Ecoresponsability

Trends:Ecoresponsability

The "Deforestation-free" Regulation officially postponed for a year

The postponement by one year of the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 “on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation” had been agreed but not yet legally formalised. This was achieved with the publication of Regulation (EU) 2024/3234 in the Official Journal of the European Union on 23 December 2024.

Urban wastewater treatment: the Directive is published

The Directive (EU) 2024/3019 on urban wastewater treatment was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 December 2024. As announced, it creates an EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) scheme to charge the costs of eliminating microplutants to the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

"Ecodesign" Regulation: cosmetics a priority, according to the JRC

Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, which establishes a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for products, came into force on 18 July 2024. Delegated acts of the Commission are to lay down the rules according to types or groups of products. In its recent report, the JRC (Joint Research Centre) provides some food for thought on this subject.

Sustainability: a key issue for retailers

The beauty industry is switching to the green side of the force. Suppliers (of ingredients or packaging) and brands are redoubling their efforts to limit their impact on the planet and offer ever more virtuous solutions. But what about retailers in this race for sustainability? At the Sustainable Cosmetic Summit (held in Paris from 23 to 25 October 2024), Katarzyna Wisniewska, Sephora’s CSR Direct...

Sustainability in cosmetics: consumers continue to have high expectations

For some years now, having an eco-responsible positioning has no longer been a differentiating factor for the general public, but rather a prerequisite. However, consumers are still just as sensitive to what brands are doing. At the Sustainable Cosmetic Summit (held in Paris from 23 to 25 October 2024), Ozlem Senturk, Senior Partner Global Sustainable Transformation Practice at Kantar, presented s...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Texen awarded EcoVadis Platinum status for its CSR strategy

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Packaging supplier Texen has reached a new milestone. The award from EcoVadis is a sign of the commitment of the entire group and the consecration of ...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Plastics Europe denounces the inadequacy of collection in France

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While the level of fossil-based plastics production has returned to its pre-Covid 19 pandemic level of activity, Plastics Europe is calling for more s...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The Design4Circularity concept of circular cosmetics packaging

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In a unique collaboration for the Personal Care industry, Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf are combining expertise to tackle the challenge...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Sarbec Cosmetics doubles its production capacity in France

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Solidly established in France, with three of its four production workshops and its Research and Development laboratory, Sarbec Cosmetics continues to ...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Plastic recycling: the American approach

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Plastic pollution is one of the major issues facing the beauty industry. The Body Shop wanted to know how sensitive its consumers were to this cause. ...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Marionnaud is on its way to sustainability

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For several years, the French beauty products distributor has been making its environmental transition. Today, the company is moving into high gear wi...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

TechnicoFlor launches FlorIndex, an ecodesign tool for perfume formulas

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TechnicoFlor, a French perfume composition company, launches FlorIndex, a tool for the eco-design of perfume formulas. FlorIndex aims to evaluate the ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Clariant launches a tool to calculate the naturalness of cosmetic formulas

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Clariant has just unveiled BeautyForward® 6. This digital tool lists the origin and specificities of more than 800 ingredients. The objective is to al...

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Global Bioenergies' biobased isododecane in L'Oréal formulations

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Less than two months after the commissioning of the Pomacle commercial production unit, Global Bioenergies has received its first orders totalling sev...

Monday, June 13, 2022

French draft order on data from EPR channels

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On 7 June 2022, the French Ministry of Ecological Transition launched a public consultation on a draft Order relating to the data of extended producer...

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Silab initiates a project in favor of local biodiversity

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Silab, a supplier of cosmetic ingredients, has just set up a new local biodiversity conservation project in collaboration with the company BeeOdiversi...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Unilever wants to support regenerative agriculture

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Unilever, AXA, Unilever and Tikehau Capital have announced their joint ambition to create an investment fund dedicated to the transition towards regen...