In order to collaborate with professionals in the waste recycling chain, Natura is stepping up its commitments with packaging suppliers, cooperatives and waste pickers. Initiatives such as the Natura Elos Program and Give a Hand to the Future are aimed at recycling urban waste. Natura also donated 53,000 personal hygiene products, in addition to providing financial support to members with a supplementary income. Around 16,000 members are part of the waste picker network that works alongside Natura and partner associations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
“When we work with a supplier of recycled materials, we want to know who collects the waste, who transforms it into recycled raw material and under what socio-environmental conditions they work. We want to expand the movement through fundamental agendas, such as ensuring respect for the families who collect the waste so that waste is not the end of a product’s life, but the beginning of a new story,” says Denise Hills, Global Sustainability Director at Natura.
