Green Cosmetics

‘Responsibility to drive change’: Watsons targets more markets for refill stations after successful Malaysia launch

17-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

Health and beauty retailer Watsons will launch Naturals by Watsons refill stations into Hong Kong stores this month, following a successful pilot in Malaysia.

Eco boost: Five recent developments in sustainable beauty across APAC

11-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

We round up our five most-read stories relating to one of the hottest topics in beauty today, featuring innovative solutions to the sustainable beauty movement coming from Asia Pacific.

Indie Pioneers Podcast Episode 22

PODCAST – Inclusive sustainability: Founder of MONO Skincare on how a green monopoly can hurt start-ups

06-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

On this episode of Indie Pioneers, we sit down with the founder of low-waste beauty brand MONO Skincare to talk about its innovative waterless tablet format and how the industry can be more inclusive in the sustainability race.

Bring your own water: HK firm develops soluble skin care tablets that pack a punch with prebiotic ingredients

20-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

Upcoming beauty brand MONO Skincare has developed a range of microbiome-friendly skin care tablets that are activated by dissolving them in room-temperature water.

Oat revolution: India’s MilkinOats forays into personal care following beverage and chocolate launches

19-Jul-2021 By Guan Yu Lim

India-based MilkinOats which produces flavoured oat milk and vegan oat milk chocolate, has launched the country’s first oat-based personal care brand.

Stepping up: Juicy Chemistry secures strategic marketing partnership as it gears up to expand its global footprint

06-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

India’s Juicy Chemistry has secured a strategic investment that will help it to step up its marketing game as it sets sights on scaling its business globally.

L’Oréal to launch ‘infinitely recyclable’ Biotherm bottle in 2025

24-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has co-developed a plastic cosmetics bottle with French biotech specialist Carbios, made using fully recycled PET via an enzymatic recycling technology that also makes it infinitely recyclable.

Go big or go home: Wiz Care’s strategy to balance sustainability and affordability in India’s personal care mass market

21-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

An Indian personal care and hygiene company is walking the fine line between sustainability and affordability by launching jumbo-sized packs and multifunctional products for the mass market.

Green demand: Indonesian interest in Love, Beauty and Planet spurred by changing attitudes and green marketing

28-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

A study claims that changing consumer attitudes towards the environment and a strong green marketing mix have raised purchase interest in Unilever’s Love, Beauty and Planet among Indonesian.

Journey to the West: The Ayurveda Experience eyes western demand for natural and holistic beauty products

26-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

India-based firm The Ayurveda Experience is working to expand its presence in North America and Europe to capture the rising demand for natural and holistic beauty products.

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Green chemistry is a ‘mindset’ that holds great promise for circular beauty, says expert

20-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Green chemistry is circular by design and therefore provides an important tool for the beauty industry as it looks to improve its environmental impact longer-term, an expert consultant says.

U-Tube: Unilever to launch recyclable toothpaste tubes in India and France

19-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

Unilever will launch recyclable toothpaste tubes in India and France – two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets – as part of its bid to convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.

Overnight recovery: Antipodes forays into probiotic skin care with Culture brand

17-May-2021 By Guan Yu Lim

New Zealand-based green beauty skin care company Antipodes has launched its first probiotic-infused formulation - a night cream product under the Culture brand.

L’Oréal Paris to halve CO2 emissions by 2030: ‘We are in the decade to make the change,’ says global head

28-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal Paris has unveiled its environmental goals for the next decade, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by 50% and lightweight or sustainably convert its entire packaging portfolio by 2030.

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...