Environment
“LCA has finally become an everyday tool”, Éric Lesage, EcoDesignCloud
Launched in 2023, the platform EcoDesignCloud is aimed to help companies assess the environmental impact of their products throughout...
Carbon border tax: Has the EU successfully exported its adjustment mechanism?
The EU’s carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to encourage trading partners to put a price...
European Union looks to boost plastic recycling as Chinese imports rise
The EU on Tuesday, December 23, unveiled proposals to help the European plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against competition...
Mibelle Group and LanzaTech pioneer palm oil alternatives from captured CO₂
Mibelle Group, LanzaTech and the Fraunhofer Institute for Interface and Bioprocess Engineering IGB have developed a palm oil substitute...
Egyptian jasmine under strain: A new warning for the perfume industry
The challenges facing Egyptian jasmine producers highlight the growing pressures that climate change is placing on the perfume industry....
Comoros: Push to turn ylang-ylang distillation to greener practices
Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On...
Global talks on plastic pollution treaty collapse with no deal
After last year’s failed conference in Busan, South Korea, representatives from 185 governments met for 10 days in Geneva, Switzerland,...
Talks to resume in Geneva to reach global pact on plastic pollution
Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening on Tuesday, July 5, in Geneva but they...
Environmental impact scoring: EcoBeautyScore makes European and UK debut
After three years of development, leading cosmetics and personal care brands — including Eucerin, Garnier, L’Oréal Paris, Neutrogena,...
A “fuzzy agenda”: How can beauty align sustainability and competitiveness?
Sustainability is firmly on the European agenda but beauty will have to sharpen focus on innovation and investment for industry to...
