Green Seal Launches Cosmetics Standard

Green Seal, Inc. is introducing GS-50, a standard for certification of personal care and cosmetic products.


According to Green Seal, the new standard is the first in the personal care and cosmetics category in the U.S. to cover the whole product lifecycle. It establishes environmental, health, and performance requirements for products intended to be left on the body and hair including, but are not limited to, lotions, hair spray and styling products, sunscreen, nail polish, insect repellant, makeup, antiperspirant and deodorant.


This standard, along with the Green Seal standard for Soaps and Shower Products (GS-44), provides tools that manufacturers can freely download and use to improve their products, and to validate those improvements through certification. And the standards provide a guide for consumers to know that their favorite products are safer, greener, and perform as well as they should.


To achieve GS-50 certification, manufacturers need to satisfy performance, health and environmental, social responsibility, packaging and labeling requirements, as well as providing definitions for common claims such as “natural,” “organic” and “bio-based.”


More info: www.greenseal.org