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Credo Beauty: Pioneering the Clean Beauty Revolution

In the rapidly evolving beauty landscape, Credo Beauty has emerged as a trailblazer in the clean beauty movement, setting new standards for what consumers expect from their beauty products. Founded with a commitment to non-toxic, safe, and sustainable beauty, Credo has not only carved out a significant niche for itself but has also played a pivotal role in pushing the entire industry towards…

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Renowned Environmentalist Sandeep Marwah Inaugurates the 20th Year Celebration of ‘Sarita Vihar Harit Kranti’ Session

New Delhi: The 20th year celebration of the ‘Sarita Vihar Harit Kranti’ Session witnessed a momentous inauguration by Sandeep Marwah, the esteemed Chancellor of AAFT University. The event, held at the Community Centre in Sarita Vihar, was graced by local residents of Sarita Vihar and prominent people from all over Delhi.

Sandeep Marwah, as the Chief Guest, addressed the gathering, emphasizing the paramount importance of environmental preservation. He stressed, “Nothing is bigger than the environment now. My first religion is to create a committee on the environment wherever I join in any capacity in any organization.” over 150 environmental committees are initiated by Marwah in various capacities across different organizations, emphasizing his unwavering commitment to environmental causes.

Marwah Studios, AAFT, and ICMEI jointly conduct an array of awareness programs throughout the year, disseminating knowledge about the significance of preserving the environment for the well-being of future generations. These initiatives are further amplified through multiple platforms, including Radio Noida, Radio Mumbai, Radio Raipur, and MSTV, a TV station, which continuously broadcast programs dedicated to environmental awareness.

“We leave no stone unturned when it comes to the environment. Workshops, seminars, symposiums, interactions, production of short films, mobile films, screenings—these have become our habit to start programs with a talk on the environment,” added Marwah.

The event witnessed the presence of esteemed guests, including J.S. Saluja, Founder and President of Harit Kranti; Padam Shri Dr. Ashok Chakradhar; Shashi Monga; D.P. Singh, former officer of DDA; Malti Goel, Environmentalist; Neetu Chaudhary, Councilor; Sandeep Batra; Arum Mishra, DM North; Wng Comdr. Praful Bakshi; K.K. Sharma of the Association of Asian Pacific Union; Adil Ali of Newspedia; and Manish Choudhry, a dedicated social worker.

The 20th year celebration of ‘Sarita Vihar Harit Kranti’ Session stands as a testament to the collective dedication and relentless efforts of the community to foster a sustainable and greener future. The occasion marked an important milestone in the ongoing environmental endeavours, motivating all present to continue their commitment to environmental conservation.

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BW Disrupt Unveils 30 Under 30 Super Intra-Entrepreneurs

In line with its objective to highlight change agents in the Indian start-up, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs community, BW Businessworld's publication BW Disrupt embarked on its inaugural under-30 list. The 'BW Disrupt 30 Under 30', a jury-led initiative, celebrates a community of innovative and influential young leaders who are changing the course of businesses.

The two-phased judging process was preceded by an outreach to over 1000+ young achievers. More than 150 nominations were received, of which 75 were shortlisted following an initial screening. These were presented to a jury board that was chaired by Manu Jain, Global Vice President, Xiaomi & Managing Director, Mi India and Co-Chaired by angel investor and business strategist, Lloyd Mathias.

More than 60 nominees presented virtually to the jury, which then led to a list of 30 top achievers who were awarded in a ceremony on July 3, 2021.

The winning list included seven intrapreneurs and 23 entrepreneurs. While tech-led products and services did have an edge, sectors such as finance, healthcare, education, and the likes that had stood out during the crisis year also featured among the winners. Young women leaders comprised almost 27 per cent of the young achievers.

BW DISRUPT 30 Under 30 Winners 2021

Aalesh Avlani

Co-Founder, Credit Wise Capital

Anika Tanwar

Vice President Business, Bobble AI

Anjana Sastri

Director Marketing, Sterling Developers

Anuj Rajain

Founder & CEO, Soteria Command Center

Arnav Mutneja

Director, XOR Technologies LLP

Ayushi Mona

Manager, Novartis

Bala Sarda

Founder & CEO, VAHDAM India

Divij Bajaj

Founder & CEO, Power Gummies (Aesthetic Nutrition)

