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Locus Ingredients targets sustainable palm oil alternatives

By Cassandra Stern & Simon Pitman

As a 100% biobased biosurfactant ingredient provider, Locus Ingredients is gearing up to make a big splash in the beauty and personal care space by targeting the massive market for surfactants.

Unilever advances zero-deforestation initiative

Unilever advances zero-deforestation initiative

By Deanna Utroske

This week, Unilever published lists of its paper and board product suppliers as well as of its soy suppliers. The beauty maker believes that this sort of transparency will compel partner companies along the supply chain to be accountable for practices...

P&G debuts Citizenship Report on sustainability, CSR, gender equality

P&G debuts Citizenship Report

By Deanna Utroske

The consumer packaged goods company’s annual sustainability report has been replaced for 2016 with a Citizenship Report covering environmental sustainability, gender equality, community impact, and more.

Avon pledges to clean up palm oil supply chain

Avon pledges to clean up palm oil supply chain

By Deanna Utroske

The direct-sales beauty company just updated its Palm Oil Promise document with stringent objectives and supplier guidelines that are more socially responsible when it comes to environmental and human rights concerns.

P&G promises no deforestation in palm oil sourcing

P&G promises no deforestation in palm oil sourcing

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Sustainability, and particularly palm oil, has been under the microscope of late, and after the Greenpeace saga at its Ohio headquarters earlier this year, Procter and Gamble has announced advancement in its global sustainability goals.

P&G tangled up in Greenpeace felony charges

P&G tangled up in Greenpeace felony charges

By Michelle Yeomans

Following Greenpeace allegations that P&G is not doing enough to source palm oil from eco-friendly sources, nine of its' activists are now facing felony charges on taking the protest to another level, 'breaking into' the brand's...

WWF embraces RSPO International Standards on palm oil in Peru

WWF embraces RSPO International Standards on palm oil in Peru

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Nature conservation organization, WWF’s Peru operation has endorsed the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) International Standards, for addressing this situation which is taking place across tropical rainforests around the world.

Rising demands for palm oil

Rising demands for palm oil

Having announced strong half-yearly results, Malaysian Palm Oil
producer Golden Hope says that it will be looking to markets such
as China to exploit its growing oleochemicals division in an effort
to increase its presence in the...