Green Chemistry

Special Edition: CIRCULAR BEAUTY – SUSTAINABLE SOURCING, GREEN CHEMISTRY AND ECO-DESIGN

Green chemistry can ‘future proof’ cosmetics: Expert

08-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Green chemistry takes industry from linear to circular thinking, representing the future of truly sustainable innovation, particularly when creating new blends for preservation, an expert says.

Sustainable cosmetics: ‘Marketing is as misinformed as consumers sometimes’, says Re-Sources founder

15-Jul-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Online sustainable cosmetics educational platform Re-Sources wants to close the knowledge gap between beauty formulators, packaging technologists and marketing to streamline green product development.

UK biotech startup Holiferm eyes €8m for commercial biosurfactant upscale

31-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The University of Manchester’s biotech spin-out Holiferm is ready to scale-up production of its biosurfactants made from virgin rapeseed oil and glucose – an alternative that holds huge potential in cosmetics and personal care, its MD says.

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Green chemistry is a ‘mindset’ that holds great promise for circular beauty, says expert

20-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Green chemistry is circular by design and therefore provides an important tool for the beauty industry as it looks to improve its environmental impact longer-term, an expert consultant says.

Climate collaboration: Innovation cycles have ‘dramatically shortened’ during COVID-19, says Solvay

12-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has fuelled a raft of sustainable beauty and personal care innovation, creating a wave of more value chain collaboration that will likely stick, say executives at chemicals major Solvay.

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Garnier president: ‘Taking consumers with us’ will be key to mainstreaming circular beauty – 'it's our job'

22-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Educating and empowering consumers to collectively close the loop on circular beauty will be crucial in mainstreaming efforts worldwide, says L’Oréal’s Garnier president.

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...

Cradle to Cradle boom: Beauty and personal care the ‘most rapidly growing segment’

31-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The number of beauty and personal care companies working to get products Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certified is soaring, set to double this year, and efforts are coming all types of businesses, according to an executive.

Circular Beauty: The future of sustainable sourcing, green chemistry and eco-design

24-Mar-2021 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Senior Reporter

The global beauty industry is working hard to make circularity a mainstream reality, reinventing and reconsidering all aspects of complex supply chains. But what does the future truly hold as industry tries to close the loop?

The no waste era? Every beauty brand can ‘reformulate, reposition and renew’

23-Mar-2021 By Natasha Spencer

As the beauty and personal care world explores how it can achieve circular beauty, consumers want to see zero waste and supply chain transparency made a reality in the burgeoning category they define as ‘clean’, say beauty experts.

L’Oréal kickstarts green sciences transition: ‘We are convinced of the essential need to change’

23-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has kickstarted a company-wide project to transition to green sciences across its entire global portfolio and plans to ramp up communication efforts to ensure consumers fully understand the move.