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L’Oréal banks on transparency and green sciences

In a bid to develop renewable alternatives to the use of petrochemical ingredients, L’Oréal is putting a focus on green sciences in research and innovation. Luxe Packaging Insight attended the beauty group’s first Transparency Summit earlier[…]

Yonwoo looks to greener airless dispensers

Korea-based packaging manufacturer Yonwoo is seizing on the dynamic airless pump market to implement an engineering strategy aimed at improving the environmental impact of these particularly technical products. With their hygienic profile,[…]

FS Korea drives eco-design of applicator portfolio

Korean manufacturer of brushes and other packs and applicators, FS Korea is moving to focus its engineering on more eco-friendly products. Its research on materials, recyclability and reusability are leading to a string of new concepts. For the[…]

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Les Bouchages Delage reaffirms CSR positioning

With its new baseline, Crafting the Future, Les Bouchages Delage, a specialist in premium closures for the spirits market, is underlining its CSR strategy. Bruno Cornet, General Manager of the Cognac-based company, tells us more. You announced[…]

L’Oréal’s Biotherm debuts in-store skincare refill

When it comes to refilling products at retail, fragrance fountains have been around for a number of years, while shampoo, shower gel and even spirits, have been gaining ground in recent months. Skincare refills, however, is still a nascent[…]

Dossier

Taking stock in the glass industry: crisis, innovation & sustainability

In the world of luxury packaging, glass has long been king. In our monthly Dossier, we take an in-depth look at how the health crisis is impacting glassmakers, what could be put into place to boost the sector's profitability and what is in the[…]

Kering tracks consumer use and end-of-life in luxury goods' environmental impact

In the context of its Environmental Profit & Loss Account (EP&L) initiative, Kering has published the results of its first consumer behavior survey. The report examines how the consumer’s use and disposal of a luxury item affects the product’s[…]

Absolut begins trialing Paboco paper bottle

In line with its efforts to cut down on its packaging’s environmental impact, premium vodka brand Absolut (Pernod Ricard) began trialing its Absolut Paper Bottle in the UK and Sweden late January. It has also unveiled what it describes as its[…]

Interview

Behind Courbet's strategy to pioneer sustainable jewelry

Manuel Mallen believes that lab-grown diamonds are the future. A veteran of the high jewelry market, having managed Baume & Mercier and Piaget, the Founder and President of French maison Courbet talks about the brand’s ecological and[…]

From the Editor’s Desk: French beauty industry voices support for local glassmakers, but at what cost?

With the first anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic's onset fast approaching, the luxury industry is surveying the damage done in 2020, and worriedly looking to its perspectives in 2021. Behind these companies, an entire supply chain is[…]