Dimanche, 5 of septembre of 2010

Tag » Beauty Industry

Can you afford not to be ethical ?

Logo GoodCorporationIn crisis time, it is important for any community to face difficulties and address solutions. In France, a recent SOFRES poll indicated that 58% of employees do not trust their employer. Many workers of the luxury industry, especially within watch factories and companies, struggle to keep their job and are evolving in a harassing stressed environment.

Former employees of KPMG in the UK decided to set up a specific tool for companies that want to improve their performance and establish responsible and ethical practices. GoodCorporation was born. It is a responsible business auditing company founded in 2000 by a group of former partners and directors of KPMG Consulting who wanted to create a straight-forward and transparent system which would enable companies to assess their ethical business practices in a credible way. Its aim is to drive up standards in business life by assessing companies against the GoodCorporation Standard. Developed in association with the Institute of Business Ethics, the GoodCorporation Standard assesses all areas of business management and is independently verified by the Accreditation Council. Many worldwide companies have already been assessed, such as Total, DHL and GDF-Suez, and new tools for Small and Medium Enterprises have also been developed.

The company now offers its services in Switzerland. It is a real added value for any organization (international or smaller ones, but also profit and non-profit ones) as it helps managers to point out the malfunctions and implement adapted solutions. www.goodcorporation.com

 

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Sustainability, Natural, Organic, Fair Trade and Ecological Products : All In One !

Sustainbable Cosmetics Summit in Frankfurt, 16-17 November 2009

Well … The battle is ON ! Which cosmetic summit will attract CEO, Executive, marketing guru, R&D specialist and CSR specialist, etc daring to seriously embed CSR in their corporate strategies …. For the first time, an international summit covers the major issues faced the beauty industry faces concerning sustainability, natural, organic, fair trade and ecological products The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will cover these and other major issues in Frankfurt, November 16-17th…

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Natural Beauty Summit or Sustainable Beauty Summit ?

Logo for the Natural and Beauty Summit that will take place in Paris, November 2009ITEC France will be organising the 3rd edition of the Natural Beauty Summit on November 23 and 24, 2009 in Paris. Great topic in perspective « Naturals Cosmetics, laying the foundations for sustainable development« . Supported by leading certification companies (BDIH, Cosmebio, IBD, NSF, Ecocert, Soil Association and Quality assurance), the programme soon to be unveiled will certainly be at the level of the expectation and challenges faced by Natural Cosmetics companies. Are we at the eve of the   « Natural Cosmetic 2.0″ ?. Should this summit change it’s name (and positioning…) and be called « Sustainable Beauty Summit » to be more in tune with the real shift taking place in the beauty industry ? Will it be organised in a sustainable way ? Are they walking the talks ? Well …

By Christopher H. Cordey

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