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What can we expect from the new Ecocert Sourcing platform?

On October 15, 2026, CosmeticOBS attended Ecocert’s press conference for the launch of its new Ecocert Sourcing platform. Sara Mayor (Director of the Cosmetics Business Unit at the Ecocert Group) introduced us to this new tool.

Organic cosmetics: sales are rising only in pharmacies

Sales of organic cosmetics are rising in chemists, but falling in organic shops and health and beauty shops. In organic shops, however, the decline is slowing. This is shown by the figures presented by Antonin Le Masle, Business Analyst at OpenHealth, during a webinar organised by Cosmébio and Synadiet on 15 October 2026.

A French FEBEA white paper on digital risks

Digital fraud has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a systemic threat to businesses, including those in the cosmetics sector. This white paper, which FEBEA has just published, aims to document the scale of the phenomenon and identify the conditions necessary to strengthen protection against it.

Joint call to action against counterfeiting

On September 30, 2026, nine organizations representing European industries, including Cosmetics Europe, released a document calling on the European Union to strengthen liability rules for online platforms and intermediaries in order to better prevent the sale of dangerous, illegal, or counterfeit products to European consumers.

Manifesto for the Digital Transition

In late September 2026, a coalition of organizations published a manifesto outlining recommendations for a digital transition. It advocates for a “one product, one EU Data Carrier” approach and calls for the implementation of a harmonized, flexible, and technology-neutral digital labeling system that would allow certain physical information to be replaced with information accessible online.

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...

Monday, June 20, 2022

A new presidency for Cosmetics Europe

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At its General Assembly on 16 June 2022, Cosmetics Europe, the European trade association representing the cosmetics and personal care industry, chang...

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

Bpifrance and the FEBEA launch the Beauty Accelerator

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On June 8, 2022, Bpifrance and FEBEA confirmed their association to launch the first promotion of the Beauty Accelerator, with the support of Chanel, ...

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

L'Oréal supports start-ups founded by women

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The L’Oréal group has just announced the launch of the L’Oréal Bold Female Founders initiative designed to support female-led startups. It will be dev...

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Import/export in the UK in 2021

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The CTPA (Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association) has analyzed the trade flows (related to cosmetics) of the UK in 2021. Result: the country ha...

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The FEBEA reaffirms the essentiality of cosmetics

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While the concept of essential use planned by the European Commission worries the industry, FEBEA organized its annual General Assembly on the theme o...

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...

Monday, May 30, 2022

L'Oréal introduces "its biggest suncare innovation in 30 years"

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After 10 years of research, L’Oréal introduces UVMune 400 its breakthrough sun filtering technology that effectively protects the skin against insidio...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Cosmébio 2022 Awards: the products in competition

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The Cosmébio Awards is an annual award that recognises Cosmébio-labelled brands for the quality of their products and the ethical approach to which th...

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...