{
  "id": 18244718,
  "title": "L’Oréal and Aster Pharmacy partner to make sustainable beauty more accessible",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/loreal-and-aster-pharmacy-partner-to-make-sustainable-beauty-more",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-05T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/lor%C3%A9al-and-aster-pharmacy-partner-to-make-sustainable-beauty-more-accessible-1.500735330"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "L’Oréal and Aster Pharmacy have formed a partnership in the UAE to make refillable skincare products more accessible. The collaboration aims to encourage environmentally conscious shopping habits by increasing the visibility and availability of refillable products from three major L’Oréal brands: La Roche-Posay, Vichy, and CeraVe. Laurent Duffier, CEO of L’Oréal Middle East, emphasized that retail partnerships bring sustainability commitments directly into consumers' everyday lives, making the choice of more responsible shopping easier. Aster Pharmacy will focus on improving stock planning and making refillable products more visible across its top 10 stores in Dubai. The initiative targets 75% of point-of-sale materials to be eco-designed by 2027. L’Oréal’s beauty advisors will collaborate with Aster’s teams to educate customers about the different refill formats and help them make informed choices. The partnership also supports La Roche-Posay’s Fight with Care programme, which provides support to people affected by cancer.",
  "summary": "The beauty industry across the GCC is taking another step towards more sustainable practices, with L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty and Aster Pharmacy joining forces to make refillable skincare products more accessible to consumers in the UAE. The partnership was signed by Laurent Duffier, CEO of L’Oréal Middle East, and N.S. Balasubramanian, CEO of Aster Pharmacy, last week at Aster Pharmacy at The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}