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Eva Lagarde
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Natura aims to be fully regenerative by 2050

Beyond sustainability, the leading Beauty and Personal Care brand in Latin America is targeting social impact for a more holistic approach to green commitments, measured through an iP&L (integrated Profit & Loss)


Julia Wray
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From plant-based PDRN, functional naturals, and exosomes ... a few of the trends seen at InCosmetics 2026

In-cosmetics Global 2026 brought a surge of ingredient innovation to Paris. Active ingredients tapping emerging skin care trends, breakthrough delivery systems and sustainable functionals with surprising ancillary benefits – these and more were out in full force.


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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

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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

SIGN-UP TO THE FREE OPTION AND ACCESS THIS POST IN FULL. 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


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

This report is divided into 3 parts: * Aluminium report - context - HERE * Aluminium Sourcing - HERE * Aluminium and its applications in the Beauty Industry - HERE Below SUSTAINABILITY ALUMINIUM & ENERGY As mentioned in a previous article, Aluminium sourcing energy intensity has decreased in the last 30 years and


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: This report is divided in 3 parts: * Aluminium report - Full - HERE * Aluminium Sourcing & Manufacturing - HERE Below * Aluminium and


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