Top Beauty Companies Announce Paper Packaging Progress; Sustainability News In Brief

A growing number of cosmetics companies are throwing out plastic packaging once and for all. Estee Lauder Companies and e.l.f. Cosmetics announce the latest in their transition to sustainable paper packaging, while Shiseido highlights its ocean conservation work.

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. has joined the Pulpex Partner Consortium, a group of consumer packaged goods companies working with Pulpex Ltd. to develop innovative paper bottle packaging, the New York firm announces 16 November. As the consortium’s first prestige beauty partner, Lauder welcomes the opportunity to scale the Pulpex paper bottling technology across its brand portfolio. “Pulpex is a first-of-its kind technology that creates bottles from wood pulp using FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified renewable feedstocks from responsibly managed forests. Other companies in the consortium include Unilever PLC and GSK Consumer Healthcare. The effort helps Lauder move closer to its global sustainable packaging goals including reducing the amount of virgin petroleum plastic in its packaging to 50% or less by the end of calendar year 2030.

E.l.f Cosmetics, Inc. has eliminated more than 1 million pounds of packaging materials through its Project Unicorn initiative, the Oakland,...

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