Post-EU Parliament Elections, Cosmetics Europe Keeps Focus On Green Deal, Sustainability

Cosmetics Europe re-elected Isabelle Martin as President and Birgit Huber as VP during the trade association’s General Assembly in Brussels 20 June. The EU Green Deal and its numerous entanglements continue to loom large in the group’s strategic programming.

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The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.’s Isabelle Martin identified the implementation of the Green Deal legislation and supporting the industry’s sustainability journey as “key” priorities upon her re-election as president of Cosmetics Europe at the trade association’s General Assembly on 20 June.

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