Walmart Program Seeks Greener Beauty, Greater Supplier Transparency
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Walmart aims to reduce or eliminate high-priority toxins from its beauty offering with a program announced Sept. 12. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics celebrates the move and calls on Target to implement a similar safe-cosmetics policy in its stores.
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