The beauty industry has been too focused on recycling and needs to shift focus on reuse and refill solutions, says two circular beauty brands, Bhuman and Emma Lewisham.
It's Earth Day, which means sustainability is a hot topic today. Catch up with sustainability in beauty, from supply chains and formulation to packaging and product launches.
Plastic packaging is important in the beauty industry and rePurpose Global wants to create impactful accountability for plastic waste made by personal care brands.
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Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation believes achieving a circular society will require a delicate balance of minimising beauty materials and maximising use, with thin-film packaging offering plenty of promise.
To meet consumer demand for sustainability many brands are switching to more sustainable packaging, but Eurofins says rigorous safety testing is important before taking the leap.
Transitioning beauty business models from linear to circular will be critical in creating a sustainable future, and change requires close collaboration at every stage of the supply chain, says the president and CEO of French packaging firm Albéa Group.
Personal care major Unilever has widened the call for startups, scaleups and entrepreneurs to engage with its collaboration initiative, inviting those specialised in sustainable ingredients and packaging to join.
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The future of beauty packaging will centre on blending sustainability with desirability and rely on innovative industry partnerships and advances in material science, lifecycle analysis and smart product design, says L’Oréal’s global director of sustainable...
Luxe Pack LA and MakeUp LA took place last week, and between packaging and contract manufacturing exhibitors, sustainability and style were prevalent across the trade show.
Sustainability is as a broad conversation in the beauty world, ranging from packaging, formulation, product format, supply chain structures and many more facets of the industry.
Consumer interest in ethical beauty continues to soar in Europe, fuelled by heightened concerns around climate change and the ongoing global pandemic, and so industry must sharpen action and communication on environmental impact, says a GlobalData analyst.
Advanced-recycling plastic resin supplier Eastman Renew is expanding into France by 2025 with the support of five beauty companies committing to supply contracts. CosmeticsDesign spoke with to Tara Cary, segment market manager for Cosmetics and Personal...
Aluminum packaging is on the rise as a sustainable packaging option because it’s not just highly recyclable, but infinitely recyclable, but it’s also dentable and is implicated in environmental toxicity.
Where plastics fail in biodegradability and recyclability, some companies are turning to paper packaging, which doesn’t entirely get brands out of the woods of meeting sustainability goals.
Natura &Co’s The Body Shop will heavily invest in regenerative business innovation over the next decade, including advanced use of biotech and carbon capture, its head of innovation and sustainability R&D says.
Beauty that is better for the planet and people is surging, with great industry strides made in ingredients and packaging, but efforts need to be met with positive consumer perception to truly succeed, an expert says.
Refillable cosmetic demand is rising fast and full-service packaging and formulation firm WWP Beauty has released a packaging line with substantiated sustainability claims to convince both brands and consumers it’s a viable solution.
The number of Instagram followers opting in to receive beauty samples and information from brands is higher when campaigns are led by large-scale influencers versus micro influencers, according to beauty sampling tech startup Odore.
French luxury fashion house Chanel has co-developed a biobased bottle cap for one of its perfume collections with Finnish startup Sulapac, made from a blend of renewable materials including wood chips.
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L’Oréal’s Garnier brand is working with branded content studio National Geographic CreativeWorks on a worldwide educational campaign designed to empower beauty consumers to live greener.
New York-based Emerald Brand has signed a licensing agreement with The Honest Company for its 100% tree-free paperboard for use in beauty and cosmetic brands.
International beauty major Estée Lauder Companies has partnered with French moulding specialist Roctool and packaging firm Pinard Beauty Pack to develop a reduced-waste prestige skin care bottle.
Packaging and product designs that simplify beauty routines and reduce consumption will be key moving forward, as consumers turn to brands for help limiting impact on the planet, says WGSN.
Personal care major Unilever has developed sustainable black packaging made from layered post-consumer resin materials, breathing new life into plastic previously treated as waste.
So far, the year has seen Sun Chemical acquire the Colors & Effects business from BASF, the launch of Be A 10 Cosmetics, biotech company Amyris buying and launching color brands, Coty taking Kyle Cosmetics vegan, and more. But recent headlines about...
Online sustainable cosmetics educational platform Re-Sources wants to close the knowledge gap between beauty formulators, packaging technologists and marketing to streamline green product development.
As COVID and climate crisis-shaken consumers demand more from beauty, experts believe there remain hurdles in packaging, brand communication and supply chain logistics before industry reaches the zero-waste dream.
International beauty major L’Oréal has co-developed a plastic cosmetics bottle with French biotech specialist Carbios, made using fully recycled PET via an enzymatic recycling technology that also makes it infinitely recyclable.
As consumer awareness of waste increases, the number of brands reimagining what sustainable beauty packaging is, is on the rise. This week, Grove Collaborative put their own spin on refillable deo.
L’Oréal Paris has unveiled its environmental goals for the next decade, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by 50% and lightweight or sustainably convert its entire packaging portfolio by 2030.
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Giving the longest life possible to molecules that make up a product is what circularity is all about, and the reuse movement in beauty is a particularly exciting and innovative path forward, says the CEO and founder of US recycling major TerraCycle.
In partnership with global specialty materials company Eastman, the beauty maker plans to meet 2025 sustainability goals using recycled and/or recyclable plastic for its luxury cosmetics packaging.
L’Oréal has created a sustainable cosmetics bottle made with polyethylene from captured and recycled carbon emissions that it wants to commercialise within four years.
Personal care major Johnson & Johnson has outlined a range of measures in its ‘healthy lives mission’ program that aim to boost sustainability and improve the health of consumers over the next ten years.
L’Oréal is one big beauty brand setting out on a race to the top in sustainability, but the path ahead won’t be easy – particularly when targeting consumer-use impact, says an expert consultant.
Taking place September 28 – 30, with an executive-facing program that’s all about creating sustainable beauty for a circular economy, this year’s North American edition of the SCS will be a virtual event to accommodate health and safety precautions necessary...
French beauty major L’Oréal has finished co-developing paper-based cosmetic tubes with global packaging firm Albéa and launched the first eco-responsible variant under its La Roche-Posay brand.
French packaging major Albéa has completed the divestment of its dispensing systems, metal and Brazil businesses to US packaging firm Silgan, now refocusing on tubes, rigid cosmetic packaging and beauty solutions, its CEO says.
Bioplastics research and development efforts worldwide remain very immature, particularly in cosmetics where there have been very few patents filed, according to Clarivate Analytics.
This week, the Good Housekeeping Institute began accepting submissions for its now annual awards program. This year the Institute will recognize sustainable packaging innovation in four industries: home care and cleaning, toys, food, and beauty and personal...
The Body Shop has spent two years building a solid supply chain with Plastics for Change in India to source Fair Trade recycled plastic and plans to integrate these materials across its global recycled plastics portfolio within three years.
The beauty packaging maker has announced partnerships with TerraCycle and PureCycle in recent days, which is an indication that Aptar is eager to help its customers meet looming sustainability goals.