Gautam Raj Anand

Managing Director, Hubhopper

Girish Ananthanarayanan

COO & Program Director, Peepul

Kush Taneja

Founder & CEO, FamPay

Mukul Rustagi

Co-Founder & CEO, Classplus

Neetish Sarda

Founder, Smartworks Coworking Spaces

Nikhil Saraf

Co-Founder & COO, Stones2Milestones

Nishtha Yogesh

CEO, Hunar Online Courses

Nitasha Seth

Marketing Manager, Netflix

Prashant Janadri

Founder, Taskmo

Rahul Gupta

Founder & CEO, Singularity AI Labs

Ramya Ramachandran

Founder & CEO, Whoppl

Rohan Nayak

Co-Founder & CEO, Poket FM

Rohit Shah

CEO, Hemp Horizons

Sakshi Bakshi

CEO, Nucros Science & Taste

Sambhav Jain

Founder & CEO, FamPay

Sarvesh Shashi

Founder, SARVA

Shashvat Nakrani

Co-Founder, BharatPe

Shivam Singla

Founder & CEO, Leegality

Siddharth Maheshwari

Co-Founder, Newton School

Sreekar Sannapareddy

Founder & CEO, Gradvine Advisors

Varda Taneja

Senior Assistant Vice President, Invest India

Vinayak Shrivastav

Co-Founder & CEO, Toch

Yashas Khoday

CTO, FYERS Securities

In addition to the Jury Chair and Co-Chair, the jury panel comprised leading industry names such as Anshul Singhal, Managing Director, Welspun One; Aman Gupta, Co-Founder & CMO, boat; Gurpreet Singh, COO & Co-Founder - One Digital Entertainment; Rammohan Sundaram, Country Head & Managing Partner, Integrated Media, DDB Mudra; Neelesh Misra, Audio Storyteller & Founder, Slow; Samyak Chakrabarty, Founder & Managing Director, X Billion Skills Lab; Vivan Sharan, Partner, Koan Advisory; Ruchira Chaudhary, Author, Leadership Coach & Founder, TrueNorth Consulting; Chef Anahita N. Dhondy; Vinay Dixit, Regional Business Director, Abbott; Miniya Chatterji, Founder & CEO, Sustain Labs Paris; Salil Kappoor - Business Unit Head - Appliances - Orient Electric and Siddharth Batra - Independent Counsel Practise & Partner - Satram Dass & Co.

The BW Disrupt 30 Under 30 is planned as annual initiative, organised by the BW Businessworld Group, under the aegis of its community platform dedicated to the startup and affiliated ecosystem in India - BW Disrupt

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Art Patron Nisha JamVwal Presents Solo Show of Famed Artist Ritu Dhillon Art Patron & High Priestess of Luxury Nisha JamVwal hosted the unveiling of Ritu Dhillon’s The Thinking Man at a grand art Champagne sundowner where Bombay’s glitterati including Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan, Nisha JamVwal, Ritu Dhillon, Laila Khan, actor Sonu Walia, Nawaz Modi Singhania, Maya and Sunil Alagh, Brinda Miller, Aahna Miller, Consul General of USA in Mumbai Edgard D Kagan, Consul General of Israel in Mumbai Yaakov Finkelstein, Consul General of New Zealand in Mumbai Ralph Hays with wife Sonia Hays, Fitness Guru Mickey Mehta, Consul General of Canada Annie Dube, media baron Ashok Advani, Consul General Israel Yakov and Nurit Franklin, Richard Rothman and wife Tabu,  Designer Poonam Trivedi, Tanuj Garg, Sonu Walia, Ajoykant Ruia, Shashi Bansal, Dr. Mukesh Batra, Parvez and Roshni Damania, Architect Prem Nath, Shanti and Kasturi Chopra, Cyber Crime Chief Cop Brijesh Singh and Income Tax Officer Anjali Singh, Dr. Swati Pandey Director Film Institute were enthralled by the sparkling evening hosted by Nisha JamVwal, the artworks, the cuisine and floral decor at the prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. Nisha JamVwal, superbly popular with the city’s glitterati and an award-winning luxury consultant and interiors architect known for her penchant for motivating and inspiring women achievers and promoting brilliant talent averred, “Ritu is an artist for the thinking discerning lover of art. I am currently immersed in the journey of her ‘Thinking Man’ sometimes contemplative, sometimes disturbing, sometimes provocative. Ritu’s ‘Thinking man’ immersed me in his contemplations and took me away from my everyday life into his deeply questioning rumination about our sometimes disquieting world order. I am at once uplifted as I am unsettled by his reverie.” Curated and hung by Jamwal and inaugurated by Zarine Khan, Suzanne Khan and Jamwal, Ritu Dhillon’s solo show was an instant hit, not just with the casual viewers, but also with renowned collectors and lovers of Art who stayed and enjoyed the soirée. Said an understated Ritu Dhillon, “An exciting evening indeed! Where the viewer is able to make the story of the protagonist their own story - it is then that our communication is complete” Perhaps the Jehangir Art Gallery hasn’t seen such a swish evening in a long time that Nisha JamVwal managed to conjure with her enigmatic persona, swish in her magnificent in a Ravage by Raj Shroff roseate summer georgette gown.  

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Thanks to viral articles like this, and terrifying claims like, "No endocrine disruptors!" boldly printed on packaging, people are freaked out. Just last week, Lena Dunham Instagrammed a picture of her makeup on set with the caption: "Hannah's makeup is going clean, mean & green." It's the perfect environment for so-called natural and safe beauty brands to step in and assuage our fears with products that won't disrupt our endocrine systems, whatever that may mean.

Once upon a time, natural beauty products meant soap peppered with brown flakes, or a hunk of shea butter in a glass jar sitting on the dusty shelf of a weird-smelling health food store.

Starting in the late ‘70s, a proliferation of commercial brands like Aveda, Burt's Bees, Neal's Yard and others popped up, marketing to earth moms and hippie types. Fast forward to now: the Clorox Company owns Burt's Bees and Gwyneth Paltrow just released a $140, largely organic night cream. We're in a whole new era of beauty marketing, and you're damn right to be confused.

First of all, there's the labeling. According to the FDA, words like "natural" "non-toxic," "clean," and "safe" have absolutely no official or legal meaning when it comes to cosmetic labeling, yet they're being used more than ever.

Is argan oil the second-to-last ingredient on a label filled with synthetics? Doesn't matter. You can still call your product "naturally derived." There is some oversight for the "organic" designation on cosmetic products, however. It's regulated by the USDA, and requires a certain percentage of organically grown ingredients to be present.

Even if a company does get "organic" labeling, though, that's also fairly meaningless. "An ingredient's source does not determine its safety. For example, many plants, whether or not they are organically grown, contain substances that may be toxic or allergenic," reads a response to a FAQ on the FDA's website on whether organic ingredients are safer than "ingredients from other sources."

Which brings us to that other dirty clean-beauty word: chemicals. Technically, plant-derived substances are still chemicals, and they can be unsafe, which is why you should never put certain essential oils directly on your skin, for example. Natural chemicals can potentially react with your skin and other substances in products to cause reactions, the same way that synthetics can. There are even studies that show that natural things like soy, lavender, and tea tree oil might be -€— wait for it -€—  endocrine disruptors.

