66 ASCP Skin Deep Autumn 2022
Resources
Following are online and app resources to help you and your clients nd
sustainable businesses, organizations, and products.
ECOBEAUTYSCORE CONSORTIUM
In September 2021, 36 cosmetics and personal-care companies, including
L'Oréal and Unilever, joined forces to form the EcoBeautyScore Consortium,
a collaboration "to develop an industry-wide environmental impact
assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products."
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The scoring
prototype is expected by the end of 2022. The consortium is open to all
cosmetics and personal-care companies, regardless of size or resources.
SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY CERTIFICATIONS
Following are a sampling of sustainable beauty certi cations, available to
companies that fall within their guidelines.
• 1% for the Planet: onepercentfortheplanet.org
• Certied B-Corporation: bcorporation.net/en-us/certication
• Climate Neutral Certied: climateneutral.org
• Fair Trade USA: fairtradecertied.org
• Forest Stewardship: fsc.org/en
• Leaping Bunny Certied: leapingbunny.org
• NATRUE: natrue.org
• Plastic Free Certication: plasticfreecertication.org
• Rainforest Alliance: rainforest-alliance.org
• Union for Ethical Biotrade: uebt.org
• Vegan Society's Vegan Trademark: vegansociety.com/the-vegan-
trademark
• Vegetarian Society Approved: vegsoc.org/vegetarian-and-vegan-
approved-trademarks
CLEAN APPS
• Chemical Maze: Simply look up ingredients by name or INS number, and
you'll nd that each ingredient is either assigned a smiley, neutral, or sad
face.
• CosmEthics: The simple trac-light system shows whether a product is
deemed safe, contains potential allergens, or has a high-concern rating.
• Detox Me: Track your progress in eliminating toxic products, see tips
for safer alternatives, and nd simplication of confusing labels and
technical terminology.
• EWG Healthy Living: Scan and analyze ingredients to see what's inside
food, household cleaners, and other products.
• INCI Beauty: See how products score out of 20. The higher the score,
the better.
• Think Dirty: Scan the barcode on a cosmetic product or search for
products in the database to nd information on what's inside products.
5 ONLINE INGREDIENT CHECKERS
• Cleveland Clinic, "Understanding Popular Skin Care Ingredients":
health.clevelandclinic.org/skin-care-ingredients-explained
• CosDNA—Online ingredients database: cosdna.com
• EWG Skin Deep—Guide to safer products: ewg.org/skindeep
• INCIDecoder—Online cosmetics database: incidecoder.com
• US Food & Drug Administration, "Cosmetic Products & Ingredients":
fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetic-products-ingredients
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