Janes recently unveiled Red 0, the brand’s vegan alternative to carmine — a red colorant produced by crushing insects.

“We’re starting to see women in senior leadership ranks opt out or fail. So the question is, why is that?”

The new Positive Beauty strategy chimes with Unilever chief executive officer Alan Jope’s wish for the company to become “the global leader” in sustainable business.

Going forward, Unilever will not digitally alter body shape, size, proportion or skin color in its advertising, and plans to increase the number of advertisements portraying people from diverse groups as part of its Positive Beauty drive.

“Hair discrimination is a really critical issue in how racism gets manifested.”

CEO Alan Jope said Unilever’s prestige beauty unit “is now the best-performing luxury beauty business in the market, a 700-million-euros business.”

Going forward, the consumer giant said it plans to invest in “high growth spaces,” put the focus on the U.S., India and China, and develop its digital channels.

The company has made a series of commitments aimed at fighting inequality, starting with ensuring all workers in its value chains earn a living wage.

The consumer giant is following the big luxury brands by taking its green agenda straight to shareholders — and markets — for approval.

Sunny Jain of Unilever and Marla Beck of Bluemercury each gave their perspectives on how 2020 changed beauty — and consumers.

Sunny Jain had only been at Unilever for nine months before his new hometown of London began locking down in March. By then, the spread of COVID-19 had already been sending shocks through Unilever, which was forced to pull its growth projections for 2020, reallocate funds, support suppliers and find a way to cope with […]

The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., Reformation and more push for climate action while Christian Siriano sanctions resale with a new thrift logo for ThredUp.

Unilever was among beauty-makers and animal rights groups to send a letter on the issue to the European Commission, Parliament and Council.

Among the fashion, beauty and jewelry companies that made the top 75 list are L’Oréal, Unilever, Chico’s, The Estée Lauder Cos., Gap, Inc., Kendra Scott and VF Corp.

Unilever announced in June it was simplifying its legal structure to create “a company with greater strategic flexibility, better positioned for future success.”