In celebration of Earth Day and beyond, people around the globe can help "plant a future" and help restore critically endangered rain forests of South America and Indonesia through new fundraising products launched worldwide by Avon Products, Inc. From mid-April onwards, the new Hello Green Tomorrow products will be available in more than 50 countries, with 100 per cent of their net proceeds benefitting the Hello Green Tomorrow Fund. A comprehensive website, hellogreentomorrow.com, has been launched, offering green tips, information, a blog and opportunities to share ideas on personal environmental action.

Amway India, the country’s largest direct selling company has inaugurated Orissa’s first Health & Beauty Brand Experience Centre. This is the 12th Brand Experience Centre of the country and only the second in the entire Eastern region. Focussed on the two lead categories – “Health” & “Beauty”, the Experience Centre, housed within the new upgraded product pick up centre and Amway office, offers a virtual tour of the world class Amway products. It aims to enhance brand visibility and awareness in eastern India and provides information and product experiences in the fields of nutrition, wellness and beauty.

The Scentsy Family Foundation , the charitable giving arm of the rapidly growing home fragrance company, has presented the American National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) with a check in the amount of $613,177. This donation is Scentsy's largest cash contribution to date and is part of the company's overarching goal to donate $1 million to breast cancer charities across the country by 2013.

The six-time Grammy-award winning artist and Avon spokesperson Fergie joined Andrea Jung, Avon Chairwoman and CEO, to celebrate the company's 125th Anniversary in New York's Madison Square Garden with 5,000 Avon Representatives. To honour the occasion and Avon's 125 years of empowering women, Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, proclaimed April 6, 2011 "Avon's 125th Anniversary Day."

The US-based network Amway has launched a new intensive skincare renewing peel as part of its ARTISTRY cosmetics range. The new product promises a convenient, one-step, at-home alternative to acid-based peels that have to be applied by skin care professionals. The product's key ingredient, Mucor Miehei mushroom enzyme, mirrors the activity of exfoliating enzymes produced naturally in the skin. The self-neutralising enzyme works with the skin's pH level to detect and dissolve dead skin cells. Yet, when it encounters the higher pH levels of lower layers of active skin, the exfoliating process automatically shuts off to protect healthy skin.

China is the world's greatest business opportunity as the purchasing power of its expanding market grows in the next five years, says Nu Skin Enterprises President Truman Hunt. "Any companies that can establish a foothold in China and really provide products for Chinese consumers are going to do very well in the coming five to ten year period of time," Hunt expects. He said Nu Skin's goal is to become the leading direct selling company in the world by 2020 and the company is expecting to pay two billion U.S. dollars per year in commissions to its global sales force.

Scentsy, Inc. and the Scentsy Family Foundation, a charitable initiative of the home fragrance direct seller, have partnered with Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization, to help fund global research, spread awareness, and provide hope to families whose members receive this complex diagnosis. Scentsy's new "Piece by Piece" Charitable Cause Warmer, adorned with colorful jigsaw pieces, benefits the mission of Autism Speaks. Scentsy will donate 100 percent of the net profits from the sale of this charitable cause warmer, which is available for a limited time (March - August 2011) as part of Scentsy's new Spring/Summer 2011 catalog.

MonaVie, maker of acai berry juice-based nutrition and energy drink products, has received top honors at the 2011 Utah Genius Awards for their innovation in trademark. Bateman IP Law Group and KSL presented the award to MonaVie President Dell Brown. "The state of Utah is consistently recognized as one of the fastest growing states in the nation. This is due, in no small part, to the spirit of innovation and invention that is found from one end of the state to the other," said Randall B. Bateman, founder of Bateman IP Law Group. "MonaVie is certainly no exception. They are recognized as one of the most innovative companies in the state."