Henkel, L’Oréal, LVMH, Natura &Co, and Unilever announce a new global collaboration to co-develop an industry-wide environmental impact assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products. The aim is to co-design an approach that is brand-agnostic, and which provides consumers with clear, transparent and comparable environmental impact information, based on a common science-based methodology. They are inviting other cosmetics companies to join them in this pursuit. Addressing the demand for greater transparency The new assessment and scoring system will aim to meet growing consumer demand for greater transparency about the environmental…
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Global Consumer Brands Unveil World’s First Enzymatically Recycled Bottles
The promise of endlessly recycled PET plastic is one step closer, as the Consortium – Carbios, L’Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe – announces the successful production of the world’s first food-grade PET plastic bottles produced entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic. Each Consortium company has successfully manufactured sample bottles – based on Carbios’ enzymatic PET recycling technology – for some of their leading products including: Biotherm®, Perrier®, Pepsi Max®** and Orangina®. This announcement is the culmination of nearly 10 years’ research and development by Carbios to…
Read MoreL’Oréal unveils L’Oréal Water Saver, sustainable haircare technology for the salon and home, developed with environmental innovation company gjosa
L’Oréal has unveiled its new “beauty tech” innovation at CES 2021: L’Oréal Water Saver, a sustainable haircare system for the salon and at-home beauty routine, developed with environmental innovation company Gjosa. The system represents a new way to wash and care for your hair: one that saves water while improving upon luxury and efficiency through advanced technology. For generations, visiting the salon backbar for a hair wash has been a cherished beauty ritual—and with L’Oréal Water Saver, doing so is better for the planet. L’Oréal Water Saver reduces water usage…
Read MoreLanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal announce the production of the first cosmetic plastic bottle made from industrial carbon emissions
Through their innovative partnership, LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal have premiered the world’s first sustainable packaging made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The successful conversion process takes place in three steps: LanzaTech captures industrial carbon emissions and converts them into ethanol using a unique biological process. Total, thanks to an innovative dehydration process jointly developed with IFP Axens, converts the ethanol into ethylene before polymerizing it into polyethylene that has the same technical characteristics as its fossil counterpart. L’Oréal uses this polyethylene to produce packaging with the same quality and…
Read MoreL’Oréal unveils its next generation of bold sustainability targets for 2030
L’Oréal has launched its new sustainability program “L’Oréal for the future”, laying down the Group’s latest set of ambitions for 2030. In the context of growing environmental and social challenges, L’Oréal is accelerating its transformation towards a model respecting planetary boundaries and reinforcing its commitments to both sustainability and inclusion: Transforming L’Oréal’s business to respect the planet’s limits: o By 2025, all of L’Oréal’s sites will have achieved carbon neutrality by improving energy efficiency and using 100% renewable energy; o By 2030, 100% of the plastics used in L’Oréal’s products’…
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