Vero Beach, Florida resident Ken Wessel founded Wessel Fragrances, Inc. in 1988 and grew it to a multi-million dollar company before its eventual sale. Ken Wessel maintained a keen interest in the beauty and fragrances industry and was a member of the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC).
PCPC is committed to enhancing sustainability across the entire beauty and personal care products value chain. By working together with its members, the organization drives sustainable impact on the environmental, social, and economic fronts while promoting good governance in the industry. One of the areas where the organization is heavily engaged in is the fight against animal testing.
PCPC advocates for a global end to all animal testing and urges beauty products manufacturers not to use animals for product safety tests. PCPC’s member companies themselves do not test products on animals and have not done so since the mid-1980s unless required by law. Through collaborations with regulators, academic institutions, scientists, and private sector groups across the globe, PCPC is encouraging the use of alternative testing methods to evaluate product safety. The organization is working with the International Cooperation on Alternative Test Methods to promote its tests.
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