The Beauty of Sourcing with Respect

The strategic importance of biodiversity for the beauty industry

Paris, 5 May 2011

This conference targets cosmetics, personal care, pharmaceutical and food companies that are sourcing natural ingredients from the world's rich biodiversity. In 2011, the conference focused on marketing biodiversity, the Nagoya Protocol and developments on access and benefit sharing.

You will find here information on:

  • the full agenda
  • the conference report
  • speaker biographies
  • background documents
  • photos of the event
  • event preview documentation

The conference was undertaken with the support of:

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Background Documents

Conference Report

Please find here our report of the Beauty of Sourcing with Respect 2011 conference.

Photo Gallery

  • photo gallery

List of Speakers

In order of appearance:

  • Laurie Bennett

    leads Futerra’s Strategy Team. He provides strategic and creative direction on communication strategies and campaigns for Futerra’s clients.

  • Rémy Oudghiri

    is the Director of Trends & Insights for IPSOS. He has a monthly column ‘veille, tendances’ (trendwatch) in Marketing Magazine and recent articles have focused on French luxury brands and how they tackle globalisation and the internet bubble.

  • RikRik Kutsch Lojenga

    is the Executive Director of the Union for Ethical BioTrade. He was involved in the creation of the BioTrade Initiative, which coined the term 'biotrade'. On 22 February 2008, the Union for Ethical BioTrade appointed Rik Kutsch Lojenga, as its Executive Director. Rik has been tasked to build-up the UEBT's membership base and reach out to private sector in both developing and developed countries.

  • Valérie Normand

    has been the programme officer for access and benefit sharing at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), in Montreal, Canada, since 2000.  At the SCDB, Ms. Normand heads the unit responsible for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing.

  • Dr. Bruno David

    has been the Director of Plant Sourcing and Botany for R&D at Pierre FABRE Group since 2007. Dr. David is also a visiting professor at the graduate and post-graduate level in various universities in France and has authored or co-authored over 50 scientific papers and five patents.

  • Pierre du Plessis

    is an expert at the Centre for Research Information Action in Africa (CRIAA SA DC) and a technical advisor for the Interim Bioprospecting Committee in Namibia.  Mr. du Plessis formed part of the Namibian delegation during negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.

  • Braulio Dias

    is the Secretary for Biodiversity and Forests of the Ministry of the Environment and serves as the president of the Genetic Heritage Management Council (CGEN for its Portuguese acronym) in Brazil. Mr. Dias was part of the Brazilian delegation to the CBD conference of the parties in Nagoya.

  • Dr. Cristiane Derani

    is a professor in environmental law, constitutional and economic law at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil.  Dr. Derani is also a partner at Cristiane Derani Consultoria Juridica, where she works on environmental, economic, consumer and international issues.

  • Dr. Zoubida Charrouf

    is a Professor of Chemistry at the University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco.  Dr. Charrouf is internationally recognized for her research into the properties of Argan oil and her work to engage and organize local women in the production of Argan oil has been internationally recognized.

  • Dr. Daniel Robinson

    is a lecturer in environment and development at the Institute of Environmental Studies, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia.  Dr. Robinson has written extensively on issues relating to biodiversity and traditional knowledge and recently published a book on  “Confronting Biopiracy: Challenges, Cases and International Debates” (2010, Earthscan).

  • Suhel al-Janabi

    is the Co-Manager of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative for Africa. Since 2005, this Initiative, managed by GIZ, has taken a "systemic" approach to capacity development on access and benefit sharing, contributing, for example, to the pro-active engagement of African delegates in the negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol.

  • Gus Le Breton

    is the President of the Board of Directors of UEBT. He is a social entrepreneur with a 20 year track record in biodiversity-based business across Southern Africa.

Please note that information herein cannot be circulated without the written permission of the Union for Ethical BioTrade.

We hope that you will find this information useful. For any additional questions or for further information, please contact UEBT at:

Union for Ethical BioTrade
32 Rue de Berne
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 566 1585
Fax: +41 22 731 0240
Email: info@ethicalbiotrade.org
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