The two US retail giants joined together with their supply chain last week in Chicago at the “Beauty and Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit.” At the top of their agenda: “impacts of chemicals (health & environment)” and “transparency.” The question is, will Target and Walmart have the moxie to convince the chemical industry to disclose all chemicals in their products and to use inherently safer chemicals. That these issues have brought the retailers together is significant, but watch this space for further developments.