Unilever promised many years ago that it would never use animals to test the safety of its products or ingredients.
The ECI urged policymakers to protect and strengthen their existing prohibition on cosmetic animal experimentation.
Change the EU's laws on chemicals and agree to a road map to get rid of all animal testing in the EU by quickly switching to non-animal methods based on what scientists know now.
The Animal Free Safety Evaluation (AFSA) Collaboration has launched the animal-free safety assessment of compounds.