London – Although packaging has the highest environmental footprint of cosmetic products, Organic Monitor research finds that it is generally overlooked when beauty companies look at sustainability.
The leading organizations involved in sustainability in the beauty industry will congregate in Frankfurt (November 16-17th, 2009) for a new generation summit.
The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit aims to cover the major issues the beauty industry faces concerning sustainability, natural, organic, fair trade and ecological products.
London – The fourth edition of the Natural Beauty Summit focuses on three of the major issues in the beauty industry. For the first time, the hot topics of natural & organic cosmetic standards, sustainability, and the use of food ingredients will be covered by a single event. Held in New York, May 7-8th, the summit will bring together leading figures in the beauty industry to debate and discuss the implications of these issues.
Recognising and responding to the current economic crisis IntertechPira have decided to offer a ‘Travel subsidy’ of 30% on their forthcoming Natural and Organic Cosmetics conference, due to take place London, UK on 9th – 11th December 2008.
London – With the long-awaited European harmonised natural & organic standards finally released this week, Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) announces a special Natural Cosmetics Masterclass that looks at the practical implications to cosmetic & ingredient companies.
London – /SOAPWIRE/ -- Leaders of the natural cosmetics industry will gather at the second Natural Beauty Summit in New York, May 15-17th. This high-level summit will bring together founders, presidents, CEOS and senior managers of leading companies to discuss and debate the key issues the cosmetics industry faces in the areas of natural & organic products and sustainability.
High on the agenda for Natural Beauty Summit America is natural & organic standards. Analysts have tipped 2008 to be a defining year for the cosmetics industry. An industry shake-up is envisaged in which the adoption of private standards is to lead to a clear demarcation between pure natural / organic cosmetic and pseudo products.
Co-founder of Cropwatch, Tony Burfield, has been invited to give an address to the UEAPME (European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) Cosmetics Forum in Brussels on 9th November 2007, describing Cropwatch's activities in the aromatic sector, & focusing on the difficulties that SME's (micro-, Small & Medium sized Enterprises) have with the existing European Cosmetics Directive, its seven amendments and its forty or so technical adaptations to progress, with a view to its ultimate simplification. A simplification of the Cosmetics Directive was originally proposed to improve the competitiveness of industry within the EU, the world’s largest cosmetic market. However there are some signs that the EU Commissioners have been looking back over their shoulders and have seen how the Chinese cosmetics market is growing 10% year on year, a rate of expansion unmatched by the European market.
London – September 18, 2007 /SOAPWIRE/ -- Global sales of natural & organic cosmetics are soaring with revenues projected to approach US $7 billion this year. New research by Organic Monitor (www.organicmonitor.com) finds that North America and Europe are the two engines of growth, comprising the bulk of the US $1 billion sales increase this year.
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