Author: Euronews

An investigation carried out by the BBC last summer found that suppliers for the two beauty brands used jasmine picked by minors. ADVERTISEMENTIngredients used in Lancôme’s perfume Idôle L’Intense, as well as in two Aerin fragrances – Ikat Jasmine and Limone Di Sicilia- , have been brought into the spotlight following a BBC investigation.When looking into suppliers for Lancôme and Aerin last summer, journalists found that they used jasmine flowers harvested through child labour.In response to the claims, Lancôme’s owner L’Oréal told the BBC that it is committed to respecting human rights.”Whenever an issue arises, L’Oréal works proactively to identify…

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The pandemic has had a major impact on the numbers, with women facing more layoffs than men, and taking on the main share of unpaid care work too. ADVERTISEMENTThe gender pay gap is potentially getting wider and harder to bridge in the professional services and finance sectors, according to a report by the London School of Economics (LSE) into the gender pay gap. Post Covid, the newly produced report from the LSE’s The Inclusion Initiative (TII) revealed, fewer women are likely to be top earners in these two sectors. Men are more than four times as likely as women to be…

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