Inolex, a Pennsylvania-based personal care ingredient company, is launching a new collection of ingredients at this week’s show in Paris, France, and seeing a terrific industry response to its alternatives to palm oil.
Ingredient suppliers Clariant and Beraca announce that the strategic partnership deal which sees the former acquire 30% of shares in the Brazilian firm’s Health & Personal Care Division, has been completed.
Welcome to our Sustainability Special Newsletter, which brings a collection of articles touching on subjects as diverse range of topics that help form this increasingly vital pillar of the cosmetics business.
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.
Croda International has started construction on a site in Delaware that will be the first ever manufacturing facility to produce sustainable non-ionic surfactants.
Anglo-Dutch consumer company Unilever is partnering with Global Citizen and Live Earth: Road to Paris, as part of its brightFuture campaign as it looks to grow its business while reducing its environmental footprint and increasing its positive social...
Unilever has announced that it has reached its target of sending non-hazardous waste to landfill from its factories, and in the process avoided €200 million-worth of costs and created hundreds of jobs.
The company announced this week its intentions to further limit water use and packaging as well as to take advantage of more renewable materials by 2020.
Consumer goods multinational L’Oreal has announced a partnership with water treatment service provider, Veolia, which will tackle the problem of wastewater discharged from the beauty giant’s factories in Indonesia.
With the demand for green actives growing at a quick rate and many ingredient suppliers producing innovative ingredients, the topic will become a key focus at this week’s Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in New York.
Ingredient suppliers must implement the carbon footprint into their ingredient design and ensure the correct supply chain choices if we are to work towards a sustainable future.
Global consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has partnered up with the University of Cambridge to further the university’s Sustainability Leadership programme (CPSL) with the recent launch of its first seminar in Asia.
Having held two summits recently focusing on the issue of sustainability in the cosmetic industry, in Asia and Europe, Organic Monitor claims the regular message is that consumer behavior needs to change.
L’Oréal announces it has made a commitment to transform its sustainability footprint by 2020 whilst at the same time, looking to achieve its business ambitions and reach a billion new consumers.
The product testing laboratory has become the first in India to be certified as 'LEED Gold' by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its sustainable efforts.
Personal care giant Unilever has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability by opening its palm oil processing plant in the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in North Sumatera.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever says it wants to build on its recent re-entry into the Myanmar market with the opening of a new production facility in the country’s capital, Yangon.
Procter & Gamble is turning to a combination of sustainable product development and collaborative projects in an effort to maintain the momentum in reducing its carbon footprint.
The recent PCHi China event was a busy one for Sweden-based AAK, which scooped two separate awards and launched a new ingredient for the Asia market at the show.
The time is now to raise the bar for sustainability in the Asian cosmetics industry in every aspect, say several industry experts who discussed the topic at this year’s Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Hong Kong.
Although Asian cosmetic and personal care companies have embraced the issue of sustainability, Organic Monitor director Amarjit Sahota believes that the social and economic impact are being overlooked.
Herbal remedies have long played an important tradition in many Asian cultures, and now many of the most important herbs are being uses as extracts in highly sophisticated novel active ingredients.
This year’s ‘Beauty of Sourcing with Respect Conference’ hosted by the Union for Ethical BioTrade focused on emerging market trends as they become increasingly influential in areas like sustainability.
NatureWorks, has announced it is the first company in Germany to achieve certification from the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Association (ISCC) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) for its packaging made...
The 2012 biodiversity barometer published by the Union for Ethical BioTrade has found that awareness of biodiversity is lagging behind sustainability, highlighting the need to improve this.
Cosmetics Design caught up with Susan Arnot Heaney Avon’s head of corporate responsibility to find out more about the company’s approach to reducing its carbon footprint in this, the first of a two-part interview.
The Nagoya Protocol comes into action during a time when there is an increased global awareness of biodiversity and specific aspects of the ruling will affect the cosmetics industry.
According to research carried out by Organic Monitor, natural & organic brands on the North American market are making inroads in mass market retailers and encouraging supermarkets to develop private label ranges as shelf-space in natural food shops...
France-based organic cosmetics company Florame sources many of its ingredients from developing countries and argues that the practice can help support local development, although it is subject to many challenges.
The first Asia-Pacific Sustainable Cosmetics Summit is being held by Organic Monitor; the summit will take place in Hong Kong over the course of two days, 7-8th November 2011.
With rapid expansion on the cards at consumer goods giant Unilever, it has entered into a global alliance with Jacobs Engineering Group to support the delivery of its capital investments in the future.
Recent international talks in Nagoya, Japan, have resulted in the adoption of an international regime that will force companies to change the way they source their natural ingredients…although, not immediately.
Companies sourcing from plants are subject to a new international regime which demands the sharing of benefits resulting from the use of biodiversity, but the details of what to share and with whom remain to be decided at the national level.
Brazilian-based ingredients brand Beraca says that deforestation is one of the worst enemies to the planet and the beauty industry must act to ensure this problem is minimized.
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...
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.
An event combining a series of workshops and presentations organized by Organic Monitor will be held Frankfurt, Germany, next month, concerning sustainable cosmetics.
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.
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