And guess what? Chemicals actually can be useful! One example, retinol and its many other vitamin A derivatives, a favorite of dermatologists, can do incredible things for your skin. Same with niacinamide. And peptides. Allergies, which is likely your biggest risk with any topical beauty product, don't discriminate between natural or synthetic — you can have an allergic reaction to anything, from coconut oil to synthetic fragrance.

But despite packaging ambiguity, people are buying into the messaging, which means they're buying natural beauty brands in record numbers. According to Karen Grant, the NPD Group's beauty industry analyst, natural brands account for 21% of overall skincare sales in the US; in 2002 it was only 3%. And while skincare in general has been having lousy sales the past two years, Grant notes that 72% of all growth in skincare is because of the natural market. (The NPD tracks this sector of the industry based on brands that "profile themselves" as natural, which includes brands like Korres, which has been accused of greenwashing, and "a wide berth of other brands.")

The clean beauty mindset started in the wellness and clean eating space, according to Shashi Batra, the founder of natural beauty e-commerce site Credo, which has a store in San Francisco. "What is happening from a cultural sense, in parallel with food, is there's a conscientiousness that's building around everything we buy in our lives," he says.

In keeping with this Goop-y lifestyle, new beauty companies have emerged and marketing has shifted. Brands have started to pivot away from the word "natural," overhauling the stodgy, leaf-adorned image in favor of sleek logos and modern packaging.

Goop, Honest Beauty, Beautycounter, and RMS all market themselves as safe brands and look right at home next to every blogger's Diptyque candle of choice. The message: This is not your hippie aunt's face cream.

Goop, Honest Beauty, Beautycounter, and RMS all market themselves as safe brands and look right at home next to every blogger's Diptyque candle of choice.

This all dovetails with what shoppers want. "We did a study many years ago to ask consumers if they care about things being all organic. What we found, to put it mildly, is that most consumers are light green, not dark green," the NPD's Grant says. "They want to be sort of natural and were most concerned about safety."

The internet is partially responsible for the safety outcry. Emails about aluminum in deodorant causing breast cancer (not true) and the amount of lead in lipstick (not dangerous) reached a fever pitch in the early aughts. "It made consumers much more aware, and when marketers noted that consumers were more aware, you started to see claims like ‘sulfate-free' and ‘no parabens' [on packaging]. That started to snowball in the mid-2000s and has been growing since then," says Perry Romanowski, a cosmetic chemist and a co-founder of The Beauty Brains.

Do most people even understand what sulfates or parabens are? It reminds me of that Jimmy Kimmel video in which he asked people who claim to be gluten-free to define "gluten" and they couldn't. I'm not saying this to be condescending. I'm a former oncology nurse practitioner with graduate level training in pharmacology, anatomy, and physiology who had to read medical studies as part of my job and it's very, very difficult for me to weed through all this ingredient information and the associated medical studies to understand them. So I imagine it's difficult for a lot of other people, too.

It doesn't help that the FDA has very little oversight over the cosmetic industry, except for certain products like sunscreen and to mandate that labels cannot misstate benefits. The beauty industry essentially regulates itself, relying on existing ingredient safety data and performing tests on its own; ingredient information can be found at the industry-funded Cosmetic Ingredient Review site. So it's not hard to understand why people are suspicious, especially in light of two recent Johnson & Johnson alleged talc cover-up cases, in which two different juries awarded more than $120 million in damages to women who developed ovarian cancer. The decisions solidified the image of the Evil Corporation, even though there is no conclusive medical evidence that talc was responsible for causing the cancer.

No one entity has been more instrumental in convincing shoppers that their beauty products are going to kill them than the Environmental Working Group (EWG), though. The not-for-profit agency introduced its Skin Deep Database 12 years ago as a tool that gives grades to cosmetic ingredients and specific products ostensibly based on studies and safety data.

The database started with 7,500 products and now lists over 60,000 products. The EWG often infuriates cosmetic chemists and scientists because of its confusing ratings methodology and vague results. Seriously, try to understand this explanation.

I've searched dozens of products in the database, and more often than not, I seem to get a four rating out of ten, which means the product in question is deemed a "moderate" hazard; often there is also a notation that data is "limited." A lack of data sometimes seems to be enough for the EWG to give a product a more ominous rating. "In my view they are just fear mongers," says Romanowski.

The EWG doesn't see it that way. "We want to practice the precautionary principle. There are tons of potentially harmful ingredients in cosmetics. We know they're being used, like things being associated with hormone disruption, things that are associated with cancer. We use scientific studies to back up our methodology," says Ashley McCormack, the senior manager for development and marketing at the EWG, when asked how the organization responds to accusations of fear mongering. Those associations are weak at best, though.

While certain ingredients like formaldehyde and phthalates definitely have some damning data against them when used in certain concentrations, a lot don't. The problem is that many scientific studies aren't performed on humans, are inconclusive, or there just aren't enough of them.

This article by the American Cancer Society is one of the best I've read on the limitations of studies and safety testing. Because of the sheer volume of substances you come into contact with every day, it is almost impossible to establish causality except in very obvious cases, like smoking causing lung cancer. Just because parabens were found in breast cancer tissue does not mean they caused the cancer. But that's not an exciting headline to click on.

Most importantly, and a concept that is most overlooked by safe cosmetic proponents, is the dose of the chemical. Toxicity is dose dependent. "It's not just the poison that's the poison, it's the dose that's the poison," explains Romanowski. "At a high enough level, every ingredient that is in a cosmetic can be toxic. What fear marketers ignore is that the level matters, not just the fact that there's an ingredient in there. But consumers don't really think that way. They're like, ‘Well, if there's a chance it can disrupt my endocrine system, don't put it in there.'" The EWG definitely operates under the "better safe than sorry" principle of risk, and this has resonated with shoppers. To me, though, it's the equivalent of being afraid to walk around outside because you might get hit by a car.

