ISO DEVELOPS NEW GLOBAL ECO-STANDARDS GUIDANCE FOR COSMETICS SECTOR

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MJ DESCHAMPS WITH the plethora of private organic, environmental and sustainability certifications hitting the personal care products market, retailers and consumers could be forgiven for being confused about which system is the most reliable. It could perhaps be time to go back to basics and rely on internationally accepted standards such as those set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - which uses American spellings for its name, by the way. This long established Geneva-based body is developing a global standard on ...


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