We spoke to Stefan Siemer, Head of Company Sustainability at Weleda, who will current on the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit​ in Paris, which will probably be held between 30 October – 1 November 2023.

CosmeticsDesign-Europe: What are a few of the most urgent sustainability points at present dealing with the cosmetics and private care product industries?​

Stefan Siemer (SS): Right here I wish to level out three developments, which I additionally talk about in depth in my contribution, which result in extreme stress for a lot of corporations:

• Extraordinarily unstable surroundings for corporations: Key phrases listed below are VUCA/BANI, very speedy adjustments, AI growth, world polycrises, excessive innovation stress.
• Sturdy regulatory stress just like the EU Inexperienced Deal, chemical compounds laws, inexperienced claims regulation and reporting obligations results in excessive extra prices and energy, however – and that is the dilemma – with simultaneous discount of differentiation alternatives.
  
• Rising stress to adapt to social and environmental dangers/ collateral damages, which embrace local weather change, excessive climate, planetary boundaries, SDGs, International Threat Report of the WEF.

CDE: What are some modern options to those points? ​

SS: I additionally handle this within the lecture that what may be very sure is that built-in and collaborative options are wanted. The person division or the person firm is overtaxed right here.

CDE: Are you able to present a short overview and a few key takeaways out of your presentation? ​

SS: I define the problematic preliminary scenario, which additionally contains the query: ‘Which understanding of magnificence will business and society assume sooner or later?’ There are various fascinating discourses from different fields of sustainability that may additionally encourage the wonder business, for instance the ‘One Well being’ idea or context-related materiality analyses.

Above all, I hope that I can encourage the viewers somewhat bit and convey some new ideas into the dialogue. I promise that afterwards the issues won’t be simpler, however extra fascinating…

CDE: Are you able to share extra about Weleda’s expertise with sustainability within the cosmetics and private care product industries?​

SS: Weleda is the world’s main producer of licensed pure cosmetics and anthroposophical prescribed drugs. The product vary contains 120 pure and natural cosmetics and 1,000+ prescribed drugs. Our merchandise are routed in a novel understanding of man and nature with almost 1,000 pure substances supporting holistic well being and well-being.

Based in 1921 and impressed by Anthroposophy, Weleda is the pioneer of pure cosmetics and has by no means produced the rest. We’re dedicated to this founding impulse and its goal, which is: “Unfolding Well being and Magnificence in Concord with Nature and the Human Being”.

As a founding member of NATRUE, Weleda was one of many first German corporations to introduce the prolonged environmental administration system EMAS/ ISO14.001 as early as 1996, launched the availability chain customary of the Union for Moral Biotrade (UEBT) at a really early stage and is the one firm worldwide to be topic to the UEBT provide chain administration system ‘Sourcing with Respect.’

We’ve been an authorized B-Corp firm since 2021. Greater than 80% of the plant-based uncooked supplies are licensed natural, and the corporate has dedicated to a Paris-compatible discount path. This excessive sustainability customary is utilized to each product growth.

What are you most wanting ahead to within the coming yr concerning improvements in sustainable practices in beauty and private care product manufacturing?

I hope from the underside of my coronary heart that within the subsequent few years we’ll see the primary packaging options for mass market cosmetics that do no hurt and no waste, however really add ecological worth.

The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit can even characteristic an annual awards ceremony, the Sustainable Magnificence Awards. The judging panel has chosen following finalists (listed in alphabetical order)…

New Sustainable Product​

Apivita Beevine Elixir Wrinkle & Firmness Carry Cream Mild Texture

O’proper PRO Sequence

Schwan Cosmetics TheBetterBarrel Pure Superstay Lipliner

Tash Sisterhood Prep Purifing Masks

Weleda Firming Face Care Pomegranate & Maca Peptides

Weleda Pores and skin Meals Vary

Sustainable Ingredient ​

C16 Biosciences Palmless™ Torula Oil

Industrial Expertise Analysis Institute Shih I-Proteo

LMR Naturals by IFF Neroli Important Egypt LMR

Mibelle Biochemistry CALMandrin™

Natural Bioactives OceanDerMX™ Carry & Agency Freeze Dried, Preservative Free

The Upcycled Magnificence Firm FABA TONIQ®

Sustainable Packaging ​

COSMAX Higher Roll Pencils

COSMAX Higher Tin Jelly Shadow

DTS Europe Pacific

MacroHI Packaging

Ringana Trial Sizes

Consumers Drug Mart Quo Magnificence Beauty Brushes

Sustainability Pioneer ​

AAK Private Care

Cargill Magnificence

Marinova

O’ proper

RAHN AG

Weleda

Sustainability Management ​

Apivita

Inolex

Olvea

O’ proper

Ringana

Staff Dr Joseph

The winners will probably be introduced on the Sustainable Magnificence Awards reception, hosted on the Crowne Plaza Paris – Republique resort on the night of thirtieth October. The occasion will probably be co-hosted alongside the European version of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit. Media passes can be found for the awards reception.