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L'Oréal to sell The Body Shop for €1bn
©Hermin Utomo via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>#NEWSWATCH: Beauty products giant L'Oréal has signed a contract to sell The Body Shop to Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura Cosméticos for a reported...
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Inside the Lush life of an ethical cosmetics buyer
Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary, benzoin resin in northern Laos and shea butter...
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It may not be possible to slow down fast fashion - so can the industry ever...
The fashion industry has some major sustainability problems. By 2030, it is predicted that the industry's water consumption will grow by 50% to 118 billion cubic metres, its carbon footprint will...
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Donatella Versace says label will stop using fur in products
©Piotr Trojanowski via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>LONDON, England - Donatella Versace has said her family's luxury fashion label will no longer use real furs in its products, according to an...
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Could online shopping help us reduce our carbon footprint?
© lightpoet via [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]].</span>The full lifecycle emissions from a products' consumption is in many cases dominated by the manufacturing processes and the product's use....
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Burberry stops burning unsold goods and bans real fur
British luxury fashion brand Burberry is putting an end to its practice of destroying unsold product, instead announcing that it will be expanding on its efforts to reuse, repair, donate or recycle...
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Enormous amounts of food are wasted during manufacturing - here's where it...
The volume of edible food that is wasted is staggering. In 2017, the UN estimated that almost a third of all food that is produced is discarded.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Insect protein: dish of the day for your environmentally-friendly pet
In the UK, there are approximately nine million dogs and almost eight million cats - with around one in two households owning a companion animal. This large pet population is estimated to consume...
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Easter eggs: hunting for a solution to excessive packaging
So which Easter tradition came first? The packaging or the egg? The answer is of course not that surprising (it's the egg). The tradition of giving people eggs at spring time has roots in ancient pagan...
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Ugly veg: supermarkets aren't the biggest food wasters - you are
"Ugly" or "wonky" veg were blamed for up to 40% of wasted fruit and vegetables in 2013, as produce was discarded for failing to meet retailer appearance standards.Read more... | Send to a friend
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The most valuable global retail brands for 2019
The results of the second annual BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Global Retail Brands report were revealed by WPP and Kantar today. The research - which looks at luxury, apparel, retail and fast-food...
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Why the meat industry could win big from the switch to veggie lifestyles
One of the largest meat processors in the UK, supplying supermarkets across the country with beef, pork, and lamb, has launched a plant-based meat alternative. ABP is the first UK meat producer to do...
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Stella McCartney inks deal with LVMH
French luxury group LVMH - owner of Vuitton, Dior and Givenchy - has purchased a minority stake in Stella McCartney's fashion firm. The news comes just over a year after McCartney ended her 17-year...
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Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should...
It was inspiring to read about the launch of Waitrose's trial in Oxford offering consumers a range of products free of packaging. Their system isn't revolutionary - smaller supermarkets have been doing...
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#G7Biarritz: Fashion industry giants sign global sustainability pact
Thirty-two global fashion and textile companies, including Adidas, Chanel and H&M, have signed a Fashion Pact, committing to achieving practical objectives together in three areas: climate,...
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Could fungi save the fashion world?
Environmental action group Extinction Rebellion is disrupting London Fashion Week to highlight the harms of throwaway culture and the concurrent climate emergency that the clothing market contributes...
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Adidas and Ikea lead 2020 sustainable cotton ranking
Adidas has surged ahead to become a global leader in sourcing sustainable cotton. From 6th place in the last ranking, the apparel company now sources 100% of its cotton from sustainable sources and...
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'Bee-washing' hurts bees and misleads consumers
Amid the worry over the loss of honey bees, a far quieter but just as devastating loss is occurring among lesser-known native bee populations. Wild native bees are vital to pollinate plants. Their...
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Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working
©kzenon via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>For years, apparel brands have promised to police their supply chains to root out unsafe conditions and worker abuse. But new research from Cornell...
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Pandora commits to using only recycled silver and gold from 2025
Pandora, the world's largest jewellery maker by volume, will stop using newly mined silver and gold in its jewellery by 2025 and only buy from recycled sources. According to the brand, the shift will...
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