Vol. 17 | Vol. 17 (4) – July / August 2022 | SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS

Sustainability & ethical labels in the cosmetics industry

by cyb2025 20 July 2022

A. Sahota 20 July 2022

environmental impact

Ethical labels

ingredients

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sustainability

ustainable ingredients

AMARJIT SAHOTA
President and Founder, Ecovia Intelligence, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT

As sustainability becomes more important in the cosmetics industry, we are seeing an increase in the number of sustainability charters, standards, and labelling schemes. Ethical labels in particular are becoming more visible on cosmetic & personal care products. This article gives an overview of this trend, giving details of leading ethical labelling schemes.

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Ethical labels are nothing new. The first ethical label (trademark) was launched almost 100 years ago; the Demeter trademark was registered for agricultural products grown according to biodynamic farming methods in Germany in 1928. Chart 1 gives a historical timeline.

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