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Organic Cosmetics and Fair Wages: Filipino Social Entrepreneur Anna Meloto

May 7, 2013

Her company, Human Nature, aims to fight poverty in the Philippines while producing cosmetics sustainably.

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More than 90 percent of the country's population live on the equivalent of less than two euros a day. Prices are rising -- particularly for basic foods such as rice. Meloto's company pays fair prices for the raw materials it uses to produce its cosmetics -- and provides an important source of income for many farmers.