Cargill Beauty has launched a new scoring system for its personal care ingredients called the Sustainable Ingredient Score.
The Sustainable Ingredient Score is a third-party verified scoring system is based around criteria that are in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The US firm says its new system will help meet consumer demand for greater transparency from beauty brands by enabling easier sustainable personal care ingredient choices.
It brings clarity to our customers on the sustainability credentials of our ingredients by assessing their sourcing, transformation, and environmental impact, it adds.
The scoring system is based on three pillars: clean sourcing (value chain transparency, upstream risk management, circular economy and natural raw material, and supplier social risk management); clean transformation (chemical transformation efficiency, downstream risk on ingredient, industrial social risk management); and environmental impact (low environmental footprint, biodiversity).
Each pillar is equally weighted (1/3 of total score of 100) towards the final rating: A (best performing) to E (lowest performing).
Furthermore, each pillar is based on a total of 16 criteria to ultimately arrive at a Cargill Beauty ingredient’s final sustainability score.
