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THE EUROPEAN cosmetics industry should steer away from claiming its products are ‘free-of’ preservatives and other similar ingredients, which could give consumers the wrong impression, the annual conference organised by Cosmetics Europe in Brussels on 10-11 June heard.

“All that preservatives-free claims do in the long term is to reinforce the stigmatisation of preservatives, since consumers believe they are wrong,” said Martin Seychell, deputy director-general for health and consumers at the European Commission.…

A RISK assessment of additives and related chemicals – many of them used in the cosmetics industry – is being conducted across Europe, amid concerns that several substances have yet to be properly tested against their potential hazards.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is overseeing the investigation under the European Union’s Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) of chemical studies.…

WHEN American personal care product giant Johnson & Johnson opened its shared-services centre in Prague during 2006, it employed 12 people and provided only in-group procure-to-pay services. Currently this Johnson & Johnson finance centre is the largest of the five centres the company operates worldwide in terms of staff numbers as well as the scope of services it provides to internal business partners.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has used the momentum created by Europe’s financial crisis to push through legislation on taxation issues that have been politically unpalatable during times of prosperity and growth. But it has not brought European Union (EU) countries’ tax systems closer together through overall harmonisation, to the chagrin of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which still struggle with different systems across EU member states.…

China’s paint and coatings industry is feeling the squeeze as economic growth slows, infrastructure investment is scaled back, and competition between local and overseas players intensifies.

Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan estimates the annual compound growth rate of the sector’s market value in China will slow to less than 10% this year, having regularly notched up double-digit growth rates prior to 2013.  …

THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced that new reforms and guidance for the European Union’s (EU) new biocidal products regulation, clarifying difficulties discovered in the original legislation.

One amending regulation (334/2014) includes a new definition of biocidal product families, which sub-categorises products by risk and efficacy.…

Energy production and distribution is often the bedrock of sustainable economic development, and for an archipelago such as Indonesia, onsite power and small grids will always be the most sensible option. The government of south-east Asia’s most populous country has released a Masterplan for Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development (MP3EI) whose goal is developed economy status by 2025.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released details of how it plans to boost aviation tracking following the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The Commission released a detailed note at a meeting of EU transport ministers in Luxembourg in Thursday (June 5).…

Asia – the world’s textile and clothing workshop – is at the heart of many of the industry’s sustainability initiatives. The reason is that brands simply cannot afford not to care – their reputation can be seriously damaged if a supplier is responsible for a pollution spill or industrial accident.…

MANY textile brands now make claims of operating with varying levels of environmentally mindful or sustainable practices. The benefits allow companies to chime with the corresponding growing interest among consumers; the risks are equally significant, as gaining a reputation for ‘greenwashing’ – falsely claiming a product or process is ‘green’ – can be significantly damaging to a company’s public image.…