...
Sales of ethical cosmetics are booming in the UK and France as the
beauty industry catches up with the eco-conscious shopping trend,
said the market research firm Mintel.
