Beauty Products
Burt's Bees CSR Report: Hits Waste Target, Misses on Electricity, Water
Cosmetics 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 ...
P&G Pilots Sustainable Packaging for Beauty Products
The 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 ...
Zotos Mfg Plant Gets Nod to Build 3.3-MW Wind Power Project
Zotos 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, ...
Congress Set to Reform Law on Personal Care Product Safety
Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., have introduced a bill that will reform the current law on the use of ...
U.S. Consumers Still Willing to Pay More for ‘Green’ Products
More than one-third (35 percent) of U.S. consumers say they would pay more for environmentally-friendly products, according to a survey on "green" living from market ...
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 ...
