Gattefossé Labels Two New Ingredients ERI 360°

In 2021, the Gattefossé Group labeled three active ingredients of its personal care portfolio, Gatuline Link n Lift, Gatuline Renew and EnergiNius under the ERI 360° label. 

 

On the heels of this success, the company has announced the certification of two new major personal care ingredients: Gatuline RC Bio and EleVastin— all at the Silver level.

 

This label, co-created by cosmetics industry players including Gattefossé, and developed by Innov’Alliance and a panel of scientific experts, allows the company to accurately assess the degree of responsibility of the entire value chain of its products and to measure their ethical, social and environmental performance, from harvesting to the factory gate. 

 

At Gattefossé, it allows to reinforce the eco-responsibility of ingredients on a daily basis, a priority issue of the company’s CSR roadmap, Gatt’Up&Act. More than a label, ERI360° is a precious tool for the R&D teams, allowing them to carry out a self-diagnosis during the research phases, in order to improve the eco-design of future products.

 

“Gattefossé has always integrated environmental and human aspects into its entire value chain. It is this sustainable approach of our activities that we continue to develop today, because it is a powerful lever for innovation and performance for our group,” Laurent SCHUBNELGroup CSR leader. “ERI 360° is therefore perfectly integrated into our company CSR roadmap, Gatt’Up&Act, as it allows us to reinforce the sustainability of our ingredients by evaluating all the impacts of our production and giving us ways to minimize them. This year’s achievements are the result of a real commitment from all our teams (R&D, purchasing, sourcing, production, HSE, etc.), as well as from our stakeholders who are supporting us in this responsible approach.”

Natural extract of beech buds, this active ingredient is an elixir of youth that meets the natural needs of the skin. Moisturized, energized and smoothed, the skin glows with beauty and health. The beech buds are harvested in France in areas close to the production site of the Gattefossé group in Saint-Priest. This proximity considerably limits the carbon footprint linked to transport. The handpicked, entirely manual and organic certified, also allows the company to preserve the biodiversity of the flora but also the resources. This is the case with water. The beech trees are not irrigated, and the buds are frozen directly on site to avoid any enzymatic degradation and do not need to be washed. 

 

The buds are hand-picked on the lower branches to avoid any damage to future development of the tree and respect its natural balance. This natural active ingredient is obtained through a global production process that does not use any chemical solvent, from the harvesting of the buds to the production of the final extract. This ingredient is COSMOS certified and reaches 96.8% natural origin content according to the norm ISO 16128.

This active ingredient is the targeted solution to boost the elastic potential of the skin and fights skin sagging. It is extracted from the leafy stems of the Murraya koenigii tree. In association with a local, longtime partner, these leafy stems are manually harvested from fertilizer-free plots in the preserved environment of La Reunion island. Perfect traceability is ensured from the tree to Gattefossé laboratories. 

 

The cultivation of this tree does not require any irrigation due to the island’s water-rich climate, according to the company. Leaves from the branches cut off during various pruning operations carried out at private houses are also recovered. This reduces waste as much as possible and to have a beneficial effect on the growth of the trees.

 

This active ingredient is obtained using a mixture of natural solvents belonging to the family of natural Low-Transition Temperature Mixture (LTTM) and gentle extraction process (NaDES). The ingredient is COSMOS approved and reaches 100% natural origin content, according to the norm ISO 16128.

 

“Our responsible and sustainable development strategy, at the heart of our CSR roadmap, begins with the development of our ingredients,” said Paula Lennon, group director, personal care. “We see the ERI 360° label as a key tool for our research and development teams to optimize the sourcing of our raw materials, to integrate the principles of eco-design at each stage of the development of our personal care ingredients, and to manage their implementation right up to production. Biodegradability, upcycling, resource management, eco-designed packaging, etc. are all criteria that we wish to constantly improve for our future developments. A commitment that we share with all our customers. We will therefore pursue ERI 360° certification for other products in our current portfolio and for future developments.”