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SE 09 EP 05: Creating Beauty Brands That Give Back to Nature
Season 9, Ep. 5
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In this week's episode our host Bianca Foley is chatting all about Regenerative farming and how it is helping to accelerate the beauty industry to new heights!
Did you know that regenerative farming can lead to a 26% increase in profitability for farmers while reducing carbon emissions? It's like a win-win for the planet and our pockets! We will look a bit more at these numbers and find out how beauty brands are hopping on the regenerative bandwagon, sourcing ingredients responsibly, and supporting initiatives that promote biodiversity and soil health.
Today's guests:
Laura Rudoe, who founded “Good Ventures’ in 2008 as an ethical development company with the mission to create new organic personal care brands that are a force for good. Under her Good Ventures umbrella Laura has created 2 beauty brands, Evolve Organic Beauty and Adaptology. The Evolve Beauty range consists of 52 products for skin, body and hair and is retailed in John Lewis, Holland & Barrett, and Sephora and is available worldwide in over 45 countries. Evolve is proud to have won over 100 industry awards and is one of the first 1000 B Corp companies in the UK. The brand is also certified Climate Positive, Vegan, Cruelty Free and is a certified Living Wage employer.
Tanya Hawkes began her career working in nature conservation and environmental education. Her interest in the botanical world soon led her to honeybees and the art of beekeeping. Over many decades she researched and worked with botanical and bee ingredients, using their healing properties for her reactive skin. In 2013, along with her daughter Esme, an Oxford Biology graduate turned ecologist and skincare aficionado; Tanya launched Therapi - meaning 'healing through the bee' - a natural and certified organic skincare range which harnesses the therapeutic properties of honey and propolis alongside time-honoured plant ingredients to transform skin and planet.
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12. SE 09 EP 12 Embracing Sustainability and Holistic Well-being in Beauty
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10. SE 09 EP 10: Flowing Green? Revolutionising Zero Waste Periods
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9. SE 09 EP 09: Celebrating the Evolution of Diversity and Inclusivity of Beauty
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8. SE 09 EP 08: Boop Beauty's Sustainable Revolution in a World of Cosmetic Waste
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7. SE 09 EP 07: Navigating Eco-Friendly Scents, Refills, and Packaging
30:20Welcome back. In today's episode, we're diving into the aromatic world of perfumes and discussing a pivotal shift that's happening within the fragrance space. As we have found throughout this season, the beauty industry is undergoing a transformative journey towards sustainability and conscious consumerism, and it's time for the perfume industry to catch up to that wave!Michelle Feeney is the founder of Floral Street, the sustainable, independent British fragrance brand. Having spent over 30 years in the beauty industry, at the helm of major brands like St. Tropez and MAC Cosmetics, Michelle founded Floral Street in 2017 after taking a 'gap year' aged 51. Floral Street has been turning the fragrance industry on its head since launching, using world-first coffee pulp packaging to house its fragrances via a 'cupcycling' scheme, and sustainable ingredients that are fully traceable from seed to scent.Subscribe to this podcast in all places where you listen to podcasts and drop us an email at info@sustainablyinfuenced.com, or follow us on Instagram and TikTok. If you would like to be considered as a guest for the next season of Sustainably Influenced then email info@sustainablyinfluenced.com
6. SE 09 EP 06: Affordable, Sustainable, and Certified Organic– Can Beauty Brands Do It All?
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