On 23 November 2022, the European Court of Justice annulled Commission Delegated Regulation 2020/217 (18th ATP to CLP) with regard to the harmonised classification and labelling of titanium dioxide as an inhalation carcinogen in certain powder forms. A rare event, which the European Commission must now examine.

On 22 November 2022, France notified the European Commission of a draft decree “establishing the list of products that may not be sold in bulk for public health reasons”. Cosmetic products are included in this list. Their sale in bulk will however remain possible, but under strictly defined conditions.

A group of 25 actors representing more than 1,000 companies, reinforced by several independent consultancies and an academic structure, have decided, under the aegis of AFNOR Normalisation, to pool their expertise to define a methodology for displaying the environmental and social impact of skincare and well-being products. This future methodology will be based on a first version of the Green Impact Index launched in June 2021 by the Pierre Fabre Group to measure and display the socio-environmen...

When it comes to environmental claims, there’s what they say, what the consumer understands, and what the regulations allow… A multi-factor equation that is very difficult to solve, even if they are more popular than ever. At the in-cosmetics Formulation conference held in London at the end of October 2022, Olivia Santoni and Amanda Isom, from the London consultancy Bloom Regulatory, demonstrated this with examples.

Like everywhere else in the world, people in the APAC region want cosmetics that are good for their skin, their mind and the planet. Mintel, a market research firm, has just published its latest trend report on Asia-Pacific countries with a special focus on India, Japan and Thailand.