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...

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

8 packaging reduction projects supported by Citeo and Adelphe

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Citeo and its subsidiary Adelphe, companies whose mission is to reduce the environmental impact of packaging, have just announced the names of the eig...

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Consultation of the European Commission on its proposal for a "Green Claims" Directive

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On 23 March 2023, the European Commission opened a public consultation on its draft Directive “on substantiation and communication of explicit environ...

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Calculating the recycled content in plastics: an open letter to the European Commission

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On 22 March 2023, a group of 31 associations representing major market sectors along the European plastics value chain have issued a joint letter call...

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Do consumers believe in the sustainable commitment of brands?

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At a time when alerts on the state of the planet are multiplying, manufacturers are (almost) all committed to the environment… and do not fail to let ...

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

A majority of French SMEs take action for the environment

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Faced with the climate emergency, many manufacturers have intensified their efforts to limit their impact on the planet. Capterra (an online B2B softw...

Monday, February 27, 2023

ADEME launches a programme to quantify microplastics in the environment

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In March 2022, the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) launched a call for research projects ...

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

AGEC Act: a difficult implementation

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Three years after the vote on the Anti-waste and Circular Economy Act (AGEC Act), and one year after the entry into force of the “Anti-waste” section,...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Ecodesign for sustainable products: the Commission consults on the products involved

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The European Commission has just opened a public consultation to collect opinions on the categories of new products that will be considered as a prior...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Bpifrance and ADEME launch the "Diag Ecodesign"

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Bpifrance and ADEME are reinforcing their offer of support to companies in their environmental transformation. The new “Diag Ecodesign” should enable ...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

TechnicoFlor's FlorIndex is validated by AFNOR Certification

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French fragrance house Technicoflor has launched its FlorIndex, a tool for eco-design of fragrance formulas to assess their environmental impact, in 2...

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Firmenich launches the next generation of EcoScent Compass

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Firmenich, the fragrance and taste company, launches EcoScent Compass Next Generation, its integrated science-based impact measurement tool for eco-fr...

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Consultation on the draft order on the national waste prevention plan 2021-2027

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As the National Waste Prevention Plan (Plan National de Prévention des Déchets - PNPD) 2014-2020 has come to an end, a new plan to translate the preve...