In October of last year, the EWG launched a special "EWG Verified" label that brands can apply for. "Consumers were asking us for it," says McCormack. "They always say, ‘When I'm shopping I don't want to go to a database or use an app. Is there any way you could just put things on the product so I will know at the point of purchase what I'm buying and that it meets your standards?'"

Even some brands that don't necessarily identify as natural or non-toxic have started labeling what's not in their products, as certain ingredients become demonized.

The label requires an extensive application process and the EWG verifies by product, not by brand. It can cost from hundreds to several thousands of dollars per year to remain certified, but brand interest has been high. Fifteen brands and 140 products have already been certified, and hundreds more are in the pipeline, according to the organization. McCormack says that some brands have even changed their formulations to meet the EWG's requirements, showing just how desirable this label is.

Because of this mindset, even some brands that don't necessarily identify as natural or non-toxic have started labeling what's not in their products, as certain ingredients become demonized. Misleading labeling is increasingly common, like when cheese is labeled "gluten-free" even though it would never have contained gluten in the first place. Romanowski sees a lot of this sort of abuse. "It happens all the time, especially in hair care. You'll see ‘sulfate-free' but [it will be] on conditioner, which never contains sulfates, so it's a completely worthless claim."

Parabens, which are preservatives that prevent bacteria from growing in products, have become the Ramsay Bolton —€” a guy everyone tries to stay as far away from as possible lest they get fed to his dogs -€— of ingredients. In 2014, Europe banned five different parabens, which generated headlines and caused outrage in the US. The fact that Europe has banned 1,400 cosmetic ingredients compared to only 11 here is an often-cited statistic.

What isn't often reported, though, is that the most common parabens used in cosmetics — methylparaben, ethylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben — have not been banned in Europe. (The European Commission did set concentration limits on butylparaben and propylparaben and they're banned for products used on babies' diaper areas, but they're not uniformly forbidden.) The report even states: "In addition to Propylparaben and Butylparaben, other parabens, like Methylparaben and Ethylparaben, are safe, as repeatedly confirmed by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). They are also some of the most efficient preservatives."

But who cares about details? The headline was, "EUROPE BANS PARABENS," consumers freaked out, and companies dropped their parabens.

It's enough to make you want to throw away everything in your medicine cabinet.  Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, founder of brainy beauty site The Beheld, author of the upcoming book Face Value: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women's Lives, and self-described "lefty liberal type," did just that, whittling her routine down to nothing but coconut oil. She's since re-embraced Olay.

"In general I do live a healthy life and I think that's part of my beef with natural products overall is that it's this focus on a micro-fix for your health. I'd be surprised if there was a consumer who is falling down because of something in her lotion." She likens it to the now-ubiquitous women's magazine tip to eat one square of dark chocolate everyday — not so effective in the big scheme of things.

I understand the desire to combat the terrifying world of the unknown and feel like you have some control over something. Hell, you can't even eat a comforting Chipotle burrito bowl these days without worrying that it will make you deathly ill. And no one's denying that we are potentially exposed to an insane amount of chemicals everyday in our food, air, and water. So if being able to choose a certain brand of soap makes you feel a bit safer and therefore more in control, that's a great thing. But I think it's misplaced fear and it makes me sad that people are afraid of their face creams.

There is absolutely no convincing evidence that your beauty products are going to make you sick, despite a big chunk of the industry telling you they are. But I also don't necessarily think the EWG or natural beauty brands have Mr. Burns-type figures sitting in back rooms sneering, "Excellent. Today we're going to say bad things about mineral oil and charge people $42 for marula oil instead."

However, you'd do well to remember that beauty is a business; it's not a philanthropy. The EWG is selling their new label to companies, who will surely pass on the cost to consumers. "Safe," "natural," "clean" beauty companies want to sell you stuff the same way Pantene does.

Batra, Credo's founder, was an early Sephora executive, so he clearly knows how to sell things. Ditto Gwyneth Paltrow, whom people perennially want to be like (though please recall that Gwyneth once admitted she loves the occasional cigarette), and Beautycounter's founder Gregg Renfrew, who has a long resume in the retail sector. That they are savvy sellers isn't a bad thing necessarily. I love Beautycounter's cream cleanser and I've recommended Goop's cleansing balmand eye cream to friends, because they're great products on their own merit. Drunk Elephant's glycolic acid serum is in constant rotation in my regimen. And Credo has amassed an incredible assortment of gorgeous indie brands that anyone sick of mass produced sameness will love, even if they have never heard of parabens.

But I happen to like them in spite of the fact that they call themselves safe, not because of it. I've tried plenty of "safe" and "natural" brands that are terrible, too. Eminence's organic products have given me rashes on more than one occasion, and it's still difficult to get color cosmetics right without using synthetics, an issue exemplified by Gywneth's uneven Juice Beauty makeup collection.

"Natural beauty has become encoded with class."

There are bigger issues to tackle here obviously, beyond our own endocrine systems. Whitefield-Madrano points out that the people who are probably most at risk for harm by chemicals in beauty products are workers with high exposures, like the nail salon workers described in that blockbuster New York Times piece and the Brazilian blowout formaldehyde controversy a few years ago.

Then there's cost. While there are exceptions, natural brands tend to be more expensive than drugstore brands. If they are indeed safer, are we excluding a whole at-risk population who can't afford them, much as we did with organic produce? "Natural beauty has become encoded with class," says Whitefield-Madrano. "Consumerism is not the answer."

