Enhancing the cosmetics industry sustainability through a renewed sustainable supplier selection model

Acerbi, Federica; Rocca, Roberto La; Fumagalli, Luca; Taisch, Marco

doi:10.1080/21693277.2022.2161021

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“…Novel packages, formulations, and additives must be validated for compatibility in terms of functional requirements such as shelf-life [156,157], as well as their health and environmental impact, keeping in mind the waste-handling infrastructure. The supply chain may need to be reformulated [155], and there remains a possibility of lock-in [158]. Even manufacturers of machines for processing the new materials may be relevant to the value chain [159].…”

Section: Supply Chain Actors For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging

Dubé¹,

Dube²

2023

Preprint

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In spite of the significant progress towards sustainable cosmetics, mass-produced sustainable packaging has proven to be a challenge. The complexity of environmental, economic, social, technological and policy considerations in conjunction with varying consumer behaviors and corporate goals can make it difficult to select an optimal strategy across heterogeneous supply-chain components spread over the globe; and the cost and effort of developing, testing and validating alternative strategies discourages empirical exploration of potential alternatives. This review discusses the challenges that can be expected in the context of broader sustainability efforts, as well as the experience gained in related fields such as sustainable cosmetics and sustainable packaging, to identify potential pitfalls as well as promising trends towards development of sustainable cosmetics packaging. The findings suggest there may be little to be gained from attempting to induce customers to change their behavior; waiting for a significant increase in global recycling infrastructure; or expecting regulatory constraints to substitute for the lack of technological and business solutions. A research strategy is delineated towards development of sustainable packaging that, with appropriate policy support, could minimize externalities and provide mass-produced packaging that is acceptable to both consumers and producers.

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Section: Supply Chain Actors For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging

Dubé¹,

Dube²

2023

Preprint

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“…New, circular, business models must be developed [61,153,154]. Processes and products need to be redesigned and harmonized across the supply chain in view of new regulations and sustainability frameworks [155]. Novel packages, formulations, and additives must be validated for compatibility in terms of functional requirements such as shelf-life [156,157], as well as their health and environmental impact, keeping in mind the waste-handling infrastructure.…”

Section: Supply Chain Actors For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Supply Chain Actors For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Sustainable Color Cosmetics Packaging

Dube,

Dube

2023

Cosmetics

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In spite of the significant progress towards sustainable cosmetics, mass-produced sustainable packaging has proven to be a challenge. The complexity of environmental, economic, social, technological, and policy considerations in conjunction with varying consumer behaviors and corporate goals can make it difficult to select an optimal strategy across heterogeneous supply chain components spread over the globe, and the cost and effort of developing, testing, and validating alternative strategies discourages empirical exploration of potential alternatives. This review discusses the challenges that can be expected in the context of broader sustainability efforts, as well as the experience gained in related fields, such as sustainable cosmetics and sustainable packaging, to identify potential pitfalls as well as promising trends towards the development of sustainable color cosmetics packaging. The findings suggest there may be little to be gained from attempting to induce customers to change their behavior, waiting for a significant increase in global recycling infrastructure, or expecting regulatory constraints to substitute for the lack of technological and business solutions. A research strategy is delineated towards the development of sustainable packaging that, with appropriate policy support, could minimize externalities and provide mass-produced packaging that is acceptable to both consumers and producers.

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“…CE has been widely applied to a heterogeneous set of industries [9][10][11][12][13], involving different companies traditionally belonging to linear supply chains and pushing them to act in a circular supply chain context [14][15][16][17]. However, the adoption of CE asks for different interventions in the company (from a structural, business model [18,19], and organizational perspective [14,18], through product development [20], process optimization, and data and information management [21,22], up to the technological [23,24] and skill dimension [25]).…”

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A Framework to Assess Manufacturers’ Circular Economy Readiness Level in Developing Countries: An Application Case in a Serbian Packaging Company

Demko-Rihter

Sassanelli

Pantelic³

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Researchers highlighted the gap between the circular economy (CE) theory and real manufacturing practices. In developing countries, the background for CE development is quite different from developed countries, where there is an established waste management structure and a robust environmental policy. In addition, a shortage of best practices, guidelines, learning experiences, frameworks, and models capable of guiding manufacturers in measuring their circular level and track a roadmap towards an improvement of their circular readiness is raised in the literature. Therefore, this research develops and proposes a framework for assessing company’s CE readiness and is tailored for companies operating in developing countries. In detail, the framework investigates the two main perspectives (product and business model) that companies should consider adopting and implementing CE in their operations and business. The framework also supports companies to track an improvement roadmap through the definition of future actions and KPIs. To develop the framework, an application case with a company placed in Serbia and operating in the packaging industry has been conducted. The application of the framework unveiled that there is room for improvement in developing countries to foster CE adoption, especially in the policy context. Indeed, policy incentives and instruments of public authorities would considerably support the circular transition process in companies.

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Enhancing the cosmetics industry sustainability through a renewed sustainable supplier selection model

Cited by 13 publications

References 101 publications

Towards Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging

Towards Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging

Towards Sustainable Color Cosmetics Packaging

A Framework to Assess Manufacturers’ Circular Economy Readiness Level in Developing Countries: An Application Case in a Serbian Packaging Company

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