Greenpeace names and shames Estée Lauder, LG, Chanel, Kosé and Amway for microbead content
A study conducted by Greenpeace has concluded that brands are not doing enough to eliminate microbeads from beauty and personal care products, according to a report published by Hong Kong Free Press. Greenpeace studied policies on the use of microbeads in cosmetics at...
L’Oréal Australia launches recycling service with TerraCycle
L’Oreal Australia has stepped up its sustainability drive with the launch of a recycling system in collaboration with US company TerraCycle. The service allows consumers to send their empty personal care bottles back via post to a recycling system, with users simply...
‘Significant challenges remain’: Oxfam reports on Unilever’s working conditions in Vietnam
Oxfam has published a report following an investigation conducted into conditions for workers across Unilever’s Vietnamese operations and supply chain. The charity applauded the Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant’s willingness to cooperate in the project, but claimed that there...
IOI drops palm olive law suit against RSPO
Malaysian palm olive giant IOI has announced it has dropped the lawsuit against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Olive (RSPO), a sustainability body that revoked its accreditation. The group was said to have filed the lawsuit in response to RSPO revoking its...
Australia to usher in animal testing ban next year
The Australian federal government is planning a country-wide ban on cosmetic products that have been tested on animals, expected to come into force from July next year, according to a report published by The Sydney Morning Herald. Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt...
L’Oréal extends its Share and Care program to employees across 67 countries
L’Oréal has extended its Share and Care scheme across the 67 countries in which it operates and will provide employees with a universal set of social benefits. Launched two years ago, the scheme has over initiatives to address the essential needs of employees across...
Golden Agri-Resources to achieve fully traceable plantation palm oil in four years
Golden Agri Resources (GAR) has published a time-bound plan to achieve full traceability for all the palm oil purchased and processed by the company by 2020. “We led the way in committing to delink palm oil production from deforestation in 2011 and hope that we can...
Palm oil pledge: Unilever cancels its contract with IOI Group over deforestation
Unilever has cancelled its contract with Malaysian palm oil producer and trader IOI Group after the supplier was suspended by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil last week over deforestation and community conflict, according to a report published by edie.net. A...
AmorePacific donates KRW190 million to save endangered plants
AmorePacific has signed a sponsorship deal with Taean-gun-based Cheollipo Arboretum in a bid to save endangered plants. The South Korean cosmetics giant will donate KRW190 million over a two-year period to the conservation institution. Cheollipo will channel the funds...
South Korea set to pass cosmetics animal testing restrictions bill
The National Assembly’s Health and Welfare committee in South Korea has passed a bill that will ban the use of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients. According to Cruelty Free International, the committee will apply for the bill from 2018, two years earlier than was...
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