Environment
Guerlain, luxury cosmetics flag-bearer for sustainable development
Spurred on by CEO Laurent Boillot, Guerlain included sustainable development to the company’s strategy as soon as 2007. Although they had...
Is wood the future of plastic?
Sulapac’s wood made packaging won the Luxe Pack in green Award in the Packaging Solution category and the fully biodegradable jars of the...
Sustainability: Three questions to Chris Sayner, Croda
The latest edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, which was hosted in New York City on 3-5th May 2017, insisted on the fact that...
L’Oréal: Sustainability targets change the way products are designed
At the halfway mark of its Sharing Beauty With All programme, launched in 2013, L’Oréal has undertaken an in-depth transformation in...
After France, the UK announces plans to ban plastic microbeads in cosmetics
Following a ban voted in France during the summer, the UK has proposed to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetic products that are...
Consumers expect more from companies regarding biodiversity
Results of the 8th edition of UEBT Biodiversity Barometer show that understanding of the issue is rising significantly around the world....
“The Amazon’s biodiversity is a strategic area of research,” Eder Leopoldo Ramos, Symrise
Symrise has identified the Amazon region as one of the most promising sources of botanical innovation. To be at the heart of this...
German glass industry compares the environmental impact of glass and plastic cosmetic jars
Life cycle analyses measuring global warming potential and resource consumption on the basis of the carbon and material footprints of...
Murumuru seeds: A cosmetic ingredient that helps preserve the Amazonian rain forest
Murumuru seeds, which are gathered at various spots in Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest, are used in hair care products and lipsticks by...
Cosmetics Europe recommends cosmetics makers to cease using plastic micro particles
The European personal care association has issued recommendation to discontinue the use of small plastic particles in wash off cosmetic...