And let's not forget about environmental issues, which was the concern of the original natural beauty product pioneers. Romanowski points out that we should probably stop using mineral oil and petrolatum, not because they're dangerous, but because they're not environmentally sustainable. But this pertains to natural brands also. With the popularity of argan oil in natural products, there have recently been concerns about overharvesting.

Finally, there's the question of regulation. A safe cosmetics act, which the EWG supports, has been stalling in Congress for years. I'd also like to see it revived with more debate, because it's not clear who would ultimately benefit. Romanowski thinks it might actually hurt smaller brands, who would have to spend more money to jump through more bureaucratic hoops. But I do think there needs to be more regulation around confusing product labeling. If it's confusing to me, a person who reads labels for a living, then it's definitely confusing to casual shoppers.

Awareness and educating yourself is great; paralyzing fear isn't. If some new conclusive evidence appears convincing me to throw away my shampoo, I will dutifully report it and write a mea culpa. Until then, I'm not going to be terrified of toxins.

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Ulta Gets Serious About Clean Beauty With Credo Partnership – WWD

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Ulta Beauty and Credo Beauty have teamed up.

The beauty retailers have entered a partnership in which brands carried by Credo will be sold at Ulta, beginning with a Credo endcap featuring eight brands that will roll out to 100 Ulta doors in the fall.

For Ulta, the move marks its first meaningful foray into clean beauty, a growing category the retailer has yet to enter in a significant way. For Credo, which operates nine boutiques in the U.S., selling products in one of the country’s biggest beauty retailers is an opportunity to scale.

Credo brands entering Ulta include Innersense Organic Beauty, One Love Organics, and EleVen by Venus Williams x Credo, an SPF brand that is a collaboration between the tennis legend and the retailer.

“[Credo] is a trailblazer,” said Monica Arnaudo, chief merchandising officer at Ulta. “This is a great partnership for both of us to elevate clean beauty efforts across the industry.”

“The original intention was to find neighborhoods where people are already living a healthy lifestyle, and the concept [of clean beauty] could be easily adopted,” added Annie Jackson, cofounder and chief operating officer at Credo. “The dream was not to keep it really selective, but to widen the reach.” 

In 2015, Credo opened its first store in San Francisco. Founded by two Sephora veterans – Shashi Batra, who died in 2017, and Jackson – the idea was to create a beauty emporium for customers seeking natural brands. Credo has expanded across the country with locations in New York, Illinois, California, Texas and Massachusetts, and has issued a lengthy protocol on ingredients that has become somewhat of an unofficial industry standard for retailers looking to expand into clean beauty.

Mainstream beauty retailers, including Sephora, Bluemercury and Nordstrom, have all launched clean beauty initiatives in the past few years. While Sephora launched its Clean at Sephora program in 2018 — as of last year, 3,000 products across 68 brands were deemed clean by the retailer — Ulta has yet to launch its own clean beauty initiative. It has taken some steps, including the launch of Boston-based clean beauty retailer Follain’s house brand in about 400 of its doors in early March.

Meanwhile, the clean beauty category is small but growing. In March, before the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold in the U.S., numbers from NPD revealed that clean skin-care represented 13 percent of total prestige skin-care sales, and clean beauty brands sold in limited distribution — small boutiques, for instance — were up 10 percent. By April, total prestige beauty sales were down 14 percent due to coronavirus-induced store closures, but clean beauty was up 11 percent, one of the industry’s only bright spots.

“The timing is right because there’s so much awareness of clean beauty products and sustainable packaging,” said Jackson. “It’s more important now than ever given everything we’re experiencing as a planet.”

Credo stores are located mainly in busy retail corridors in large cities, such as SoHo in New York and Fillmore Street in San Francisco. Ulta’s nearly 1,200 stores are mostly located in suburban strip malls. There is not much crossover expected between the retailers’ respective consumer sets.

“There might not be a lot of awareness for Credo in an Ulta store, but it’s an awesome opportunity to educate,” said Jackson. “We know the interest is there.”

Neither Ulta nor Credo would comment on the financial aspects of the partnership, though it does seem that Ulta considers the relationship to be significant — chief executive officer Mary Dillon hinted at it on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call in March. 

With many stores still closed or in the process of reopening, it is yet to be seen if consumers will flock back to beauty retailers to shop in person. Also launching in the fall is a landing page on Ulta’s web site, where the Credo products will be available for sale online.

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Mount everest summit by ONGC India

ONGC Team summits Mt Kanchenjunga

A team of ONGC has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. The first group comprising five ONGC employees completed the mission on 20th May, while the second group of four ONGC employees and one Indian Mountaineering Foundation member summited the peak today. With this, ONGC, whose team also scaled the Everest last year, becomes the first Corporate in the world to accomplish this difficult and unique feat.

The team attempted the summit in 2 groups, with the first group, comprising of Expedition leader Nirmal Kumar, Pankaj Joshi, Monti Rajkhowa, Palkesh G Kalma and Gaurav Kadian scaling the peak at around 8:15 am Nepal Time on 20th May, 2018 and the second group comprising of Yogender Garbiyal, Rahul Jarngal, Akash Bavariya, Surendra Prasad Jakhmola and Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s Sheetal scaling the peak today at around 3:40 am Nepal Time.The Kanchenjunga expedition team had three women members, out of which ONGCian Monti Rajkhowa and IMF’s Sheetal successfully summited the peak while Shipra Batra, another ONGCian accompanied the team as support staff. Monti Rajkhowa was also part of the Everest expedition last year, scaling up to camp 4 at an altitude of 8000 m. Summiteers Nirmal Kumar, Rahul Jarngal and Yogender Garbiyal were also part of the team that scaled the Everest last year, a unique accomplishment.Congratulating the team on its momentous feat, ONGC CMD Mr Shashi Shanker said, “This is a unique achievement which will inspire all ONGCians. ONGC continues its tradition of creating new milestones and scaling new heights.”ONGC Director (HR) Mr. D D Misra, who is the driving force behind this expedition, hailed the team and said “This is a proud moment for ONGC, a date to be earmarked. A significant milestone has been achieved, scripting a new history in our annals. Kudos to the team on this achievement.”Sharing their experience on this momentous occasion, the team said, “We have done it again. Summited the most difficult mountain, Kanchenjunga. We dedicate this success to all the martyrs of ONGC who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.  We feel privileged to take the ONGC dream to the top of the world again.”

