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AAK’s shea sourcing program in West Africa now includes more than 86,000 local women. In 2009, AAK established a shea solidarity program in West Africa called Kolo Nafaso, which means “the house of shea kernel benefits.” The objective is to create a win-win situation for AAK and the collecting women and their families. The program, inspired by fair trade principles, fights poverty and improves local living conditions while ensuring shea availability and high quality.
This week, AAK Sourcing Director Henrik Vingaard will give a lecture on how to create sustainable supply chains at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris. He will explain how to create sustainable supply chains, with a positive social and economic impact on local communities.
Thanks to its functional and green profile, shea is widely and increasingly used in all kinds of cosmetic applications. AAK Personal Care has launched several successful shea products in recent years, for example Lipex SheaLight (named best Sustainable Ingredient at the Sustainable Beauty Awards 2014) and Lipex SheaClear.
Natural and Organic is also the overall focus at In-Cosmetics Asia, November 4-6 in Bangkok. Jarek Tabor, technical manager, AAK Personal Care, will participate in a roundtable discussion on some of the key challenges faced by operations in the natural and organic cosmetics industry.
This week, AAK Sourcing Director Henrik Vingaard will give a lecture on how to create sustainable supply chains at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris. He will explain how to create sustainable supply chains, with a positive social and economic impact on local communities.
Thanks to its functional and green profile, shea is widely and increasingly used in all kinds of cosmetic applications. AAK Personal Care has launched several successful shea products in recent years, for example Lipex SheaLight (named best Sustainable Ingredient at the Sustainable Beauty Awards 2014) and Lipex SheaClear.
Natural and Organic is also the overall focus at In-Cosmetics Asia, November 4-6 in Bangkok. Jarek Tabor, technical manager, AAK Personal Care, will participate in a roundtable discussion on some of the key challenges faced by operations in the natural and organic cosmetics industry.