Spray Patterns BY AVA CARIDADEditor Health & Beauty America Expo (HBA) has issued a call for will mean it can be transformed into compost or, from next year, speakers. Leaders in all areas of the health, beauty and personal become electricity through Somerset’s new anaerobic digester care business are encouraged to submit a proposal and be a part of plant. the program, to take place June 18-20, 2013 in New York City. Rick Hindley, Executive Director the Aluminum Packaging Review the submission guidelines at http://www.hbaexpo.com/ Recycling Organization (Alupro) said that Somerset “is setting a submission-guidelines, as well as this year’s topics online to see shining example” by enabling local households to recycle aerosols where your insights, innovations and new products best fit. alongside such items as aluminum foil and food and drink cans, HBA speakers receive a complimentary VIP registration with which will save even more valuable energy and resources. access to all conference sessions, keynotes, panels, VIP Lounge and special events. Speaking at HBA allows the chance to meet and network with fellow colleagues, faculty and industry press. Carrotmob, an advocacy group dedicated to organizing consumer Additionally, speakers will receive extensive exposure in the Con- spending to influence businesses’ impacts on social and environ- ference Brochure, the Onsite Show Directory and on the Con- mental issues, partnered with Unilever to explore and develop ference website. The Call for Speakers is open through Nov. 16, innovative participatory campaigns. Over the next year, the two 2012. Visit: http://www.hbaexpo.com/call-for-speakers. organizations will work together to develop means to implement Carrotmob’s advocacy model in which a group of consumers offers to spend money to support a business, and in return, the business Procter & Gamble (P&G), as part of its support of the Paralym- agrees to make a social or environmental improvement the con- pic Games, announced a grant of $50,000 to fund youth sports sumers care about, according to the organization. Unilever was programs targeting children with physical disabilities. The grant named #1 on the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders by is part of the company’s donation to the United States Olympic GlobeScan and Sustainability Limited. Committee’s P&G Team USA Youth Sports Fund, which provides broader access to youth sports programs in the U.S., such as The U.S. Association of Blind Athletes and U.S. Club Sitting Volley- ball. P&G also supported parents of U.S. Paralympians through the “Thank you, Mom” gift of a $1,000 Visa reward card to help offset the travel costs of athletes’ families to the London 2012 Paralym- pic Games, as well as beauty services from P&G brands including Pantene and CoverGirl. The Estée Lauder Co. is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its global Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) Campaign. The 2012 Campaign theme, “Courage. Believe in a world without breast cancer. Know we’re here until its true.” highlights the company’s 20-year commitment to defeating breast cancer through educa- tion and medical research and pays tribute to the life and legacy of BCA Campaign Founder & Pink Ribbon co-creator, Mrs. Evelyn Lauder. Kudos to Somerset County in the UK, which is now accepting the 6.5 million aerosol cans used every year in Somerset into its Croda Inc. celebrated a historic milestone of 75 years of recycling stream. According to This is Somerset, each household in continuous manufacturing and innovation at their production facility in New Castle, DE in October. Croda International Plc the district uses 27 aerosols a year on average. Recycling a ton of acquired the Atlas Point site—the largest manufacturing site steel aerosols saves 1.5 tonnes of iron ore and cuts carbon dioxide within its global organization—in 2006 as part of its acquisition emissions, while recycling the same weight of aluminum spray cans of Uniqema from ICI. Since then, Croda has invested over $70 saves four tonnes of bauxite (the raw material from which alumi- million in upgrading the facility to improve workplace safety, deliver num is made) and helps prevent nine tonnes of carbon dioxide increased productivity and support the company’s efforts to be emissions. more sustainable. The range of materials taken by recycling sites in Somerset Pictured (L to R): Steve Foots (Group Chief Executive, Croda International Plc), Bob Stewart (Site Manager, Atlas Point), Martin has been growing impressively; as well as aerosol cans, they now Flower (Chairman, Croda International Plc), Kevin Gallagher also take cooking oil and clothes, shoes and other textiles. Adding (President, Croda Inc.) and Dave Johnson (Managing Director, paper kitchen towel to food waste in a curbside lockable container Operations, Croda Inc.) 54 Spray November 2012
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