The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit 2010: Lowering Environmental Impacts by Michael Braungart
Geschreven op 4-7-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Design
The European edition of this executive summit will be held in Paris, 18-20th October 2010. With sustainability coming to the forefront, this new edition focuses on the various ways beauty companies can reduce their social and environmental impacts.
Major topics on the summit agenda include biodiversity preservation, offsetting carbon emissions, green formulations, marketing & distribution innovations and sustainable packaging. Case studies will be given of cosmetic & ingredient firms who have legitimately and successfully met the sustainability challenges.
Organised by Organic Monitor, the aim of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit is to encourage sustainability in the beauty industry by bringing together key stake-holders and debate major issues in a high-level forum. The summit comprises a 2-day conference programme and 2 interactive workshops geared at business, marketing and technical professionals.
With research showing that the highest environmental footprint is from cosmetic packaging and ingredients, the summit devotes two sessions and workshops to these key areas. The Green Formulations session aims to tackle some of the leading ingredient & technical issues, whilst the Sustainable Packaging session looks at various methods to reduce the packaging impact.
Titled Lowering Environmental Impacts, the opening session of the summit explores the various sustainability activities beauty companies can undertake. Professor Michael Braungart, founder of EPEA International and author, will illustrate how the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) design approach can be used to measure and reduce environmental impacts.
The North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit took place in New York on 24-26th March 2010. With the US natural personal care industry dogged by high profile lawsuits and greenwashing claims, industry leaders called for companies to provide greater authenticity at the summit. Sources: NPI and Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
