Are beauty companies doing enough to improve boardroom diversity?

By Jo Allen | Published: 14-Jul-2022 Featured companies: Givaudan Active Beauty IFF
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New initiatives are challenging the status quo, but there is still much room for companies to build ethnic diversity and female leadership at the highest executive levels

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This article was originally published in the July issue of Cosmetics Business Trend Report

From foundation hues for all skin tones to gender-inclusive skin care brands, beauty companies have shown that it has received the message loud and clear: representation matters.

But beyond product, attention has turned to the people making the decisions behind the brands – and how representative they are of the communities they serve.

Boardroom diversity has been under increasing scrutiny in recent years, met with a response by some of the biggest beauty companies to challenge the stereotypes of leadership.

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Givaudan Active Beauty offers an extensive portfolio of innovative cosmetic active ingredients designed to bring beauty to the world. Inspired by the beauty needs of consumers... At IFF (NYSE: IFF), an industry leader in food, beverage, health, biosciences and scent, science and creativity meet to create essential solutions for a better world –from...
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  • L'Oreal
  • Estée Lauder Companies
  • COTY
  • CEW Cosmetic Executive Women
  • The Body Shop
  • Shiseido
  • KOSE
  • Revlon Group
  • Ulta Beauty
  • Kao Group
  • e.l.f. Beauty
  • Sally Beauty
  • Amyris
  • AmorePacific
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