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.

The issue of packaging (and its sustainable profile) is central in the beauty sector. Ball, a company specializing in the manufacture of aluminum bottles (for the cosmetics industry) conducted a study to learn more about the uses and tastes of the general public in terms of packaging.

The European Union has just transmitted to the WTO a draft Regulation aimed at banning substances classified as CMR by Regulation 2022/692 (18th ATP to CLP), published in May 2022. On the agenda: 30 new entries in Annex II (prohibited substances) to Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, including seven for substances with an INCI name.

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.