ONGC, as part of its unique HR initiative, encourages mountaineering among its employees, as it is one of the greatest team building activities. The country’s largest oil and gas explorer also inculcates the spirit of adventure among its workforce on an ongoing basis.

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Journalist Rajat Sharma is new DDCA boss, RTI put on hold

New Delhi: Senior journalist Rajat Sharma on Monday beat World Cup winning India cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.

The results of the DDCA polls were announced on Monday and Sharma’s group swept the elections, winning all 12 seats.

With DDCA being the first among equals to go into elections after the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee suggested path-breaking structural reforms, the polling also witnessed abolition of proxy system with nearly 3000 voters turning up to cast their vote.

Sharma got a total of 1531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1004 votes. The third candidate in the fray, advocate Vikas Singh, got 232 votes only.

In another major development, the new body will revisit the decision to have DDCA under Right To Information ambit as per Law Commission’s recommendations.

“I will try my best to uphold the democratic traditions of DDCA,” Sharma told mediapersons after accepting the charge from Delhi High Court appointed administrator Justice Vikramajit Sen.

While Justice Sen had brought DDCA under RTI ambit, the newly elected body is unlikely to toe the line and a meeting will soon be held to revoke the administrator’s diktat.

“The BCCI is not under RTI and DDCA doesn’t get any government grant. And why did Justice Sen just before leaving think about getting DDCA under RTI ambit? Why didn’t this cross his mind during all these months when he was taking policy decisions. We will certainly not come under RTI,” secretary Vinod Tihara said.

Coming back to the elections, it was a major setback for BCCI acting president CK Khanna, whose wife Shashi lost the vice-presidential battle against Rakesh Bansal, younger brother of former DDCA president Sneh Bansal, who was charged with round tripping of association funds during his time at the helm.

Rajesh beat Shashi by 278 votes while Bansal junior got 1364 votes to Shashi’s 1086 votes.

The defeat might prove to be the end of the road for Khanna in DDCA, where he enjoyed supreme power for nearly three decades.

Sharma and his panel’s candidature was backed by a political heavyweight from the ruling party with the IOA president Narinder Batra throwing in all his might. Batra incidentally is a former DDCA treasurer.

“The moment Sharma got blessings from a senior cabinet minister, there was no chance in hell for any other candidate to win this election. What was not expected was a clean panel sweep. It will be good that Sharma will get a free hand to run the body. This also means that CK Khanna’s reign in DDCA ends unless he strikes some deal with Sharma,” a senior DDCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

Sharma was always considered as the favourite to win against Lal, who was backed by Khanna and former India opener Chetan Chauhan’s group.

Among the other notable winners was former sports committee head Vinod Tihara, (1374 votes) who became secretary defeating nearest rival Manjeet Singh (998) by 376 votes.

Tihara is expected to run the daily affairs of DDCA including a big say in all the representative teams – especially Ranji Trophy and men’s age group.

The joint secretary’s post went to Rajan Manchanda (1402), younger brother of former treasurer Ravinder, who beat Pushpender Chauhan (953) by 449 votes. Pushpender is the younger brother of Chetan Chauhan.

For treasurer’s post, Om Prakash Sharma beat Deepak Singh by 1241-891 votes.

Sanjay Bhardwaj was elected for the director’s post (first-class cricketer) while Renu Khanna became the women director.

The other directors elected were Apruv Jain, son of former media manager Ravi Jain, who polled 1286 votes, Alok Mittal, Nitin Gupta, Shiv Nandan Sharma and Nitin Agarwal.

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Senior journalist Rajat Sharma today beat World Cup winning India cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.The results of the DDCA polls were announced today and Sharma’s group swept the elections winning all 12 seats.Sharma got a total of 1,531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1,004 votes.The third candidate in the fray, advocate Vikas Singh, got only 232 votes.It was a major setback for Board for Control of Cricket in India acting president C K Khanna, whose wife Shashi lost the vice-presidential battle against Rakesh Bansal, younger brother of former DDCA president Sneh Bansal.Rajesh beat Shashi by 278 votes while Bansal junior got 1,364 votes to Shashi’s 1,086 votes.The defeat might prove to be the end of the road for Khanna in DDCA, where he enjoyed supreme power for nearly three decades.Sharma and his panel’s candidature was backed by a political heavyweight from the ruling party with the IOA president Narinder Batra throwing in all his might. Batra incidentally is a former DDCA treasurer.”The moment Sharma got blessings from a senior cabinet minister, there was no chance in hell for any other candidate to win this election. What was not expected was a clean panel sweep. It will be good that Sharma will get a free hand to run the body. This also means that CK Khanna’s reign in DDCA ends unless he strikes some deal with Sharma,” a senior DDCA official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.Sharma was always considered as the favourite to win against Lal, who was backed by Khanna and former India opener Chetan Chauhan’s group.With DDCA being the first among equals to go into elections after the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee suggested path-breaking structural reforms, the polling also witnessed abolition of proxy system with nearly 3000 voters turning up to cast their vote.Among the other notable winners was former sports committee head Vinod Tihara, (1,374 votes) who became secretary defeating nearest rival Manjeet Singh (998) by 376 votes.Tihara is expected to run the daily affairs of DDCA including a big say in all the representative teams — especially Ranji Trophy and men’s age group. The joint secretary’s post went to Rajan Manchanda (1,402), younger brother of former treasurer Ravinder, who beat Pushpender Chauhan (953) by 449 votes.Pushpender is the younger brother of Chetan Chauhan. For treasurer’s post, Om Prakash Sharma beat Deepak Singh by 1241-891 votes.Coach Sanjay Bhardwaj was elected for the director’s post (first-class cricketer) while Renu Khanna became the woman director.Notable among other directors were Apruv Jain, son of former media manager Ravi Jain, who polled 1286 votes, Alok Mittal, Nitin Gupta, Shiv Nandan Sharma and Nitin Agarwal.  The Rediff.com : 2nd. July,18

