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( 01 ) — The lead story
Cover of the 2026 O'right Newspaper, Sustainable Beauty
Sustainability2 min read

The 2026 O'right Newspaper

O'right's 2026 Newspaper, “Sustainable Beauty”, gathers the year's milestones: the Reuters double win, 6 million plastic bottles prevented, the 16 Free standard, and the world's first ISO 14068-1 carbon-neutral product. Read or download the full issue.

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( 02 ) — The archive

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7 stories · Sustainability
Biological cycle diagram: coffee grounds recovered into caffeine care and returned to soil Sustainability
30 May 2026 5 min read

What circular beauty really means

Beyond the checklist: designing packaging that becomes the next bottle, not waste.

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Cover of the 2026 O'right Newspaper, Sustainable Beauty Sustainability
29 May 2026 2 min read

The 2026 O'right Newspaper

O'right's 2026 Newspaper, “Sustainable Beauty”, gathers the year's milestones: the Reuters double win, 6 million plastic bottles prevented, the 16 Free standard, and the world's first ISO 14068-1 carbon-neutral product. Read or download the full issue.

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Wall of recycled white PCR bottles with bamboo caps Sustainability
28 Apr 2026 6 min read

Why packaging should have a second life

100% PCR bottles, the world-first renewable pump, and a wall of bottles reborn.

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Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok guest room with O'right amenities Sustainability
31 Jan 2026 4 min read

The circular stay: Kimpton Maa-Lai x O'right

Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok becomes the first hotel to bring in O'right, the world's first certified net-zero beauty brand, for its in-room amenities. Over two years the magnolia-scented, 100% PCR amenity programme offsets 347,875 kg of carbon, equal to a year's absorption by 31,626 trees. Originally published by AM3NITY.

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O'right founder Steven Ko at the Reuters Global Sustainability Awards 2025 in London Sustainability
29 Oct 2025 5 min read

O'right, double winner at the Reuters Global Sustainability Awards 2025

Taiwan's O'right won two of the three global Net Zero categories at the Reuters Global Sustainability Awards 2025 in London — the only brand worldwide to do so, among 800+ companies. Inside the win and the governance behind it.

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2025 O'right NEWSPAPER Sustainability
13 May 2025 1 min read

หนังสือพิมพ์โอไรท์ ปี 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S7dPKaQHs6BXyAaptGEttPjb1ygut5_Y/view O’right: พันธกิจและความสำเร็จด้านความงามที่ยั่งยืน O’right ยืนหยัดในฐานะผู้นำด้าน ความงามที่ยั่งยืน (Sustainable Beauty) โดยมุ่งเน้นว่าการจัดการคาร์บอนฟุตพริ้นท์ส่วนบุคคลคือจิ๊กซอว์ชิ้นสุดท้ายของการดูแลโลก เราใช้แนวทางแบบองค์รวมในการขับเคลื่อนความยั่งยืนมาตั้งแต่ปี 2011 โดยเริ่มจากความสำเร็จในการสร้าง แชมพูคาร์บอนเป็นศูนย์ (Carbon Neutral) รายแรกของโลก ซึ่งประกอบด้วยเสาหลัก 5 ด้าน: วัตถุดิบที่ยั่งยืน: คัดสรรสารสกัดจากธรรมชาติที่ปลอดภัยและเป็นมิตรต่อสิ่งแวดล้อม บรรจุภัณฑ์ระบบหมุนเวียน:...

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O'right, the world's first zero-carbon beauty brand Sustainability
25 Jun 2024 5 min read

O'right: the world's first zero-carbon beauty brand

How a Taiwanese haircare brand became the world's first beauty company certified zero-carbon: botanical formulas, manufacturing powered entirely by renewable energy, zero-wastewater operations, and bottles that biodegrade within a year. Originally published by Green Network Thailand.

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( 06 ) — Circular beauty, seriously

What circular beauty really means.

A reading list on packaging with a second life, from PCR bottles to bamboo caps and recovered coffee grounds.

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