Léa Nature has acquired Bo.Ho Green, creator of a wide range of colorful, high-quality organic and natural make-up at affordable prices, from the alter equity investment fund. 

Based in Lyon and launched in 2012, Bo.Ho Green has strong societal and environmental commitments. As a "committed beauty creator", it is committed to an eco-design approach, using natural raw materials from organic farming in the formulation of its certified organic and Cosmebio-labeled products; its products, sold at reasonable prices, are free of superfluous packaging and with cardboard and wood packaging from responsibly managed forests. It has chosen to entrust its logistics to an Etablissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail (ESAT), which employs 25 people. Like Léa Nature's organic brands, Bo.Ho Green is a member of the global and philanthropic "1% for the Planet" movement, and has supported the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Mankind since 2016.
With a team of 10 employees, Bo.Ho Green's dynamic development is driven by its 2 passionate managers, Hanane Bourimi and Vincent Riberi. The company is growing strongly, with sales expected to increase this year by +20% to €4.5 million. Its products are sold mainly in organic stores (notably Biocoop and La Vie Claire), pharmacies, parapharmacies, e-commerce and export markets.
This acquisition reflects Léa Nature's determination to continue investing in the development of its organic cosmetics and make-up business. The company has just inaugurated its new center of expertise and innovation in organic and natural cosmetics, a high-performance, environmentally-friendly facility located opposite its head office (17).
Léa Nature will bring its manufacturing, R&D and marketing expertise to Bo.Ho Green.
The Bo.Ho Green Make-Up brand is perfectly in line with Léa Nature's commitment to quality, natural and organic formulation, and safety, and shares its approach to social and environmental responsibility. 

The French group, a global supplier of aromatic raw materials, joins dozens of food giants in adopting a policy banning animal testing.

Following discussions with PETA USA, the French Robertet group - the world's ninth largest flavour and fragrance company - has adopted a new policy prohibiting all animal experimentation, unless required by law. The company had previously participated in a joint experiment in which it chemically analyzed the characteristics of rosemary leaf extract, while experimenters from another company fed 30 mice a high-fat diet to induce obesity. They then administered the extract to a group of mice, injected them with glucose, took several blood samples, then killed and dissected them.
"By rejecting animal experimentation, Robertet is keeping in step with public opinion and scientific advances, which are increasingly moving away from this archaic practice," says Mimi Bekhechi, PETA's Director of International Programs. "We call on other companies in the food and beverage sector to follow Robertet's example and ban cruel, unnecessary - and often simply curiosity-driven - experiments on animals."

Robertet joins a growing list of dozens of companies, including Barilla, the Coca-Cola Company, the Kellogg Company, Kikkoman, Lipton, Ocean Spray, PepsiCo and others, who have collaborated with PETA USA scientists to replace animal testing with more effective, ethical and less expensive non-animal research models.