10 Dec 2021 --- This week in industry news, Universal Beauty Group raised €6 million (US$6.77 million) to accelerate its development in the natural beauty sector. Kensing and Azelis have signed an agreement to distribute Kensing’s vegetable-oil-based vitamins and phytosterols. In other news, Estée Lauder Companies has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and fragrance titan Firmenich has been awarded a fourth consecutive Triple “A” status.