Build back biodiversity: The beauty brands lending a hand

By Becky Bargh | Published: 5-Apr-2022
Ingredients Regulatory

With the impending second half of the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, about to begin in China, Cosmetics Business looks at the beauty brands that are putting back into nature and ensuring that the precious diversity they rely on so much is preserved

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The UK alone boasts more than 70,000 species of animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms, according to The Royal Society.

But those figures are dwarfed by the likes of the Amazon rainforest, which harbours some three million species.

And this rich biodiversity matters to our ecosystem

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