Make-up, sunscreen and household cleaners escape microbead ban
Household cleaning products and certain categories of personal care products will escape the UK’s ban on microbeads, environment campaigners have warned.
What’s hot in beauty for 2017
As is usual for December, a host of predictions have been forthcoming about what will be the new trends and innovations for the coming...
EU organic regulation review is at “a dead end”
The Review of the EU Organic Regulation has reached a “dead end” says recently appointed director of IFOAM EU, Eduardo Cuoco.
Brown Cow Organics gets a call from No. 10
Somerset SME Brown Cow Organics – organic food producer and Guernsey herd dairy farm – owner Judith Freane was at No 10 Downing Street and the House of Commons on 1st and 2nd December.
Key concerns debated at European Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
A number of the key sustainability issues facing the cosmetics industry have been highlighted at the European Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris.
Pressing issues included...
Better Food appoints new MD
Bristol-based retailer Better Food has appointed Russell Bloomfield as its new managing director.
End-of-term excitement at this year’s H&B Showcase event
Holland & Barrett’s annual Showcase event had a distinctly end-of-term feel this year.
Supplements’ vital ‘bridging’ role in tackling chronic diseases
Vitamin and mineral supplementation can play a key role in tackling micronutrient deficiencies that are contributing to a “global pandemic” of chronic disease.
Eteaket opens Edinburgh retail store
Loose-leaf tea company eteaket has opened a retail shop in Edinburgh, as a complementary offer to its existing tea room, which is situated just around the corner.
Essential Trading warns Fairtrade Foundation it is losing relevance
Natural products wholesaler Essential Trading has warned the Fairtrade Foundation that its decision to allow Cadbury to use the Fairtrade name, despite leaving the scheme, may signal an end to its relevance as an ethical certifier.
‘Natural’ tops food attribute rankings
Nearly half of consumers (47%) cite ‘all-natural’ as their most desired food attribute(up 44% from last year) , a new report from Euromonitor International shows.
Soil Association apologizes for animal “abuse” tweet
The Soil Association has apologized for a posting a “controversial” tweet that it said “oversimplified its current concerns with farm animal welfare”.
Better Food revamps online presence
Bristol-based Better Food has overhauled its website to bring it in line with the store’s branding and offer customers a user-friendly information hub.
‘Nourish (not feed) the world’ should be global health refrain
The phrase ‘feed the world’ denotes an unchallengeable imperative, doesn’t it? But what if the phrase itself is distracting us from acknowledging the biggest global health problem of them all?
Nordics and Asia top UK organic export wish list
The Nordic region is considered by UK organic producers and brands as the most desirable export market, with Asia/China and the United States coming in second and third place
Recognition, visibility, collaboration – the trinity of virtues driving organic growth...
A trinity of virtues – recognition, visibility and collaboration – is helping to drive record levels of growth for organic in Scandinavia, according to key actors from the sector in Denmark and Sweden.
US authorities say homeopathic remedies “must state they do not work”
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that over-the-counter homeopathic medicines on sale in America must in future state on pack that ‘there is no scientific evidence the product works’.
Organic Beauty & Wellbeing Week to launch in 2017
Following the success of Organic Beauty Week in 2016, this year the event will move out from within the umbrella of Organic September and...
Soil Association’s Organic Collective goes live
This year the Soil Association is offering organic producers and retailers the opportunity to capitalize on the growth of organics throughout the Christmas season...
OTB makes key appointments to maximize organic growth opportunity
The OTB has appointed Adrian Blackshaw as chair for the OTB and David Diggens as Ccommercial director to the Organic Trade Board. Paul Moore, the outgoing Chair, assumes the role of CEO of the OTB to ensure continuity in forthcoming marketing programmes.