‘We All Have To Start Somewhere’: How Retailers Are Shaping Perrigo’s Climate Ambitions

 
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Perrigo's retail customers are expecting real "net zero" progress from consumer health manufacturers, which is in turn driving the firm's sustainability ambitions and expectations from their own suppliers, Perrigo’s UK ethical compliance lead Isobel Gay tells HBW Insight in this exclusive interview.

EU Urban Wastewater Directive ‘Highly Disproportionate,’ Says AESGP

 
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Pharmaceutical industry associations are united in their view that the revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive discriminates against medicines and cosmetics producers.

Kenvue’s Carlton Lawson: Reverse-Switching Antimicrobials ‘Not The Answer’ To AMR

 
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Kenvue's EMEA and LATAM head Carlton Lawson acknowledges the urgency of environmental issues like antimicrobial resistance and wastewater pollution in this interview with HBW Insight, but calls for a more balanced approach on the part of European regulators.

Two-Thirds Of UK Consumers Turned Off By Eco Price Premium

 
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While the majority of British consumers don't want to pay more for eco-conscious products like foods and cosmetics, one in five would pay more for sustainable premium and luxury products and fast-moving consumer goods, reports Clear Channel.


APAC Self-Care Congress: ‘Human Health Without Environmental Health Is Just Not Possible’

 
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Self-care industry representatives from GSCF/AESGP, Bayer and Opella stress the seriousness of the global climate crisis at the 2024 GSCF, APSMI, TSMIA Joint Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, and also share iniatives that are attempting to deal with this crisis, for example replacing PVC in medicine blister packs with more easily recyclable materials.

Reverse-Switching OTC Antimicrobials Could Cost Europe An Additional €10bn Per Year

 
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Over five years, the cost of the European Commission's proposal could exceed a total €50bn, finds a study by IQVIA commissioned by the AESGP.

Bayer Launches ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ PET Blister For Aleve In Netherlands

 
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Bayer Consumer Health is replacing mixed material PVC blister packs with monomaterial PET blisters beginning with Aleve in the Netherlands. HBW Insight speaks to vice president and global head of design, packaging, product experience and sustainability, Chris Padain, about the "evolutionary" strategy behind the move, the complexities of choosing the right material for the right product, and the importance of industry cross-collaboration via associations like GSCF.

Uncertainty Abounds With SEC Climate Reporting Rule Tied Up In Courts

 
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Despite questions surrounding the SEC rule, including disputes being litigated in the US Eighth Circuit, companies must prepare to meet the new climate disclosure requirements in addition to related mandates in California and abroad. Experts emphasize opportunities beyond compliance.


OTCs ‘Notably Absent’ From UNGA High Level Antimicrobial Resistance Meeting

 
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Nevertheless, the problematic text of the political declaration, which industry argues incorrectly implies that the United Nations General Assembly is advocating for a restriction on sales of commonly used non-prescription antimicrobials, such as topical antifungal thrush and foot creams and antiviral cold sore treatments, was approved.

Haleon Partners With Bower App To Help UK Consumers Recycle Toothpaste Tubes

 
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In return for scanning and recycling toothpaste products, UK consumers will be able to collect points which they can then convert into cash, coupons or charity donations, thanks to a partnership between Haleon and the Bower recycling app.

EU’s Chemicals Strategy Demands Cosmetics Industry Transparency, Public Outreach

 

Cosmetics Europe’s John Chave highlights the important role that industry must have in educating the public about chemicals used in cosmetic products. The association’s COSMILE Europe database launched last year is one such measure to combat misinformation while industry braces for potential impacts resulting from new hazard categories under the Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) regulation.

Attention, Industry! Colorado EPR Registration Deadline For Packaging Producers Is Days Away

 

Single-use packaging producers should heed the 1 October deadline in Colorado’s EPR law for paper and packaging to register with Circular Action Alliance lest they face enforcement action, said an advisor for that organization, which is leading the program’s administration, at IBA’s Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium.


Over the Counter: Data Tech CEO On Digital Tools Driving Faster, More Sustainable Personal Care

 

In this episode of HBW Insight's Over The Counter podcast, we connect with Neil D’Souza, CEO of Makersite GmbH, a data software company based in Stuttgart, Germany that offers “next generation” product data management tools that help personal care and other industries manage product sustainability, cost and compliance.

German Industry Concerned It Will Be Hung Out To Dry By EU Wastewater Directive

 
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The revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which obliges pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to contribute at least 80% towards the costs of removing micropollutants from wastewater through quaternary treatments, will place an additional burden of around €2bn per year on German manufacturers, says Pharma Deutschland. 

Companies Facing Common Challenges On Road to EU Sustainability Compliance

 
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Key challenges facing companies working to implement the European Sustainability Reporting Standards have been identified by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group. Onur Durmus, Partner at sustainability consultancy ERM, shares his thoughts on EFRAG’s findings and offers takeaways for firms that will be subject to the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

Unilever Enters Public-Private Partnership with USAID To Support EPR In Developing Countries

 

The public-private partnership follows a meeting in June between Unilever’s chief sustainability officer Rebecca Marmot, USAID administrator Samantha Power, EY global vice chalir, sustainability, Amy Brachio, and Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-AK, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, to discuss the impetus for the CIRCLE Alliance and Unilever’s experience to date implementing its plastics strategy.


‘Inside Regulatory Affairs’ With E.l.f. Beauty’s Gary Peiffer And Meredith Spencer

 
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In this installment of HBW Insight’s “Inside Regulatory Affairs” series, Meredith Spencer and Gary Peiffer, regulatory leaders at e.l.f. Beauty, discuss the accelerated pace of legislative and regulatory change around the world, increased focus on chemicals’ environmental as well as human health impacts, and the importance of driving a collaborative, “problem solver” mentality throughout organizations.

Kenvue Prioritizes Plastics As Part of Healthy Lives Mission

 
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Plastics – specifically the reduction of virgin plastic in packaging and the move to recyclable or refillable packaging – is one of nine priority topics Kenvue is focused on as part of its global sustainability strategy, according to the company’s global head of packaging innovation, sustainability and experience, David Lickstein.

'Planting Trees Whose Shade We’ll Never Sit In': Q&A With Fragrance Creators’ Farah Ahmed

 

The Fragrance Creators Association president and CEO discusses the group’s vision for fragrance industry stewardship and opportunities provided by AI, biotechnology and wellness trends in an exclusive Q&A with HBW Insight.

WHO Resolution Targets OTC Antimicrobials, Industry Insists Problem Is Rx Misuse

 
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A draft declaration to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September suggests that a “lack of regulation of over-the-counter use of antimicrobials” is one of the “drivers of antimicrobial resistance.” Industry, however, insists that misuse and over-prescription of antibiotics are the primary drivers of AMR, and is advocating for the text to be amended accordingly.