Going Green
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
By Brid Costello
The beauty industry is beginning to turn over a new leaf by introducing ecologically sound business methods.
Aveda, the Estee Lauder Cos.-owned beauty brand, switched its major manufacturing plant to wind energy in September 2006. London-based hairstylist Louise Galvin made her business "carbon neutral" (meaning the company's carbon emissions were offset by environmental programs, such as tree planting) in 2004. And Spa Titanic, a treatment center in Huddersfield, England, was developed from its birth in 2006 to have its production make as little impact on the environment as possible. And that's just to name a few of the beauty companies going au naturel.
Aveda, the Estee Lauder Cos.-owned beauty brand, switched its major manufacturing plant to wind energy in September 2006. London-based hairstylist Louise Galvin made her business "carbon neutral" (meaning the company's carbon emissions were offset by environmental programs, such as tree planting) in 2004. And Spa Titanic, a treatment center in Huddersfield, England, was developed from its birth in 2006 to have its production make as little impact on the environment as possible. And that's just to name a few of the beauty companies going au naturel.
