Debut and L’Oreal bolster sustainable beauty partnership
Debut and L’Oreal have signed an agreement to develop more than a dozen bio-identical ingredients to replace conventionally sourced ingredients used in the French beauty giant’s global beauty and personal care brands across skin, hair, color cosmetics and fragrances.
TerraCycle to reduce salon waste with launch of SalonCycle in UK
TerraCycle has announced the launch of a UK-wide solution to help hairdressers and beauty salons to reduce their waste. SalonCycle, as the new initiative has been dubbed, is a convenient and simple-to-implement solution to divert recyclable waste from landfill or incineration.
EU Nature Restoration Regulation passes by a whisker
The European Union Council has passed the Nature Restoration Regulation by a small majority. The new rules, which are effective immediately, provide for all terrestrial, lake, marine and river habitats in poor condition to be restored to 30 percent by 2030.
BASF and Vattenfall sign wind turbines contract with Vestas
BASF and Vattenfall have signed supply and service contracts with Vestas for 112 wind turbines. The turbines will be used in the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind projects owned by Vattenfall and BASF in the German North Sea.
L’Occitane and Carbios unveil a PET bottle made from enzymatic recycling in Europe
L’Occitane-en-Provence and Carbios have unveiled a next-generation development in the brand’s mission to eliminate virgin plastic from its retail offer. The duo presented a bottle in transparent PET made entirely from enzymatic recycling for the French natural cosmetics brand’s Amande shower oil at LuxePack.
Boots and No7 partner with Manufacture 2030 for supply chain decarbonization
Boots and No7 Beauty have partnered with Manufacture 2030 in order to accelerate their ongoing efforts to reduce emissions and drive industry-wide climate action. The UK-based drugstore chain is the first health and beauty retailer to join the platform.
Dove enters the natural deodorant category with VitaminCare+
As natural, clean and sustainable products take the deodorant market by storm, it’s no wonder Dove has unveiled a deodorant line it has branded ‘disruptive’ to tap into growing demand for aluminium-free, premium products.
Unilever apologises after ‘mistaken’ discharge into watercourse
Unilever has issued an apology after a foam discharge was mistakenly pumped into a brook near Liverpool. The incident has been reported to the Environmental Agency.
Greenpeace Disrupts Unilever AGM, Calls for Action on Plastic Pollution
Greenpeace UK has significantly escalated its campaign against Unilever, targeting the conglomerate’s plastic usage policies at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at the Hilton London Bankside.
BASF to buy 49 percent of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht wind farms
BASF has agreed to buy 49 percent of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms for an undisclosed sum. The Nordlicht wind project is being built in the German North Sea without state subsidies and boasts a total installed capacity of 1.6 gigawatts – Vattenfall’s largest offshore wind farm to date.
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