Humane Society International has partnered with Hollywood filmmakers and stars to produce Save Ralph, a stop-motion animated short film that aims to end cosmetic testing on animals around the world...
Unilever will adopt a clearer mission surrounding inclusive beauty standards across all its beauty and personal care brands' products, packaging and advertising...
The Customer Solutions Division brings salon-quality products to customers in the comfort of their own home, and provides therapists with ongoing education and training...
South African skincare brand Lulu & Marula is catering to the growing demand for natural, ethically-made skincare products...
Lauren Hartzenberg 12 Nov 2019
Woolworths has confirmed that its in-house beauty brand, WBeauty, is now 100% vegan...
'Don't be evil.' That three-word phrase was a famous part of Google's code of conduct, until April last year that is.
Bronwyn Williams 18 Dec 2018
Michael Ivy, AFDA Port Elizabeth campus dean and founder of the Ivy makeup brand, has announced the launch of a new range of eyeshadow in February of 2019...
Issued by AFDA 7 Nov 2018
Consumers are wising up to the far-reaching environmental, ethical and health benefits of conscious consumption, and a review of our beauty routines are an important part of the lifestyle audits we're undertaking...
Lauren Hartzenberg 17 Apr 2018
FRANKFURT, Germany - German carmakers came under fire this week following revelations they helped finance experiments that saw humans and monkeys exposed to diesel fumes...
Working as a buyer for ethical handmade cosmetics company Lush, your travels could take you sourcing neroli oil in Tunisia, blue chamomile oil in Hungary and shea butter in Ghana...
Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Oct 2017
A new generation of celebrities are teaching brands a great deal about how to generate content consumers engage with.
Annabel Porter 13 Apr 2017
There were an estimated 2,28m diagnosed cases of diabetes in South Africa in 2015...
Elaine Bergenthuin 14 Nov 2016
Here's a company that believes in true sustainability to the extent of turning shampoo into a bar and toothpaste into a tablet, thoughtfully designing out the need for packaging at the product creation stage...
Jessica Tennant 28 Sep 2016
There could be a link between a rogue bacteria cell and non-infectious diseases such as Alzheimer's...
Apart from preventing and treating rheumatic fever in Africa, limited access to interventions, such as heart-valve replacement, remains a major challenge on the continent...
The world 3D printing healthcare market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 26.2% from 2015 to 2020 according to a new report published by Allied Market Research...
One of the greatest challenges to our healthcare system today is creating effective new drugs. Despite ever-increasing investments in research and development, the number of drugs that win approval for clinical use each year has steadily decreased over the past 50 years. It now costs of more than $2.5bn (£1.6bn) to bring a single compound from the bench to patients. Because many have to be developed to find one that works, drug costs have become exorbitant.
Donald Ingber and Dongeun Huh 6 Jul 2015
But why does everyone hate Monsanto and does it really matter?
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the L'Oreal Brandstorm. Each year L'Oreal selects colleges and universities from around the world to compete in the L'Oreal Brandstorm, this year 47 groups competed within Cape Town and Joburg and finally, 9 were selected: 3 from AAA Cape Town (the college that I attend, I was in one of the groups), 3 from AAA Joburg and 3 from Lisof in Joburg.
Jordan Scott 4 May 2012
e-Pore, a new range of deodorant that is said to be 100% natural, has been developed by Dr Joanne York, a homeopath from Nelspruit. It is an eco-friendly South African product now available at Faithful to Nature.
November 2011 sees the launch of a new South African magazine, Ethical Living, to assist South Africans to navigate the moral maze of ethical consumerism. The local company and a UK-based NGO, the Ethical Consumer Research Association, established in 1987, provide the content, with SA journalist Peter Townsend as publisher and editor.
WASHINGTON, USA: Animal rights group PETA claimed victory on Tuesday, 1 February 2011, after the owner of Lipton and PG Tips teas, the giant Unilever group, said it would stop using animals to show the curative properties of its teas.
HELSINKI: More than 400 chemicals that cause cancer, mutations or reproductive problems are being used in the European Union, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said in Helsinki on Wednesday (1 December 2010).
It could mean the end of animal testing and eventually even clinical patient drug trials. The Virtual Physiological Human is a 21st century pan-European project that's gaining momentum and takes a major step forward this week at The University of Nottingham.
Two South African developed HIV vaccines have begun clinical testing in the United States.
Plans to conduct a large-scale human trial of an experimental HIV/AIDS vaccine in the United States have been shelved.
At present, animal tests are the only way of determining whether a particular chemical can cause an allergic reaction.
A global philanthropic partnership between MTV and The Body Shop to benefit Africa is being announced internationally on Tuesday, 23 January 2007. The announcement will be made by Bill Roedy, vice chairman, MTV Networks and Anita Roddick, Dame and founder of The Body Shop, in a global teleconference call hosted by MTV Networks International and The Body Shop to announce this unprecedented campaign.