"The trend is there. But what is sustainable packaging?" Jonathan Cohen (DuPont)

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For the DuPont Group environmental challenges are tremendous opportunities for growth and development. Review details with Jonathan Cohen, Director of Cosmetics & Personal Care Packaging (...)

M-real’s energy efficiency system is now in place

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M-real, Europe’s leading primary fibre paperboard producer and major paper supplier, has met its target to implement an Energy Efficiency System (EES) in all its production units by the end (...)

Oil palm tree plantations reduce the orang-outan habitat. Unilever, is probably the largest palm oil corporate consumer in the world.

Oil palm: Unilever cuts purchases from supplier criticized by Greenpeace

premiumbeautynews.com : 12/15/2009
Unilever recently announced that it has decided to suspend all future purchases of palm oil from the Indonesian company PT Smart, part of the Sinar Mas group, until such time as they can provide (...)

French companies partner to create fully eco-designed skincare

premiumbeautynews.com : 10/08/2009
Five French industrial partners have started to work all together to propose new and sustainable solutions in the cosmetic market. The first outcome of this unique co-operation is an integrally (...)

High-end carton and environment: Iggesund is doubling its efforts

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Holmen Group and its subsidiary Iggesund are investing heavily in environmentally-friendly technologies to reduce the use of fossil fuel and the company’s carbon emissions, to improve (...)

Pascal Leroy, Marketing Manager at Sleever International

A sustainable development strategy for Sleever International

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Sleever International is orienting its strategy towards sustainability and does not hesitate to modify its manufacturing processes accordingly. Premium Beauty News talked to Pascal Leroy, the (...)

Shiseido to move to plant-based plastics

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On March 9, 2009, Shiseido, received the Eco-First certification from Japanese Minister of the Environment Tetsuo Saito. The Japanese cosmetics maker is the first company in the beauty industry (...)

PLA bioplastic can be effectively sorted

premiumbeautynews.com : 03/06/2009
Current technology allows to sort packaging made of natural plastic from other plastic packaging with an accuracy approaching 100 percent, NatureWorks says. Following an extensive analysis of (...)

Kiehl’s experiments new green cosmetic concepts

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Eco-effective and 100% biodegradable: two environmental claims sounding great. However, Khiel’s Aloea Vera Liquid Body Cleanser is a true innovative product. Not a usual cosmetic, not a (...)

UK publishes carbon footprint assessment guidelines

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Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the Carbon Trust, and the British Standards Institute (BSI), have launched a new specification for assessing the life cycle (...)

03/13/2010	Biokolor wants to transpose to skincare its success in make-up
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03/09/2010	Maesa Group designs new solid fragrance accessory for Hanae Mori
03/09/2010	Brazil raises tariffs on U.S. goods including cosmetics
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Sandra Maguarian, Show Manager, MakeUp in Paris

Full house for MakeUp in Paris

Four months before its inauguration, more than thirty industrial partners have decided to participate in the first edition of MakeUp in Paris, say the organizers who are glad to have fully booked the event sooner than expected. “The world elite in cosmetic formulations, packaging and full service has chosen to fully participate (...)