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Speaking of Beauty: Neenah Fine Paper & Packaging, Greg Maze, Director of Product Management

15-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Neenah Inc has been in business since 1873 and the paper maker’s original mill in Neenah, Wisconsin, remains in operation today. Now based, in Alpharetta, Georgia, the company makes premium papers and paperboard for an array of end uses, including beauty...

The Body Shop transitioning to vegan beauty product formulations

07-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of June, the Natura-owned company announced plans to certify all of its product formulations—body care, skin care, color cosmetics, etc.—with The Vegan Society by December 2023.

Mary Kay joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network, aiming to source materials more sustainably

03-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker is among the Foundation’s 10 newest Network members, businesses and institutions tasked with leading the change to a circular economy.

Aptar launches mono-material pump, making beauty packaging recycling more possible

02-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty dispensing solutions company debuted its new ecommerce-friendly, mono-material pump at the ChangeNOW 2021 Global Summit late last month.

LVMH is the latest beauty maker to package product in Eastman Renew material

01-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Nearly 1 year ago, Eastman introduced a new portfolio of beauty packaging materials made with a percentage of plastic that had gone through the company’s molecular recycling process. Now LVMH is putting a luxury lip product from Dior on the shelf in Eastman...

Another deodorant brand opts for refillable metal packaging

19-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

As consumer awareness of waste increases, the number of brands reimagining what sustainable beauty packaging is, is on the rise. This week, Grove Collaborative put their own spin on refillable deo.

CPNA Returns: the largest B2B beauty event in the region opens registration for August 2021 tradeshow

18-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

For nearly two decades now, Cosmoprof North America has been one of the most expansive and well-attended cosmetics and personal care industry events in the US. Now, BolognaFiere Cosmoprof (the organization behind the tradeshow) prepares for a safety-first,...

Yukon Soaps Company and Cheekbone Beauty secure grant funding from the Indigenous Innovation Initiative

12-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

In its inaugural Indigenous Gender Equality initiative, Grand Challenges Canada has awarded $2.5m CAD to 10 projects, two of which are the work of Indigenous cosmetics and personal care brand leaders.

Albéa recommits to North American beauty market

11-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

In a recent online presentation to international trade media, the cosmetics and personal care packaging company outlined new investments, operational strategies, and market trend alignment initiatives meant to serve beauty makers in Canada, the US, and...

Amanda E Johnson and LaToya Williams-Belfort to speak at Black Enterprise Summit

05-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Tomorrow, Thursday May 6, the multimedia company is hosting a free online event for small businesses and aspiring founders. And the program includes both the COO of Mented Cosmetics and the Executive Director of the 15 Percent Pledge.

L’Oréal Paris to halve CO2 emissions by 2030: ‘We are in the decade to make the change,’ says global head

28-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal Paris has unveiled its environmental goals for the next decade, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by 50% and lightweight or sustainably convert its entire packaging portfolio by 2030.

Is friction-free tech the key to zero-waste beauty manufacturing?

27-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

LiquiGlide technology has been making headlines here on CosmeticsDesign.com since 2014. Now a partnership with Mibelle Group highlights the industrial-scale potential of the company’s novel frictionless tech.

Zero Waste Mascara: how one innovative indie brand is making the impossible possible

26-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Shannon Goldberg just launched Izzy Zero Waste Beauty with what may be the most challenging beauty product when it comes to environmental sustainability.

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TerraCycle CEO: Circular beauty is about ‘honouring the molecules’ of a product and giving them a long life

20-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Giving the longest life possible to molecules that make up a product is what circularity is all about, and the reuse movement in beauty is a particularly exciting and innovative path forward, says the CEO and founder of US recycling major TerraCycle.

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...