Environment
Consumers expect companies to respect biodiversity, report says
While 87% of consumers surveyed worldwide want companies to adopt sourcing policies that respect biodiversity, only 27 out of the top...
L’Oréal supports its suppliers as part of its sustainable development programme
End of 2013, the L’Oréal Group unveiled its commitments to sustainable development with the announcement of the programme “Sharing beauty...
Plastic microbeads: L’Oréal to stop, New York and California to prohibit
After Unilever and Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal announced the phasing out of plastic microbeads from its cosmetic products. In the...
Positive outlooks for bioplastic products in Europe
The bioplastics market is predicted to grow from around 1.4 million tonnes (annual production capacity) in 2012 to approximately 6.2...
L’Oreal defines its sustainable development goals for 2020
More sustainable products and processes, new assessment tools and the sharing of growth benefits: Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO of...
An application to detect plastics in cosmetics
Launched by Plastic Soup Foundation and The North Sea Foundation, two Dutch NGOs, a from application allows offers consumers...
The formulation of green cosmetics remains an obstacle course
Although the palette of green materials has widened in recent years, Organic Monitor finds cosmetic formulators still have to jump...
“Tree-sourced polymers could replace many oiled-sourced polymers,” Ohto Nuottamo, Stora...
Ohto Nuottamo, Senior Packaging Adviser at Stora Enso, one of the global leading producers of paper, wood products and packaging...
Sustainability of cosmetics packaging progresses slowly
Cosmetic companies are making slow progress in reducing their packaging footprints, says Organic Monitor. Although the cosmetics...
Biodiversity offers branding opportunities, says UEBT
The 2013 edition of the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) Biodiversity Barometer highlights growing biodiversity awareness worldwide....