For more than a week, Copenhagen will be a buzz with activities and events revolving around design, as the first international design week unfolds from the 27 August. Copenhagen Design Week presents design that matters for society and the environment through a series of exhibitions, seminars and events.

Copenhagen is a leading city when it comes to offering its residents and visitors the highest life quality.

Dr. Hauschka Skin Care promotes sustainable fashion –
Co-operation with the BerlINordik Road Show

For 40 years, Dr.Hauschka Skin Care has stood for pure, authentic natural cosmetics. The brand of WALA Heilmittel GmbH is strongly committed to sustainable business practices and supports the efforts of the fashion industry in particular towards achieving environmentally friendly and socially responsible production. As a result, Dr.Hauschka Skin Care is pleased to announce its support of the BerlINordik Road Show, which through a range of workshops, fashion shows and presentations highlights the creative potential and innovations of the participating cities of Copenhagen (designer workshop from 26 to 27 August) and Berlin (designer workshop from 4 to 6 May), with a focus on sustainable products, production and technology as well as corporate social responsibility.

“All areas of our lives should be characterised by sustainability,” says Katharina Hahlhege, member of the Management Board of WALA Heilmittel GmbH, where she is responsible for sales and marketing. “By supporting the fashion show organised by BerlINordik during the Copenhagen Design Week on 28 August with our products, we hope to send a signal that treating nature with respect is possible in business – whether it involves the fashion industry or the cosmetics field. We are pursuing the same goal.”

Dr.Hauschka has successfully worked with the fashion industry a number of times in recent years. The German cosmetics brand made a splash at Bread & Butter Berlin and Barcelona, as well as through its co-operation with the Kaviar Gauche international fashion label, which led to the creation of the environmentally friendly Dr.Hauschka Cosmetic Bag in 2007.

Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) is a joint Nordic project with the main purpose of motivating and assisting companies in integrating sustainability and social responsibility in their business processes and practices for the better of society.

After visiting New York City in April, the next stop in the international phase of the be Berlin capital city advertising campaign will be the “Berlin Days” in Copenhagen from August 28 to 30, 2009.

Creative Forum is an independent think tank established by the City of Copenhagen in 2008.

Friederike von Wedel-Parlow

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