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YSL Beauty takes a stand against violence against women

YSL Beauty has come up with the Abuse is Not Love program in 2020 to prevent and combat domestic abuse. The brand wants to go further, committing to fund university research, train its employees and educate two million people by 2030 on the subject of violence through partnerships with NGOs.

FEBEA: two new appointments to the Executive Committee

The Fédération des Entreprises (FEBEA) de la Beauté makes its winter mercato. Marie Audren takes over from Olivia Guernier as Head of Communications and Public Affairs. The Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Department is entrusted to Brice Leclerc, replacing Valérie Colin.

Slow Cosmétique association closes its doors

For the past 11 years, the Belgian-based NGO has been campaigning for “healthier, more authentic” cosmetics. Julien Kaibeck, its founder, has announced the closure of the association due to unfavorable economic conditions.

The FEBEA imagines the "Fresque de la Cosmétique"

Committed to a more sustainable beauty sector, the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (FEBEA) has designed (in collaboration with several member brands) a tool to help brands better identify all the environmental and social issues facing the industry, while offering concrete levers for action.

Rakuten and L'Oréal Japan join forces to improve online customer experience

The cosmetics giant has just formed a partnership with a major retailer. The aim of this collaboration between the two companies is to develop personalized online shopping paths.

Monday, September 13, 2021

BASF buys half of an offshore wind farm

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BASF has reached an agreement with European electricity provider Vattenfall for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. BASF owns 49.5% of the win...

Monday, September 13, 2021

Charlotte Tilbury gets Leaping Bunny certification

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At a time when the debate on cosmetic animal testing has been revived in Europe, the eponymous brand of British makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury has ju...

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Herbal Essences and TerraCycle join forces against deforestation

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TerraCycle and Herbal Essences, a Procter&Gamble brand, are collaborating on the “Renew the Forest” project. The partnership includes the planting...

Monday, September 6, 2021

Cosmetics Europe renews its support for the ban on animal testing

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As the debate on animal testing has returned to the forefront in Europe, with a request from the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) for animal testing r...

Monday, September 6, 2021

Boots is partnering with Deliveroo

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Deliveroo delivery drivers are now handling orders of a different kind. Recently, the food delivery company has been working with the UK pharmacy chai...

Monday, September 6, 2021

Lux educates consumers against everyday sexism

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Lux, a brand of the Unilever group, has just launched an online platform to experience the ordinary sexism that punctuates the daily life of women. Th...

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Dove and The Body Shop support the ECI "Save cruelty-free cosmetics"

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The Body Shop and Dove announce that they are joining forces with leading international animal protection organizations to urge the European Union to ...

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Clariant acquires 100% of Beraca

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After taking a 30% stake in 2015, Clariant has just announced that it has acquired the remaining 70% of Beraca. The Swiss specialty chemicals group th...

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Boticário digitally transforms the manufacturing of 300 million products a year with Dassault Systèmes

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Dassault Systèmes announced that Boticário Group, the world’s largest beauty franchise with over 4,000 points of sale in Brazil and more than fifteen ...

Monday, July 12, 2021

Cosmetic Valley : a six point recovery

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The competitiveness cluster held its General Assembly on June 29, 2021. 200 members gathered in Orléans with the board of directors chaired by Marc-An...

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Global Cosmetics Cluster-Europe: the export assistance program

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Convinced that exporting is more than ever the key to the future and recovery, Cosmetic Valley has decided to restructure and strengthen the cluster’s...

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

3rd Cosmed-SVP report on economic and strategic intelligence of companies in the cosmetics industry

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For the third time, Cosmed, the professional association of the cosmetics industry, publishes its economic and strategic intelligence report on compan...