Green Claims: EU legislation to be confirmed with UK set to follow suit
With an increasing number of anti-greenwashing regulations being negotiated across the UK and the EU, here’s what brands need to know According to 2023 data from Kantar, 52% of people globally say they have seen, or heard, false or misleading information about...
Application for use of bee-killing pesticide declined by government for first time in five years
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has declined an emergency application for the use of Cruiser SB, a pesticide that kills pollinators Bees are vital to beauty’s supply chain but they are under increasing threat due to the use of...
Government launches PackUK to incentivise better business recycling
On 21 January, the Government launched PackUK – the new scheme administrator for the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR), which aims to enhance the Government’s drive towards more sustainable packaging manufacture in the UK The British beauty...
British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition to launch ‘The Great British Beauty Clean Up’ to tackle industry waste
In 2025 the British Beauty Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition is pushing new boundaries to collaboratively tackle beauty industry waste head on According to The Courage to Change Report the beauty industry produces over 120bn units of packaging globally, much of...