Palm and palm kernel oils have a long history in cosmetic formulations, but as clean ingredient sourcing continues to become more important to consumers, manufacturers are looking to global ingredient producers like BASF to lead the charge in establishing...
Personal care major Beiersdorf has extended its joint commitment with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) in Indonesia, aiming to halt deforestation in Borneo and certify 200 smallholders with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on the...
PZ Cussons will continue monitoring its palm oil supply chain through independent satellite tracking technology and work closely with high-impact and smallholder suppliers for the last push on its goal of 100% ‘no deforestation, no peat and no exploitation’...
BASF has confirmed its participation in the Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil (FONAP) as a supporting member, in a move aimed at signaling the company’s ongoing efforts to support sustainable palm oil.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has released its impact report for 2016, taking a look at the question of how far the non-profit association progressed towards global, sustainable palm oil production last year.
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 Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant has cancelled its contract with palm oil supplier IOI Group after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended its certification following complaints of deforestation and community conflict, which Unilever...
With the growing importance on sourcing and processing sustainable palm oil, Croda has fulfilled requirements for all of its manufacturing facilities to comply with industry standards.
The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has set out ambitious new targets to ensure that it reaches 100% certified sustainable palm oil in Europe by 2020, stressing the importance for change, saying there is no room for complacency.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has completed the process to become an ISEAL full member in a move which it hopes will speed up the progress of making sustainable palm oil use the norm.
The trend for certified sustainable palm oil has influenced Evonik’s latest surfactant launch and its TEGO Betain P 50 C active also claims to be more cost effective, at the request of cosmetics producers and consumers.
Croda has announced that its manufacturing sites in India and Brazil are the latest to receive Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Certification for Mass Balance production of CSPO ingredients.
As more European countries commit to sourcing only certified sustainable palm oil, a round table has been organised by the RSPO to start a new dialogue with Europe’s supply chain as to ‘shared responsibilities’ in this area.
The uptake of certified sustainable palm oil has seen a 49% increase in the first quarter of 2014 compared to last year which many believe is a positive landmark for the industry that has been threatening to destroy rainforests in Indonesia and around...
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will gather industry and NGOs from across the UK and Europe to launch new dialogue on shared responsibility and the supply chain.
An improvement in communication channels will help to deliver the message and importance of sustainable palm oil to customers and consumers; and industry is beginning to work towards this, according to the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) first EU Summit has helped industry to increase demand for sustainable palm oil according to the organisers.
The number of Indian members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has increased over five times in the last year thanks to greater interest in sustainable palm oil for consumer products, including cosmetics.
Finished goods manufacturers L’Oréal, Henkel and Yves Rocher have all top scored in the latest WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard, which measures the performance of 132 major retailers and consumer goods manufacturers against 4 areas which show whether these...
The retail chain’s Indonesian unit has declared it will exclusively source certified sustainable palm oil and implement the RSPO trademark on products in a bid to urge consumers to choose products from a sustainable source.
Despite the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) having strict rules governing claims that can be made about sustainable palm oil, manufacturers should be careful of the advice they are given from suppliers to avoid falling into the ‘claims trap’.
Malaysia's active representation and contribution in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has seen it set the record as the world's largest producer of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) accounting for over 50 per cent of total CSPO...
Speciality ingredients company Gattefossé has secured GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil or palm kernel oil to cover all the palm/palm kernel oil needs of its worldwide cosmetic business until the end of 2011.
Producers of cosmetic and personal care products will now be able to clearly show their commitment to sustainable palm oil through the use of a new trademark released by The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
RSPO-certified palm oil production facilities produced their five millionth tonne of certified sustainable palm oil earlier this month, with nine percent of world production now certified.
With Avon being the latest company to join Oriflame, Johnson & Johnson and Liz Earle in pledging its support for sustainable palm oil, GreenPalm has said it expects more beauty companies to follow suit in 2011.
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?
At the recent in-cosmetics show in Milan, CosmeticsDesign caught up with Bob Norman of GreenPalm to discuss the need for cosmetic companies to support the sustainable production of palm oil.
With rising consumer awareness over negative social and environmental effects of palm oil production, the cosmetics and personal care industry is under increasing pressure to use palm oil that is sustainably sourced.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has launched a logo that can be displayed on product packaging to inform consumers that the palm oil within has been sourced following RSPO rules.
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.
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