The Green Report: Part II

By: Jeff Falk

Posted: August 26, 2008, from the September 2007 issue of GCI Magazine.

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Thierry Cruchon: Undoubtedly, consumer pressure has had a great impact on the growing demand for natural and ethical products. The consumer, both concerned with his well-being and health and alarmed by the increasing cases of skin intolerance and allergies, has stood as a prescriber. Then, media outlets have taken over consumers’ voices, leading to the beauty industry’s awareness and to the implementation of regulation initiatives like REACH.

How has innovation in both sourcing and marketing been impacted? Is the “greening” a new opportunity or a hurdle to overcome?

Alban Muller: More factors are taken into account in sourcing; more questions are being asked to make sure the final product willuse of artificial language, which is what we should take Reid to be concerned with." This last objection gains some measure of credibility when we consider three things. In the first place, consider a later passage from the Inquiry where Reid re- capitulates the argument already quoted: It appears evident from what hath been said on the subject of language, That there are natural signs, as well as artificial; and particularly, That the thoughts, purposes, and disposi- tions of the mind, have their natural signs in the features of John Turri | 12 the face, the modulation of the voice, and the motion and at- titude of the body: That without a natural knowledge of the connection between these signs, and the things signified by them, language could