SENIOR JOURNALIST RAJAT SHARMA ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF DELHI & DISTRICTS CRICKET ASSOCIATION BY DEFEATING MADAN LAL : Senior journalist Rajat Sharma today beat World Cup winning India cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.The results of the DDCA polls were announced today and Sharma's group swept the elections winning all 12 seats.Sharma got a total of 1,531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1,004 votes.The third candidate in the fray, advocate Vikas Singh, got only 232 votes.It was a major setback for Board for Control of Cricket in India acting president C K Khanna, whose wife Shashi lost the vice-presidential battle against Rakesh Bansal, younger brother of former DDCA president Sneh Bansal.Rajesh beat Shashi by 278 votes while Bansal junior got 1,364 votes to Shashi's 1,086 votes.The defeat might prove to be the end of the road for Khanna in DDCA, where he enjoyed supreme power for nearly three decades.Sharma and his panel's candidature was backed by a political heavyweight from the ruling party with the IOA president Narinder Batra throwing in all his might.

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Credo Beauty Opens Chicago Store

Credo Beauty Opens Chicago Store

Credo Beauty is forging ahead with its mission to open clean beauty stores across the country. Following the death of founder Shashi Batra, the natural beauty emporium is set to open its fifth brick-and-mortar outlet in Chicago on Thursday. The brand operates stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. …read more

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Credo Beauty Opens Chicago Store

Credo Beauty is forging ahead with its mission to open clean beauty stores across the country. Following the death of founder Shashi Batra, the natural beauty emporium is set to open its fifth brick-and-mortar outlet in Chicago on Thursday. The brand operates stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. …please visit article’s author page to read more.

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Mount everest expedition by ONGC India

ONGC Team summits Mt Kanchenjunga

A team of ONGC has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. The first group comprising five ONGC employees completed the mission on 20th May, while the second group of four ONGC employees and one Indian Mountaineering Foundation member summited the peak today. With this, ONGC, whose team also scaled the Everest last year, becomes the first Corporate in the world to accomplish this difficult and unique feat.

The team attempted the summit in 2 groups, with the first group, comprising of Expedition leader Nirmal Kumar, Pankaj Joshi, Monti Rajkhowa, Palkesh G Kalma and Gaurav Kadian scaling the peak at around 8:15 am Nepal Time on 20th May, 2018 and the second group comprising of Yogender Garbiyal, Rahul Jarngal, Akash Bavariya, Surendra Prasad Jakhmola and Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s Sheetal scaling the peak today at around 3:40 am Nepal Time.The Kanchenjunga expedition team had three women members, out of which ONGCian Monti Rajkhowa and IMF’s Sheetal successfully summited the peak while Shipra Batra, another ONGCian accompanied the team as support staff. Monti Rajkhowa was also part of the Everest expedition last year, scaling up to camp 4 at an altitude of 8000 m. Summiteers Nirmal Kumar, Rahul Jarngal and Yogender Garbiyal were also part of the team that scaled the Everest last year, a unique accomplishment.Congratulating the team on its momentous feat, ONGC CMD Mr Shashi Shanker said, “This is a unique achievement which will inspire all ONGCians. ONGC continues its tradition of creating new milestones and scaling new heights.”ONGC Director (HR) Mr. D D Misra, who is the driving force behind this expedition, hailed the team and said “This is a proud moment for ONGC, a date to be earmarked. A significant milestone has been achieved, scripting a new history in our annals. Kudos to the team on this achievement.”Sharing their experience on this momentous occasion, the team said, “We have done it again. Summited the most difficult mountain, Kanchenjunga. We dedicate this success to all the martyrs of ONGC who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.  We feel privileged to take the ONGC dream to the top of the world again.”

ONGC, as part of its unique HR initiative, encourages mountaineering among its employees, as it is one of the greatest team building activities. The country’s largest oil and gas explorer also inculcates the spirit of adventure among its workforce on an ongoing basis.

click here to read more about Mount Everest expedition by ONGC India

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ONGC Team summits Mt Kanchenjunga

A team of ONGC has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. The first group comprising five ONGC employees completed the mission on 20th May, while the second group of four ONGC employees and one Indian Mountaineering Foundation member summited the peak today. With this, ONGC, whose team also scaled the Everest last year, becomes the first Corporate in the world to accomplish this difficult and unique feat.The team attempted the summit in 2 groups, with the first group, comprising of Expedition leader Nirmal Kumar, Pankaj Joshi, Monti Rajkhowa, Palkesh G Kalma and Gaurav Kadian scaling the peak at around 8:15 am Nepal Time on 20th May, 2018 and the second group comprising of Yogender Garbiyal, Rahul Jarngal, Akash Bavariya, Surendra Prasad Jakhmola and Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s Sheetal scaling the peak today at around 3:40 am Nepal Time.The Kanchenjunga expedition team had three women members, out of which ONGCian Monti Rajkhowa and IMF’s Sheetal successfully summited the peak while Shipra Batra, another ONGCian accompanied the team as support staff. Monti Rajkhowa was also part of the Everest expedition last year, scaling up to camp 4 at an altitude of 8000 m. Summiteers Nirmal Kumar, Rahul Jarngal and Yogender Garbiyal were also part of the team that scaled the Everest last year, a unique accomplishment.Congratulating the team on its momentous feat, ONGC CMD Mr Shashi Shanker said, “This is a unique achievement which will inspire all ONGCians. ONGC continues its tradition of creating new milestones and scaling new heights.”ONGC Director (HR) Mr. D D Misra, who is the driving force behind this expedition, hailed the team and said “This is a proud moment for ONGC, a date to be earmarked. A significant milestone has been achieved, scripting a new history in our annals. Kudos to the team on this achievement.”Sharing their experience on this momentous occasion, the team said, “We have done it again. Summited the most difficult mountain, Kanchenjunga. We dedicate this success to all the martyrs of ONGC who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.  We feel privileged to take the ONGC dream to the top of the world again.”ONGC, as part of its unique HR initiative, encourages mountaineering among its employees, as it is one of the greatest team building activities. The country’s largest oil and gas explorer also inculcates the spirit of adventure among its workforce on an ongoing basis.

