RECENT NEWS

Commitment to run on renewable energy

Solvay’s Climate & Energy Transition team has announced they have executed agreements with NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC to purchase EarthEra Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) under their EarthEra REC program.

New sales manager and distributor

Cosphatec has announced a new sales manager for the Americas, Frederik Fabisch, and also its new distributing partner in Colombia and Ecuador: Químicos Integrales S.A.S.

Honour for ingredient company founder

Dr. Muhammed Majeed, founder of the Sami-Sabinsa Group, was named the Father of Indian Nutraceuticals Industry with an honorary award presented on the occasion of ASSOCHAM’s virtual conference.

Distributor appointed for UK market

ProTec Ingredia has announced that from Tuesday 1 June 2021, it will become the Oleon Health & Beauty distributor for the UK.

Guerlain becomes member of UEBT

The non-profit Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) has announced that luxury French brand Guerlain has achieved membership in UEBT, representing a commitment to sourcing its ingredients from nature with respect for people and biodiversity.

Sustainability reports released

CPL Aromas has launched its 2020 Sustainability Report and the summarised Sustainability Impact Report, detailing the progress already done on the road to the company’s sustainable goals, in line with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Personal Care's Little Books

Personal Care's Little Book series delivers prototype formulations from the world's leading ingredient suppliers. The books cover key sectors or developing trends, keeping formulators up-to-date with potential applications for the latest ingredients.

New vision for sustainable ingredient production

Recently in Germany, Dr Martin Brudermüller (BASF) and Dr Markus Krebber (RWE) presented a project idea that shows how industrial production can become sustainable and future-proof.

Fragrance company joins UN global compact for sustainability

The Spanish fragrance company Eurofragance joins the United Nations Global Compact and takes responsibility for aligning its operations with the initiative's Ten Principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

Emotional cosmetics for Feel Good Beauty

For the past few years and today more than ever, mental health and self-care have been identified as rising trends in our societies and especially in cosmetics.

An RNA story to serve life... and beauty.

Standing for messenger RiboNucleic Acid, the mRNA acronym has been recently introduced to the customers with their implication in the new vaccine strategy.

NYSCC WEBINAR: Leading in a time of uncertainty

The NYSCC Mentorship Program will be presenting a complimentary Webinar on Tuesday May 25th, from 6:00 - 7:00 pm EDT hosted by Uncommonly, a coaching and leadership development studio.

Initiative to support beekeepers in Africa

Koster Keunen, in conjunction with USAID, have started a new project in West Africa promoting growth and support of smallholder beekeepers in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire (North), Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Togo.

Business expands to the Americas

KLK OLEO has just opened a new sales office in the US, expanding its business footprint to include the Americas.

Two awards for natural actives

Provital's natural active ingredients Wonderage & Senseryn have been awarded with the BSB innovation prize.

Personal care raw materials to now include Brazilian market

Biesterfeld is to broaden its market coverage in Brazil by expanding its market development focus on specialities for the rubber and plastics industries to include raw materials for the personal care segment.

New data shows boost to natural exfoliation and cell renewal

With age, the natural mechanism of desquamation slows down and dead cells accumulate on the surface of the skin. The complexion becomes dull and microrelief irregular. Faced with this observation, SILAB launched in 2005 Exfolactive.

First place awarded to plant-based fibre

Berg + Schmidt won the 1st place at the 19th European BSB Innovation Award with its plant-based fibre compound BergaMuls ET 1, in the products category ‘Natural products/Raw materials – section: recipients, protection, skin soothing’.

New benefits discovered for diutan gum

Lubrizol Life Science - Beauty (LLS Beauty) has revealed new benefits of Kelco-Care diutan gum for skin care, sun care and colour cosmetics formulations.

Investment in new Innovation Hub

Lake Chemicals & Minerals has invested £500,000 in a new Innovation Hub in the UK.

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