Environment
Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria and Sweden call for a ban on micro-plastics in cosmetics
At the latest meeting of the EU Environment Council on 17 December 2014, the Belgian, Dutch, Austrian and Swedish delegations, supported...
Summit points key areas of progress towards a greener cosmetics industry
The cosmetics industry needs to take greater steps if it is to become more sustainable. This was one of the key messages from the...
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 100...
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 information...
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 Enso
Ohto Nuottamo, Senior Packaging Adviser at Stora Enso, one of the global leading producers of paper, wood products and packaging...
