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Sustainable Cosmetics Summit is a new generation of international summits that focus on sustainability in the beauty industry. For the first time, a series of summits will examine the leading issues the beauty industry faces concerning sustainability, natural, organic, fair trade and ecological products. The inaugural summit will take place in Frankfurt, November 16-17th. The first edition will focus on industry developments, CSR & sustainability bestpractices and green formulations. The summit comprises a 1-day conference programme and 2 interactive workshops that are geared at business, marketing and technical professionals. The 1-day summit will have leading experts involved in the natural cosmetics industry deliver papers in a highlevel forum.

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Join some of the most influential organisations in the organic, fairtrade, and sustainable food industries at the first-ever conference dedicated to eco-labeling and sustainability. The inaugural Sustainable Foods Summit will be held in Amsterdam, June 25-27. The event will aim to discuss the major challenges faced by the food industry concerning sustainability and eco-labeling.  

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The first International Conference on Sustainable Production, Trade, Consumption and Lifestyle is to take place at the CongressCenter Ost of NürnbergMesse on 17-18 February 2009. The organizer is NürnbergMesse, which has already proved its know-how in this particular market in connection with the World Organic Trade Fair BioFach. It now extends its expertise to other sub-segments of the sustainable products sector by organizing the conference. The conference is intended for buyers, product managers and procurement managers for consumer goods and services from trade, industry and official agencies, manufacturers and producers, and international and national trade promotion organisations, CSR managers, scientists and researchers. The contents of the conference focus on the question of verification of sustainability, especially from the aspects of credibility and comprehensible standards.

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The Union for Ethical Biotrade will be giving insights on how to source ingredients ethically at the 2nd Annual Summit on Natural & Organic Cosmetics on December 9 to 11, 2008, at the Hilton London Docklands, in the United Kingdom.

The natural and organic cosmetics industry is booming, with new natural and organic products appearing on shelves daily. However, the sheer number
of green claims made in product marketing, together with the ‘greenwashing’ carried out by corporations all over the globe, is causing distrust amongst
consumers who are now beginning to question the environmental benefits of the products they purchase.

This presents a new challenge for companies that are genuinely producing environmentally and ethically sound products. How do these companies add
extra ‘green’ value to their products? How can they reach out to their target market and make themselves heard through the haze of green marketing?
One of the ways to success in this fast moving market undoubtedly lies in fully understanding the modern eco-ethical customer. Consumers are
becoming wiser and it is essential to understand the attitudes, habits and thoughts that lie behind a purchase.

All participants will have the opportunity to get views on current consumer ethical and environmental attitudes and spending practices. Leading experts will show them how to further augment the environmental status of their products through the selection of the right ingredients, suppliers, and packaging. They will be provided with new tools to convey their marketing message through complete market analysis from several perspectives, innovative advertising streams, Web 2.0, social networking, and more. They will also uncover what lies in store for the future, how to best tackle certification, and they will also get to discuss the topic of regulatory harmonization.

The November 2008 E-conference on the Economic Dimension of Biodiversity brought together scientists and policy makers representing the EU countries. Objectives were to exchange information on national biodiversity activities, to disseminate current best practices, and information regarding the scientific understanding of biodiversity conservation. The e-conference preceeded the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) meeting, held under the French EU presidency in Paris, France, from the 17th to the 21st of November 2008.

The conference explored three issues: Biodiversity and Industry: Impact evaluation and compensation mechanisms; Biodiversity and Industry: What ecological engineering is needed? Biodiversity and Industry: How to integrate biodiversity in company strategies; experiences and best practices?

Mr. Rik Kutch Lojenga, Executive Director of the Union for Ethical BioTrade contributed to the third session.

• The report of the E-Conference is now available here.
• For Mr. Rik Kutsch Lojenga’s contribution to the session three, please click here.