Ingredients | Unfortunately, compliance of consumers in terms of using adequate amounts of sunscreen is still poor. What can be done to improve compliance? And what are the issues of sustainable sunscreens?
Sustainability
Sustainability | Green packaging is very fashionable at the moment, and yet such a challenging issue. Take a look at the latest developments.
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Beauty meets Sustainability
Inteview | What are the challenges concerning the sustainability of aerosol cans and what is the future potential for increasing their sustainability? Leopold Werdich from Tubex explains.
Interview | What are the challenges in the development of sustainable ingredients and what solutions are there for new market needs? Find out from Xavier Susterac from BASF.
Henkel was the first global fast-moving consumer goods company to team up with social enterprise Plastic Bank one year ago. The goal: Collecting plastic waste before it enters the ocean. At the collection centers in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, the local population can return collected plastic waste and exchange it … Read more
Henkel is stepping up its commitment to further promote a circular economy: The company has set itself additional targets embedded in an expanded strategic framework. By 2025, 100 percent of Henkel’s packaging will be recyclable, reusable or compostable*. Within the same timeframe, Henkel aims to use 35 percent recycled plastic for its consumer goods products … Read more
Interview | Camilla Marcus-Dew explains how the luxury brand The Soap Co., which employs people with varying degrees of disability, also focuses on the environment, local sourcing and supporting other small social enterprises.
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have acquired the high-purity iron oxides business of Cathay Industries, located in Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S.A. The purchase includes the customers, property and all assets related to the business located at the Valparaiso site. The acquisition demonstrates the commitment of DIC and Sun Chemical to sustainability, as these ultra … Read more
EcoVadis is an independent agency rating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of companies on a global basis. Lipoid Kosmetik obtained the Gold Status ranking of EcoVadis for the advanced CSR engagement for the third time in a row. Lipoid Kosmetik is in the top 1% of more than 40’000 suppliers that have been evaluated. The overall … Read more
Testing methods | This article shows that using the BUS standard testing method (with isolated perfused bovine udder skin as a natural skin model), the skin tolerability of Mesem Cosmetic Cream could be confirmed.
International beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack Industries has announced its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, as it approaches its 15th anniversary. Since its foundation in 2003, a steady year-on-year growth has transformed the company into a global organisation. Now, with over 250 employees on four continents and an annual turnover approaching €100 million, it … Read more
DSM’s Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients business unit, one of the industry’s leading suppliers to the personal care, home care and fine fragrance markets, has appointed Gaelle Bathany as Director Sustainability for Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients. The company is committed to meeting sustainability challenges as outlined in the UN Sustainable Development Goals through collaboration … Read more
Here is what you can look forward to in this issue:
Hair styling trends 2018New concepts for sustainable packagingHelga Hertsig-Lavocah: Solutions to tackle sleep deprivationWala Heilmittel: Pioneering natural cosmetics
Here is what you can look forward to in this issue:
Cosmeceuticals: Actives that work as a communication enhancerSpotlight: Aerosols keep it personalBelinda Carli (IPCS): How to feed a healthy microbiomeSIHU Professional Care: Why less is more
The Finnish company Sulapac won the Luxe Pack in green Award in the Packaging Solution category, while Groupe Pochet was the jury’s choice in the Responsible Initiative category. Luxe Pack in green showcases sustainable development to meet the needs of an entire profession. This year, for the 30th anniversary of Luxe Pack Monaco, the Luxe … Read more
Croda International, supplier of speciality chemicals has acquired Enza Biotech, a research enterprise established as a spin-out company from Lund University in Sweden. Enza Biotech was founded in 2012 by researchers at Lund University with the aim to develop the next generation of renewable surfactants using carbohydrate-based chemistry. Through this acquisition, Enza Biotech’s patented technology … Read more
Symrise having achieved its sustainability goals ahead of schedule in 2016, the Holzminden-based company is setting itself ambitious goals once again in order to meet the demands of international climate researchers and to comply with the resolutions of the UN Climate Conference COP 21 in Paris. The Science Based Targets initiative by Carbon Disclosure Project … Read more
According to Anne Mette Olesen, AAK’s Chief Marketing Officer responsible for CSR, the company’s overall resource efficiency has improved significantly for a number of years and also in 2016. Energy consumption, calculated per produced unit, decreased by 6.1 percent despite a strategic decision to increase the production of highly refined products which, all other things … Read more
At Luxe Pack in Shanghai two Luxe Pack in green prizes went to one to the best eco-friendly designed packaging solutions and one to the most responsible initiatives, submitted by 2017 Luxe Pack Shanghai exhibitors. The winners in the 2 categories Mestä Board won the Luxe Pack in green Award in the Packaging Solution category, … Read more