NOVEL BIOTECHNOLOGIES OFFER REPRODUCIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
The natural resources of our planet must be preserved for future generations. Manufacturers of sustainable cosmetics are committed to the responsible use of plant resources and ensure that they can regenerate. This includes the use of organic ingredients obtained in harmony with nature and under fair working conditions (1). Customers also expect cosmetics companies to adhere to these principles (2). To limit their impact on the environment, cosmetics companies are optimizing their manufacturing processes, using fewer resources, and actively protecting the environment (3). However, these efforts require high-tech equipment and expertise, which may initially lead to higher costs and development times (4), but which represents the only way to meet the global challenges and needs of the cosmetics industry as well as end consumers.
The key to meeting these new and ever-growing challenges is innovation based on active ingredients derived from plants and produced using state-of-the-art biotechnology. Active ingredients from rare, exotic, extremophilic and endangered plant species are of particular interest due to the interesting mode of action of newly discovered molecules and the associated marketing opportunities.
The challenge is to bridge the gap between demand, sustainable production, and sourcing of active plant ingredients. To address this problem, various biotechnologies have been developed to produce natural ingredients in a sustainable way – here we present four of the most advanced and innovative biotechnologies from the past decade.
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