SPAIN: Provital Group, a manufacturer and supplier of active ingredients for the cosmetics industry, is marking its 40th anniversary this year. Created in 1979 to meet the need for a new generation of cosmetics based on plant extracts, Provital currently operates in more than 90 countries and includes six subsidiaries (in Germany, Brazil, China, Spain, France and Poland) that help provide a service to the more than 3,000 clients who trust in its ingredients. A decades-long effort has allowed it to maximize its philosophy of “creating a bridge between the invisible and the visible.”


The company’s portfolio of more than 48 active ingredients, 500 extracts and 30 Cosmos organic standard products, provides it with the tools necessary to foster innovation based on an ethos of environmental responsibility. After 10 years of experience implementing CSR policies, in 2017 it adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and has recently become the first cosmetic ingredient supplier to fulfil the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol. Provital Group’s long-standing commitment to social responsibility has come to full fruition in the form of the Agascalm project, which aims to nurture the biodiversity and development of a Mexican community of women within a framework of fair trade and which has been recognized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).