Planet Positive Beauty: A Beauty Lover’s Guide to Sustainable Choices
In a world where our daily rituals are increasingly intertwined with the health of the environment, the concept of ‘Planet Positive Beauty’ has never been more vital. It’s no longer enough for products to simply make us look and feel good; they must also do good. While the industry is making strides towards reducing its environmental impact, the power of change also lies in your hands as a conscious consumer. By shifting from passive purchasing to intentional action, you help enact real change when it comes to improving circularity, rethinking the materials used in packaging, and demanding transparency across the supply chain to limit the environmental impact.
Extended Producer Responsibility regulations to become law from January 2026
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations are set to become law from January 2026 for UK organisations that support or import packaging – but how will they affect your business?
Is Your Brand Ready for the Refill Revolution?
Looking at how the industry can move smarter and faster when it comes to solving challenges and making refillable and reusable packaging more readily available is a key focus of the Sustainable Beauty Coalition (SBC).
The Sustainability Guide for Salons and Hair and Beauty Professionals
As the beauty industry navigates a pivotal shift toward greater environmental responsibility, the pressure is on for hair and beauty professionals to also play their part…
Thinking ‘Future’: How to make your beauty business more planet positive
This industry guide aims to help businesses in the consumer goods value chain, from brands and manufacturers to retailers and e-commerce platforms. It all starts with the brand and manufacturer. They are the architects of beauty products’ lifecycles and have many tools at their disposal to move towards circularity. Be it refillable options, easily processed packaging or sustainable sourcing, brands and manufacturers are foundational to planet positive beauty.
The Business Guide to Recycling: Turning Waste into a Win-Win
Recycling isn’t just about putting a blue bin in the staff room, it’s becoming a secret weapon for success. Whether you’re a local salon, a growing brand, or a shop on the high street, being eco-friendly can make businesses more resilient and profitable. Here’s how the industry is turning “waste” into a win-win.
The Government publishes its PFAS Plan to tackle ‘forever chemicals’
Forever Chemicals or PFA’s have caused much debate on their potential environmental and health risks, and in response the Government has published the UK’s first ever plan to tackle these chemicals. The PFAS Plan attempts to strike a balance between addressing public health and environmental concerns and not undermining economic growth and innovation.
Take-back and recycling points
The beauty industry is a source of joy for so many of us, helping people to look and feel their best. However, this currently comes at the cost of our planet. According to The Courage to Change report we produce more than 120bn units of packaging globally, much of which goes to landfill. In fact, 70% of our industry’s plastic waste is not recycled. We can and must do better. We urgently need to reimagine and rethink for the future.
