Sustainability

Kelly Dobos, a consultant, adjunct professor, and former president of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, discusses the challenges facing beauty businesses and formulators, and the changes to cosmetic products that could be coming consumers’ way, under developing bans on microplastic use.

The European Commission should extend the proposed six-year deadline “significantly” for replacing microplastics in leave-on cosmetics such as sunscreens and nix microplastic labeling requirements for makeup, lip and nail products, says the Personal Care Products Council’s executive VP of global strategies Francine Lamoriello, calling the task before industry “huge.”

After two quarters of reduced marketing spending, P&G’s top executives used Investor Day 2022 to highlight the efficiencies and higher effectiveness of digital marketing compared with traditional. “We would be missing the point of productivity improvement if we only measure the effectiveness of our brand building by the dollars we spend,” CFO Andre Schulten said.

Procter & Gamble R&D aims to answer demand for "instant gratification" while the firm works to educate consumers on proper use of products for better experiences and improved brand loyalty, among other tactics discussed in its 17 November Investor Day presentation. 

Chloé Rose Naturelle Intense, Coty’s first refillable fragrance, makes its 2022 sustainability report along with green science to replace D5 silicone and the company’s partnership with LanzaTech NZ to create fragrances using ethanol made from captured carbon emissions.

Medtech Insight sat down with Dan Vukelich, president and CEO of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors, to discuss the need for sustainable alternatives to limit waste from medical devices.

Makers of oral care and grooming products, nutritional ingredient suppliers and packaging providers among Procter & Gamble’s 11 “Partner of the Year” award winners. International Flavors and Fragrances one of six winners in first year of “Supplier Sustainability Award.”

Commitments to environmentally sustainable production processes and recyclable packaging for OTC products are increasingly important to UK consumers, according to a recent PAGB survey. Consumers would also like more information about how products should be recycled and are open to the idea of electronic product information.