#StandByBees reacts to the emergency authorisation of bee-harming pesticide
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has approved the use of thiamethoxam – a bee-harming neonicotinoid – on sugar beet in England in 2023 Defra has approved an emergency temporary authorisation for the use of pesticide treatment on this year’s...
British retail sales volumes fell over the festive period, ONS figures reveal
This morning (January 20th), the Office for National Statistics reported that retail sales volumes have fallen by 1%, coming in below economic forecasts. Despite this, mass and prestige beauty brands continue to report festive success stories Before the festive...
PlasticFree: ‘We can design waste out of the system’
Global solutions group A Plastic Planet has launched an online design tool, PlasticFree. The platform showcases unique plastic-free alternatives in order to ‘catalyse global systematic change’. Here, co-founder and Sustainable Beauty Coalition Steering...