click here to read more about Mount Everest Summit by ONGC.

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ONGC Team summits Mt Kanchenjunga

A team of ONGC has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. The first group comprising five ONGC employees completed the mission on 20th May, while the second group of four ONGC employees and one Indian Mountaineering Foundation member summited the peak today. With this, ONGC, whose team also scaled the Everest last year, becomes the first Corporate in the world to accomplish this difficult and unique feat.The team attempted the summit in 2 groups, with the first group, comprising of Expedition leader Nirmal Kumar, Pankaj Joshi, Monti Rajkhowa, Palkesh G Kalma and Gaurav Kadian scaling the peak at around 8:15 am Nepal Time on 20th May, 2018 and the second group comprising of Yogender Garbiyal, Rahul Jarngal, Akash Bavariya, Surendra Prasad Jakhmola and Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s Sheetal scaling the peak today at around 3:40 am Nepal Time.The Kanchenjunga expedition team had three women members, out of which ONGCian Monti Rajkhowa and IMF’s Sheetal successfully summited the peak while Shipra Batra, another ONGCian accompanied the team as support staff. Monti Rajkhowa was also part of the Everest expedition last year, scaling up to camp 4 at an altitude of 8000 m. Summiteers Nirmal Kumar, Rahul Jarngal and Yogender Garbiyal were also part of the team that scaled the Everest last year, a unique accomplishment.Congratulating the team on its momentous feat, ONGC CMD Mr Shashi Shanker said, “This is a unique achievement which will inspire all ONGCians. ONGC continues its tradition of creating new milestones and scaling new heights.”ONGC Director (HR) Mr. D D Misra, who is the driving force behind this expedition, hailed the team and said “This is a proud moment for ONGC, a date to be earmarked. A significant milestone has been achieved, scripting a new history in our annals. Kudos to the team on this achievement.”Sharing their experience on this momentous occasion, the team said, “We have done it again. Summited the most difficult mountain, Kanchenjunga. We dedicate this success to all the martyrs of ONGC who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.  We feel privileged to take the ONGC dream to the top of the world again.”ONGC, as part of its unique HR initiative, encourages mountaineering among its employees, as it is one of the greatest team building activities. The country’s largest oil and gas explorer also inculcates the spirit of adventure among its workforce on an ongoing basis.

click here to read more about Mount Everest expedition by ONGC.

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ONGC Team summits Mt Kanchenjunga

A team of ONGC has successfully summited the third highest and most challenging peak, Mt Kanchenjunga. The first group comprising five ONGC employees completed the mission on 20th May, while the second group of four ONGC employees and one Indian Mountaineering Foundation member summited the peak today. With this, ONGC, whose team also scaled the Everest last year, becomes the first Corporate in the world to accomplish this difficult and unique feat.

The team attempted the summit in 2 groups, with the first group, comprising of Expedition leader Nirmal Kumar, Pankaj Joshi, Monti Rajkhowa, Palkesh G Kalma and Gaurav Kadian scaling the peak at around 8:15 am Nepal Time on 20th May, 2018 and the second group comprising of Yogender Garbiyal, Rahul Jarngal, Akash Bavariya, Surendra Prasad Jakhmola and Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s Sheetal scaling the peak today at around 3:40 am Nepal Time.The Kanchenjunga expedition team had three women members, out of which ONGCian Monti Rajkhowa and IMF’s Sheetal successfully summited the peak while Shipra Batra, another ONGCian accompanied the team as support staff. Monti Rajkhowa was also part of the Everest expedition last year, scaling up to camp 4 at an altitude of 8000 m. Summiteers Nirmal Kumar, Rahul Jarngal and Yogender Garbiyal were also part of the team that scaled the Everest last year, a unique accomplishment.Congratulating the team on its momentous feat, ONGC CMD Mr Shashi Shanker said, “This is a unique achievement which will inspire all ONGCians. ONGC continues its tradition of creating new milestones and scaling new heights.”ONGC Director (HR) Mr. D D Misra, who is the driving force behind this expedition, hailed the team and said “This is a proud moment for ONGC, a date to be earmarked. A significant milestone has been achieved, scripting a new history in our annals. Kudos to the team on this achievement.”

Sharing their experience on this momentous occasion, the team said, “We have done it again. Summited the most difficult mountain, Kanchenjunga. We dedicate this success to all the martyrs of ONGC who laid down their lives in the service of the nation.  We feel privileged to take the ONGC dream to the top of the world again.”

ONGC, as part of its unique HR initiative, encourages mountaineering among its employees, as it is one of the greatest team building activities. The country’s largest oil and gas explorer also inculcates the spirit of adventure among its workforce on an ongoing basis.

click here to read more about Mount Everest summit by ONGC.