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Marie Dehlinger
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Latest Innovations Ingredients in Sustainable Beauty

Here is an in-depth report of the ingredients innovations that have been released over the course of 2024. We only focus on the innovations that have sustainable attributes. re/sources has identified five trends in the latest Ingredients Innovations: (This report classifies the innovations according to the current trends.) Longevity


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Sustainable Packaging: Suppliers' Innovations - part 3 - Bio Inspiration

Our annual packaging innovations trend report highlights the most innovative and interesting sustainable beauty packaging design concepts and initiatives launched in the last 12 months from niche to mass and luxury brands that have caught our attention. Our Sustainable Packaging Design Innovations & Key Trends 2024 report is split into


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Eva Lagarde
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Key trends from refillable cosmetics to anhydrous formulas...

What are the current trends to make your beauty products more sustainable and how can you truly engage with consumers. We'll take you first to the definition of sustainable beauty, so we make it clear, what sustainability in beauty stands for. Then we'll demonstrate the trend


Eva Lagarde
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PACKAGING INNOVATIONS - Brand side

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES * To gain an understanding of the waste hierarchy and application to the beauty industry * To gain knowledge of the application of the 5Rs - Re-duce for different sustainable materials * To gain knowledge of the application of the 5Rs - Re-use - refillable applications * To gain knowledge of


Eva Lagarde
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PACKAGING INNOVATIONS -Supply side

In this presentation we will show you the innovations coming from suppliers of beauty solutions. We will focus on the 3R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle) to help you classify the innovations. Some innovations are more recent than others, and we have selected the one we deem interesting in terms of


Eva Lagarde
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Shall we embrace de-construction?

It seems that everywhere you look now people are deconstructing the established models, and trying to develop a new narrative around identity, belonging, owning, etc. The world is changing at a very rapid pace and it can look scary, when all we know seems to fall into pieces. And there


Eva Lagarde
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Mini, refill and wood for the latest Sustainable packaging innovations at PCD22

After luckily visiting the latest packaging trade shows, in Paris, in June, and we went there in train, so whoop, whoop for our carbon impact, here is a little summary of what we found. Let us know what you think and feel free to share ! Mini mascara by Cinqpats Samples


Eva Lagarde
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Aluminium Report

Understanding about aluminium sourcing, manufacturing and its applications in the beauty industry and the sustainability aspect of the material LEARNING OBJECTIVES * To gain an understanding about aluminum regulations and standards * To understand the market context of aluminium  * To understand about aluminium sourcing and manufacturing  * To learn about the application of


Eva Lagarde
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Packaging Regulations - Europe

Towards more sustainable packaging… In the current presentation we will focus on the legal aspects of packaging and recycling. We will mostly focus on the European and French market as an example of what could come in the future for packaging regulations. And also these regulations will apply to your


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Thermoformed sample & single dose

There are two main types of sampling solutions: * Sachets * Thermoformed doses In the current presentation we will focus on the thermoformed doses and their environmental impact and how you can make them eco-friendly KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES * Learn about the current market context of thermoformed samples * Understand how the thermoformed process


Eva Lagarde
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Biodegradability - How does it work?

This report will try to describe in details how biodegradability works, with the following objectives: * Understand the terminology of ‘compostability’ * Gain knowledge about current regulations from Europe, USA and Japan * Gain knowledge about the difference between biodegradability and industrial composting * Understand how industrial composting works * Learn about applications of compostability


Eva Lagarde
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Aluminium and the beauty industry

SUSTAINABILITY ALUMINIUM & ENERGY As mentioned in a previous article, Aluminium sourcing energy intensity has decreased in the last 30 years and will keep decreasing with innovations and new agreements on sustainable energy. Aluminium production also generates greenhouse gases and this will be improved as manufacturers improve their process. Energy


Eva Lagarde
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Aluminium - context & sourcing

Understanding about aluminium sourcing, manufacturing and its applications in the beauty and the sustainability aspect of the material In this topic, the following SDG targets can be applied: CONTEXT ALUMINIUM & SOURCE Aluminium is one of the Earth’s most abundant metals. Aluminum is produced from primary production from ore


Eva Lagarde
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Converting Paperboard into packaging for cosmetics

In this third part of our report, now that we’ve seen how paperboard is made, we will see in the conversion (transforming a sheet of paperboard into a box) what change can you make to improve the environmental impact of your products. In this topic the following SDG and