PODCAST: Jo Chidley on the beauty of sustainability
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Key learnings
- Jo-Anne Chidley is the Co-Founder of Beauty Kitchen, a certified B Corporation based in North Lanarkshire.
- 95% of beauty packaging is thrown away after just one use, creating billions of pieces of plastic each year.
- To make your business more sustainable, start by thinking about how you can bring your team, suppliers and customers with you on this journey.
In our latest podcast, we speak to someone who is at the forefront of efforts to make the beauty industry more sustainable. Jo-Anne Chidley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Beauty Kitchen. You might have seen Beauty Kitchen's natural beauty products in Boots or Holland and Barrett, but the company was really set up to address the fact that 95% of beauty packaging is thrown away after just one use. Which is why Jo and the team launched the Re scheme as a buy anywhere, return anywhere, reuse anywhere alternative to single-use packaging. Jo was also a delegate at the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, COP26.
Listen below to find out more from Jo about:
- What was agreed by businesses, governments and NGOs at COP26.
- How reusability is being adopted across the beauty industry.
- Why putting people and planet first is key to success.
- How decarbonising your workplace actually pays for itself in the long run.
- How external accreditations add credibility to your sustainable credentials.
- Why businesses need to reduce emissions and take action now if they want to be around in the future.
Next steps...
- Take a look at Beauty Kitchen's stunning range of natural, vegan and cruelty-free beauty products, all of which are made in the UK.
- Check out our bundle on sustainability in business.
- Listen to some other sustainability podcasts by reading our summary.