The California-based sustainable ingredients and clean beauty firm has teamed with hairdresser and television personality Jonathan Van Ness for a clean hair-care line, after net sales in its consumer brands business more than tripled in the fiscal 2020 third quarter, announced in November 2020.

Synthetic biology firm Amyris has shipped to partner Lavvan its first cannabinoid produced via genetically engineered yeast. While Amyris’ announcement does not identify the specific cannabinoid, Lavvan leadership indicated in March 2019 that fermentation-derived CBD would be first to market, representing potential purity and value benefits compared with CBD extracted from the cannabis plant.

The beauty industry do-gooder returned to Washington Sept. 12 with 15 other brands in tow, pressing lawmakers for a hearing on the proposed Personal Care Products Safety Act.