Ecoresponsibility

Trends:Ecoresponsibility

Minimalist and refillable: the future of makeup packaging

According to a recent study by GlobalData, a data analytics and consulting firm, environmental awareness, financial pressures, and increasing attention to waste generated by the cosmetics industry are transforming consumer behavior in the makeup sector.

Cosmetics Deposit Coalition: initial progress report

After two years of work, the “Cosmetics Deposit Coalition” has delivered its first field report on the reuse of containers. Bringing together some twenty brands, distributors, and logistics and washing partners, the collective (led by Circul’R, with 70% funding from Citeo) presented its findings at a round table during Paris Packaging Week 2026.

Discarded unsold products: the details for the disclosure of information

As part of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (known as the “Ecodesign Regulation”), the European Commission was required to define common details for the disclosure of information regarding discarded unsold consumer products and a common disclosure format. This has now been done, with the publication of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2 on February 10, 2026.

What does the future hold for palm oil in cosmetics?

During the 5th edition of the Lipids & Cosmetics Congress, held on January 28 and 29, 2026, a round table discussion was organized on the theme “Palm oil: what does the future hold?” Hervé Plessis, CEO of Stéarinerie Dubois, Philippe Guariloff of Chanel, Julie Cortal of Nopalm Ingredients, Antoine Piccirilli, Scientific Director of La Fabrique Végétale, and Marie-Odile Hecht, Director of Cosmo...

Sustainability: trends in 2026

The Upcycled Beauty Company has just published its latest report. Ingredients, packaging, operations, climate: the document provides an overview of the levers activated by brands in response to environmental pressure.

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...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Evonik receives EcoVadis Platinum rating again

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The EcoVadis agency has again awarded Evonik - one of the world leaders in specialty chemical - a Platinum rating for its sustainability performance. ...

Monday, May 23, 2022

Aveda receives Leaping Bunny certification

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The hair care brand has just been awarded the Leaping Bunny label by Cruelty Free International. This certification attests that no animal testing has...

Monday, May 16, 2022

French ministerial conference on "Chemical products: better protection of health and the environment”

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The ministerial conference entitled “Chemical Products: Better protection of health and the environment” was held on 11 and 12 May in Paris under the ...

Monday, May 16, 2022

Technicoflor launches a collection of upcycled perfumes

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The French perfume house TechnicoFlor has just launched a collection of perfumes developed from upcycled raw materials. Aimed at perfume and cosmetics...

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Information on the environmental characteristics of products: the French Decree is published

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On 30 April 2022, the Decree “on consumer information on the environmental qualities and characteristics of waste generating products” was published i...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Silab's sustainable initiatives

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Committed to environmental preservation, the ingredient supplier just shared its new sustainability report. Its program is centered around five major ...

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

L'Oréal launches a sustainable investment fund

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The group has just announced the creation of the Circular Innovation Fund. Its objective is to develop and finance circular and ecoresponsible innovat...