Big beauty players named global sustainable ‘giants’

By Becky Bargh | Published: 25-Nov-2020
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Out of the 157 companies named in the index, Colgate, Boots and Superdrug topped the health and beauty category

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A host of big name beauty players have been cleped as the world’s most sustainable companies in a new survey.

Using Corporate Knights’ top 100 Most Sustainable Companies and YouGov’s 57 highest ranked companies, waste management firm Reconomy was able to determine which companies are pledging the most

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  • Companies:
  • Colgate Palmolive
  • Johnson and Johnson
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance
  • A S Watson
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