
Geka unveils mascara brush made from post-consumer recycled fibers
Medmix’s Geka has unveiled its latest innovation, billed as the first ever post-consumer recycled (PCR) fiber filamenets for mascara and eyebrow brushes.

Kering ups its sustainability targets
Kering has announced a commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2035, on a 2021 baseline. The new target covers scopes 1, 2 and 3 of the greenhouse gas protocol and has been unveiled in advance of the publication of the luxury group’s 2022-2023 Sustainability Progress Report.

Unilever invests €20 million in new Ukraine factory
Unilever has announced that it will invest €20 million in a new production facility in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. Construction is due to start this year and the plant is slated to open by 2024.

New process could turn waste plastic into sustainable fuel
Plastic waste could become the oil of the future, according to a report published by the BBC, thanks to a new process discovered by scientists at Cambridge University that converts plastic into syngas and glycolic acid.

European Commission investigates fragrance and fragrance ingredients firms over antitrust concerns
The European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections at several fragrance and fragrance ingredients firms and an association active in the fragrance industry and sent out formal requests for information to several companies active in the sector.

Croda FY2022: sales and profit rise 11 percent
Croda has reported its results for fiscal 2022. The cosmetics ingredients manufacturer saw both sales and profit rise in the double digits versus the prior year. Sales totalled £2089.3 million, up 10.6 percent on 2021’s figures (5.2 percent in constant currency), while profit before tax increased 11.4 percent to £445.2 million (+7.3 percent in constant currency).

Gucci to launch hub for circular luxury in Italy
Gucci, with the support of Kering, has announced the launch of the first hub for circular luxury in Italy. The center aims to accelerate the circular transformation of the Italian fashion industry’s production model.

Clarins to open second production plant in France
Clarins is set to increase manufacturing of its cosmetic offering with the imminent opening of a new production plant located in Sainte-Savine in the Parc du Grand Troyes, France.

Beauty manufacturers – including L’Oréal, Unilever and BASF – call for worldwide ban on animal testing
More than 35 cosmetics manufacturers and suppliers, industry associations and animal protection organisations, among them BASF, Beiersdorf, Unilever and L’Oréal, are working together to end animal testing for good by launching the International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS).

Unilever, P&G and BASF join first cross-sector collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Unilever, P&G, Reckitt and BASF are among a number of industry giants who are embarking on the first cross-sector collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Flue2Chem, as the initiative has been dubbed, will work to convert industrial waste gasses in the UK to create more sustainable chemicals for consumer products, reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
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