Mumbai-based Bajaj Consumer Care has acquired Hyderabad-based Vishal Personal Care for USD 1.3 million. This deal gives Bajaj Consumer Care access to Vishal’s natural skin care and hair care products. The Banjara brand has a range of personal care products that contain natural ingredients and plant extracts. The acquisition will be completed in two tranches. […]

L’Occitane en Provence and Plastic Odyssey vessel have teamed up in Penang (Malaysia) to confront the area’s escalating plastic pollution. More than just a clean-up initiative, Plastic Odyssey’s operations include repurposing waste into useful objects. Plastic Odyssey’s vessel, serving as a mobile laboratory, invited the local community aboard to witness recycling demonstrations and explore plastic […]

Ecovia Intelligence will be participating at In-Cosmetics Global, hosted in Amsterdam on 8-10th April 2025. We are partner of the Sustainability Zone, sponsored by AAK, which comprises four key areas: the Forum, Display, Theatre and Pavilion. The Sustainability Pavilion will be a hub for connecting with experts and suppliers in sustainable beauty practice. Covering consultancy, […]

Peru has become the world’s leading exporter of organic bananas, according to the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri). The ministry plans to maintain pole position until 2023.  Oscar Raymundo, the general manager of the Association of Organic Producers of Querecotillo (APOQ), Piura, provides information on the profitability of organic bananas. According to Raymundo, […]

Fairtrade International says sales of fairtrade certified cocoa from the Ivory Coast in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased farmers’ earnings by approximately US $15.1 million compared to non-fairtrade cocoa. About two-thirds of the world’s cocoa is grown by smallholder farmers in the Ivory Coast and Ghana. More than 190,000 Ivorian cocoa farmers are members of […]