Active ingredients producer Greentech has urged the cosmetics industry to establish long term relationships and to ensure respect is given to any local environments affected by its sourcing activities.
Communicating sustainability to consumers can require a different sort of conversation than the traditional one taken when advertising new products or launches, according to L’Oreal.
As part of big plans to reduce its carbon footprint, P&G wants to power all its production plants with renewable energy and its packaging and products to be made from renewable or recyclable materials.
Sustainability is undoubtedly today’s business buzzword and consumer facing industries such as the cosmetics and personal care sector are particularly implicated. But, what changes should cosmetics players make to their manufacturing and formulations,...
The issue of sustainability seems to have gone in to overdrive for the cosmetics industry in recent years, but are businesses running before they can walk?
Sustainability is undoubtedly today’s business buzzword and consumer facing industries such as the cosmetics and personal care sector are particularly implicated. But, although consumers are increasingly aware of the concept, are they prepared to make...
Germany-based cosmetics ingredients supplier Dr Straetmans has signed an agreement to become the exclusive distributor of Beraca’s functional ingredients in Austria and Germany.
This year’s industry events saw a flurry of green surfactants, non-nano inorganic UV filters and petrolatum alternatives, all accompanied by claims of their mild, sustainable and generally friendly nature.
Proctor & Gamble (P&G) has launched the Supplier Environmental Sustainability Scorecard - a tool that aims to measure and improve the environmental performance of its key suppliers.
L’Oreal has been acknowledged for its efforts on sustainable development several times in the past year and its recently published annual report stresses how this area will continue to be a core focus for the business.
France’s Groupe Casino has pledged to move to sustainable palm oil in its own brand personal care ranges, while cutting the oil completely in its food products.
A biodiversity roundtable at the upcoming in-cosmetics show in Paris will feature the French secretary of state for ecology, Chantal Jouanno amongst its panel of experts.
The global self adhesive label association, FINAT, recently held a seminar in Barcelona to tackle key issues in this important sector, including sustainability.
Following a succession of weak financial results some, of the biggest players in the personal care industries are pointing to sustainability measures as a means of exiting the recession.
The Global Canopy Foundation has referred to the personal care industry as a frontrunner in its Forest Footprint Disclosure review and noted L'Oreal as 'best performer'.
The cosmetics and fashion industries have been called upon to help preserve the world’s biodiversity at a two day event organised by the United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Procter & Gamble brand Hugo Fragrances has launched its ‘One fragrance, One Tree' initiative which aims to fund an 800 hectare plantation (the equivalent of three Central Parks) in the Amazon rainforest.
A French research and development project to help foster the design of environmentally-friendly plastic packaging has been initiated by Alcan Packaging Beauty.
Brazil ingredients provider Beraca has secured a 2009 SEED Award for Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Development for its business project in Marajo Island.
The company is focusing on its Dupont Awards as a means of helping the personal care industry discover how packaging can be incorporated into a sustainable business strategy.
Companies already struggling in the current economic climate will soon have to contend with a new phenomenon, ecoflation, according to a study by ATKearney.
One of Europe’s leading packaging shows, Emballage 2008, is due to open its doors in Paris on November 17, highlighting some of the latest innovations for personal care.
Ingredients supplier Cosmetochem is the latest in a growing number
of companies to offer sustainably sourced ingredients that promise
to bring benefits to the indigenous communities.
Focusing on sustainable sourcing of cosmetics and fragrance
ingredients is a win-win situation benefiting both the company and
the environment, says Conservation International.
The fourth Perfume, Cosmetics and Design packaging congress opened
its doors this morning in Paris, with nanotechnology, REACH
legislation and sustainable design featuring high on the agenda.
Brazilian ingredients supplier Beraca believes its entry into the
international competition, World Challenge, will bring
attention to the work it is doing to support local communities in
the amazon, while sourcing cosmetic ingredients...
Growing concern about global warming and ecological issues is
prompting consumers to seek out cosmetics that are both natural and
environmentally-friendly. CosmeticsDesign.com spoke to Weleda
executives to explore the challenges that...
A US company specialising in vegan cosmetics plans to use
sustainable ingredients in its products and packaging, a move it
claims to be unprecedented in the industry.
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