Beauty Products

P&G Cuts CO2 Emissions and Water In Half Since 2002

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has reduced (per unit of production) water consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions by ...

L’Oreal Cuts Water Use, GHG Emissions More Than 6%

L'Oreal bolstered its commitment to an eco-responsible business model by reducing energy and water consumption, waste and CO2 emissions in 2008, according to the company's fifth ...

Green Seal Adds First U.S. Standard for Personal Care Products

To help consumers sort out sometimes false and misleading environmental claims, Green Seal has launched its Green Seal certification for personal care products after 18 ...

Aveda Touts Rainforest Connection

Aveda President Dominique Conseil discusses rainforests and climate change. He calls for people and businesses to sign up ...

Wal-Mart Reduces Carbon Emissions/$1M Sold to 53 Tons

[Editors note: A previous headline mischaracterized Wal-Mart's global emissions based on erroneous information from the chart above from the Wal-Mart report.] While seeing an overall rise in ...

ConAgra, P&G Among Honorees for Sustainable Packaging

The winners of the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation for consumer goods include some of the biggest brands in the industry such as Estee Lauder, Whole ...

Diamond Delivers Greener Packaging

Diamond Packaging is using recyclable and renewable source materials and wind power to create a greener package for Highland Lilac Perfume. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company designed ...

Unilever Adding Sustainably-sourced Tea, Palm Oil, Tomatoes

As part of its plans to roll out Rainforest Alliance-certified teas worldwide by 2015, Lipton is making the United States its next market for the ...

Aveda Outlines Steps for C2C Certification

Health and beauty products company Aveda recently achieved gold-level Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification for seven of its products, becoming only the second U.S. ...

L’Oreal to Reduce GHG Emissions, Water Consumption and Waste by 50%

In celebration of Earth Day, L'Oreal has announced its long-term environmental plan for 2005 to 2015, which includes greater reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water consumption ...

Aveda Installs Solar System at L.A. Distribution Facility

Aveda announced the installation and activation of a photovoltaic solar power system at its west coast distribution center in Los Angeles. The solar system is expected to provide power for 85 percent of ...

Burt’s Bees Cuts Water Use By 20%, Electricity 14%

Burt's Bees released its first CSR report this week. In the first half of 2008, the company reported it has cut its electricity use by 14 percent per sales dollar and ...

Body Shop Shares Green Product Stories

The Body Shop is rolling out its “Nature's Way to Beautiful” campaign in print, online and in-store this week, BrandWeek reports. The branding effort includes telling the stories behind the products through ...

Burt’s Bees Sets Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

Burt's Bees has pledged to cut its U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 35 percent per dollar sales from 2006 to 2011. Last fall, Burt's Bees joined the US EPA's Climate Leaders program ...

Estee Lauder Exec’s Advice On Sustainable Packaging

John Delfausse, vice president of package design at Estee Lauder Co., recently tackled the need for sustainable packaging by creating a glass bottle and metal sleeve for its Donna Karan Gold fragrance ...

Big Brands Back Organic Standard For Beauty Industry

The first organic standard for the U.S. beauty and personal care market has launched with the support of 30 founding members including Aveda, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, and Origins, according to the ...

The Body Shop Switches To Sustainable Palm Oil

The Body Shop says it has become the first cosmetics and toiletries retailer to introduce sustainable palm oil into the global beauty industry. The company is working with Daabon, a certified organic producer in ...

L’Oreal Releases Sustainable Development Report

L'Oreal has released its 2006 Sustainable Development Report (Website, PDF). According to the report, in 2006: > Energy use down by 3.5 percent > Direct carbon dioxide emissions from factories and warehouses reduced by 4.8 percent > Waste ...

Estee Lauder Installs Solar Power System

Estee Lauder has installed a 600-kilowatt solar energy system at its manufacturing facility in Oakland, New Jersey. The project is one of New Jersey's largest rooftop mounted solar installations as well the largest third-party solar energy supply ...