Industry experts are calling for beauty and personal care brands to upgrade their use of natural and sustainable ingredients and adapt these to the modern environmental picture.
BASF, Cargill, Procter & Gamble (P&G), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have collaborated to create and push production of a sustainable certified coconut oil (SCNO) and transparent supply chain of coconut...
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.
Nearly half of all recent tropical deforestation is the result of illegal clearing for commercial agriculture, according to a new report, with a large amount of it in Indonesia being attributed to palm oil.
Agarwood is one of the world's rarest and most expensive essential oils and for good reason, as Cosmetics Design discovered after talking to a business woman cultivating the trees in Thailand.
The price of palm oil, which is used as a binding ingredient in cosmetic formulation, is predicted to fall in the months ahead as increased crop yields and falling demand take effect.
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.
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...
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