SUSTAINABILITY ARTICLES

Consumers, especially Generation Z, are looking for transparent, open brands who are truthful to the very core. These sustainable, green, traceable, upcycled and respectful to the environment brands are thriving. Clare Goodwin of Infinity Ingredients explores the best of what Mother Nature has to offer for suitably sustainable cosmetics

Cobiosa and Rubisco Biotechnology describe the promising development of a stem cell extract from the leaf of Aristotelia chilensis, also known as maqui or Chilean wineberry. This active ingredient has been shown to be an antioxidant, a good promoter of type I collagen synthesis, reduce melanin synthesis and prevent reactions that trigger MMP-1

Chinese ingredient maker Jinbo Bio-Pharma explains the necessity to develop bio-fermented vegan collagen for personal care formulations

Sagentia Innovation offers practical tips for the design and development of sustainable formulations that deliver commercial benefits.

In the ever-changing world of personal care product manufacturing, every ingredient counts. Formulators’ ingredient choices play a pivotal role in determining the product’s efficacy, quality, and performance.

Biosurfactants are surfactants of microbial origin - from yeast, fungi or bacteria. Produced in nature for a variety of reasons, biosurfactants have multi-functional properties and benefits ready to be harnessed by formulators and product manufacturers.

We learned from history that natural products do not always chime with sustainable products. In some cases, the increase of intensive agribusiness has compromised essential biodiversity. We can mention the recent case of the Brazilian Cerrado, the Brazil’s second-largest biome (after the Amazon Rainforest), and the world’s most biodiverse savanna, currently threatened because of sugarcane, soya, corn, sorghum, and cotton cultivation expansion.^1,2