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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.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Two shades for an eye contour treatment that adapts to all skin tones

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Two eye care products with a touch of pigment adapted to the skin tone, one for light to medium skin tones, the other for dark to dark skin tones, thi...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

ImpACT: Expanscience's new CSR program

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Laboratoires Expanscience, certified B-Corp, has just announced its new action plan for 2030. This time, the company not only wishes to have a positiv...

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Weleda is B-Corp certified

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Weleda has just obtained the “B-Corp” (Certified Benefit Corporation) certification, an asset that confers on it the status of an industrial company w...

Monday, November 15, 2021

Regulatory Quiz 2021: the right answers!

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On October 11, CosmeticOBS launched a 10-question quiz focusing on the cosmetic regulations of the last 12 months for its French subscribers. At stake...

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Estée Lauder supports the ISS Sustainability Challenge

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Cosmetics brand Estée Lauder has just announced its association with the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Sustainability Challenge to ...

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

L'Oréal wants to restore wildlife in the UK

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The group has just announced that the L’Oréal Nature Regeneration Fund will support a nature restoration project in the UK. The project, in collaborat...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Back to M.A.C: the sustainable program of M.A.C Cosmetics

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The makeup brand is now offering consumers the opportunity to bring back their empty makeup packages to the store (as long as they are stamped M.A.C)....

Thursday, November 4, 2021

La Roche-Posay supports cancer patients

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Historically, La Roche-Posay has always supported patients by offering dermocosmetic products designed to relieve skin that is often damaged by treatm...

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

L'Oréal/Symatese: strengthening the research partnership on biomaterials

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L’Oréal and Symatese have announced the signing of new long-term research and development agreements in the field of biomaterials, to strengthen and b...

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

The Beauty Accelerator: a program to digitalize the cosmetics sector

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To help beauty professionals digitize internally (and thus gain agility and productivity), the government, Bpifrance and FEBEA have created a support ...

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Unilever calls on suppliers to fight global warming

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In 2020, Unilever made strong commitments to the environment. Among them is carbon neutrality by 2039 throughout the value chain. To achieve this, the...

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

L'Oréal: a fragrance of transparency

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The cosmetics heavyweight has just announced to go further in its transparency policy towards consumers. The group has launched an information platfor...