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Diversified Communications Australia, Naturally Good’s parent company, and Planet Ark are pleased to introduce, through a new partnership initiative, a specially curated event catering to the nation’s circular economy sector, Circularity. This new event is brought to you by Planet Ark’s Australian Circular Economy Hub (ACE Hub) and will take

Whether or not the products you offer are explicitly “sustainable”, it pays to make your e-commerce service as green as possible. That’s because the vast majority of consumers today believe sustainability should be front-and-centre when they purchase anything on the internet. A recent Sifted survey found that 91% of respondents

More than ever, Australian consumers are educated, taking charge of their health and actively looking for alternative solutions to treat and prevent illness. More than 70 per cent of people are regularly using complementary medicines with the market expected to reach $6 billion by 2023. However, the industry now faces

Rewind a few decades and when you heard the word “milk”, it typically meant cow’s milk. But ever since soy milk hit Australian shelves sometime in the 1970s, the range of dairy-free milk alternatives has grown, driven by a combination of health, environmental and ethical concerns. Worth more than $230

One of the ongoing conversations in today’s competitive retail environment is about loss of loyalty in favour of convenience or price. Whilst customer loyalty isn’t entirely dead, it does require some serious attention. In a world where personalisation is now everything, customers are expecting more from their retail experiences. True

Most Australians think of cling wrap as something that belongs in the kitchen drawer, but retailers – particularly those in the FMCG segment – more commonly encounter it when they receive a delivery swathed in “pallet wrap”. For life partners Jordy and Julia Kay, the practice of wrapping pallets in

By now, we’re all familiar with fermentation, thanks to the fact that it’s what makes everything from sourdough and miso to sauerkraut and kombucha possible. But recently, the fermentation process has hit the beauty and skincare industry in a big way. In fact, some forecasters predict that fermented skincare is

Demonstrating a care for others – and for the individual with a unique product – was at the heart of an impressive pitch from Sarah Qian – founder of Compassion Creamery and winner of this year’s 2022 Naturally Good Pitchfest competition. Sarah’s business, which produces the world’s first oat creme

The news in 2021 that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) would allow the over-the-counter sale of low-dose cannabidiol (CBD) containing products was welcomed by advocates who said it could provide relief for chronically unwell Australians. However, buying CBD without a prescription (in the same way you might buy a box

Forget salmon: Tasmanian aquaculture could soon be all about seaweed. Already, the cool waters along the island’s eastern coast are home to vast fields of wakame, which is endemic to Japan but has somehow taken hold in Tassie. Now, two Australian companies are exploring how Tasmanian-grown wakame might help with