PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR GETS AHEAD OF PARIS AGREEMENT CLIMATE DEMANDS, DESPITE TRUMP WITHDRAWAL
October 1st, 2017
Multinationals and suppliers in the personal care product sector are unilaterally implementing measures to reduce their carbon footprint in the wake of the 2015 Paris climate treaty, taking steps to reduce energy use, their impact on forests and cutting water use and pollution.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change deal entered into force in November 2016 and, notwithstanding the decision of US President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the treaty, the accord has huge implications for the cosmetic and toiletry sector.
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