Beauty Products

EL Pro Avon GHG Emissions Fall, But Energy Use Rises

Avon GHG Emissions Fall, But Energy Use RisesAvon's GHG emissions intensity for its global manufacturing fell 6.6 percent in 2010, from 36.6 to 34.2 metric tons of CO2e per million units, ...

December 19, 2011

Food Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET’; Lush Outsources Recycling

Food Manufacturers ‘Holding Back rPET’; Lush Outsources RecyclingThe use of recycled PET in the food sector is being held back by poor quality control and by brand owners’ misconceptions, according to ...

November 18, 2011

EL Pro Reckitt Benckiser 75% of the Way Towards 2020 CO2 Goal

Reckitt Benckiser 75% of the Way Towards 2020 CO2 GoalReckitt Benckiser, the company behind Lysol, Durex, Clearasil and other well-known brands, is three-quarters of the way towards its 2020 carbon reduction ...

October 7, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications

Standards & Compliance Briefing: WEEE Revision, REACH Review, Honda LEED Certifications The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee is expected next week to endorse a proposal that would strengthen EU rules on e-waste, European ...

September 29, 2011

L’Oréal Plans Second N.J. Solar Array

L’Oréal Plans Second N.J. Solar ArrayL'Oréal USA has announced that its Franklin, N.J. manufacturing facility is partnering with GeoPeak Energy in a power purchase agreement to install a 1 MW photovoltaic ...

August 4, 2011

L’Oreal Buys Veolia Wastewater Treatment Plant

L’Oreal Buys Veolia Wastewater Treatment PlantVeolia Water Solutions & Technologies is constructing a wastewater treatment plant to reduce the environmental impact of cosmetics company L'Oreal's manufacturing facilities in Asia. The treatment plant ...

July 11, 2011

EL Pro L'Oreal Cuts Water Per Product, Carbon, Waste; VOCs Up

L’Oreal Cuts Water Per Product, Carbon, Waste; VOCs UpL’Oreal made improvements on almost all of its environmental measures in 2010, including water consumption, carbon emissions, SO2 emissions and waste output, according to ...

July 7, 2011

Body Shop Sustainability Leader Discusses FSC

Body Shop Sustainability Leader Discusses FSC Interview with Simon Henzell-Thomas, Head of Sustainability, Body Shop International at the FSC General Assembly 2011.

July 7, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Boiler Rule Delay, Obama's 56 mpg Plans, Asbestos Exports

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Boiler Rule Delay, Obama’s 56 mpg Plans, Asbestos ExportsThe Environmental Protection Agency has further delayed issuing its final air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators, until April of next ...

June 27, 2011

Renewables Briefing: L’Oréal, Snyder’s-Lance, Cape Wind

Renewables Briefing: L’Oréal, Snyder’s-Lance, Cape WindL'Oréal USA is partnering with GeoPeak Energy in a purchase power agreement (PPA) to install a 1.4 MW photovoltaic solar system at L'Oréal’s ...

June 24, 2011

Seventh Gen, Whole Foods Top Green Brands Ranking

Seventh Gen, Whole Foods Top Green Brands RankingSeventh Generation and Whole Foods have topped survey respondents' rankings of the greenest U.S. brands, even as consumer appetite for green products expands to include ...

June 10, 2011

Burt’s Bees, Marks & Spencer Share Staff Engagement Tactics

Burt’s Bees, Marks & Spencer Share Staff Engagement TacticsBurt’s Bees sees engaging its employees as the most critical and challenging of all its sustainability targets for 2020, the Guardian has ...

May 31, 2011

EL Pro Standards Briefing: GRI, GSA, Green Seal, Whole Foods

Standards Briefing: GRI, GSA, Green Seal, Whole FoodsThe Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced that development is now underway on G4, the next generation of its Sustainability Reporting ...

May 5, 2011

Garnier Sponsors Industry-Wide Recycling

Garnier Sponsors Industry-Wide RecyclingL’Oreal brand Garnier is partnering with recycling organization TerraCycle for an initiative to turn cosmetics packaging into playgrounds. Individuals or groups who sign up to ...

April 11, 2011

EPA Says 19 New Chemicals Require Testing

EPA Says 19 New Chemicals Require TestingOn January 7, 2011 the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA announced a new rule for manufacturers of 19 additional high production ...

January 18, 2011

Lysol, Woolite Maker Halfway to Carbon Target

Lysol, Woolite Maker Halfway to Carbon TargetHousehold and cosmetic product manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced it is more than halfway to its 2020 carbon reduction goal, only two years after ...

January 13, 2011

EL Pro Aveda Sustainability Report: Company Halves Municipal Waste

Aveda Sustainability Report: Company Halves Municipal WasteCosmetics brand Aveda says it cut municipal waste at its main manufacturing plant nearly in half in the last two years, but its industrial waste ...

December 10, 2010

EL Pro Burt's Bees CSR Report: Hits Waste Target, Misses on Electricity, Water

Burt’s Bees CSR Report: Hits Waste Target, Misses on Electricity, WaterCosmetics firm Burt’s Bees has met its company goal on waste to landfill for fiscal year 2009-10, but missed the year’s targets for electricity and ...

December 8, 2010

P&G Pilots Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Products

P&G Pilots Sustainable Packaging for Beauty ProductsThe Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) plans to pilot the use of renewable sugarcane-derived plastic on selected packaging for its Pantene Pro-V, COVERGIRL and ...

August 13, 2010

Zotos Mfg Plant Gets Nod to Build 3.3-MW Wind Power Project

Zotos Mfg Plant Gets Nod to Build 3.3-MW Wind Power ProjectZotos International, a hair-care manufacturer, has received final approval for a $7 million, 3.3-megawatt (MW) on-site wind power project for its manufacturing plant in Geneva, ...

July 29, 2010