Why the beauty industry must rethink ingredient supply chains

Published: 17-Nov-2025

Beyond bottles and labels, the beauty industry must rethink natural ingredient supply chains to make real progress in sustainability, writes Syensqo’s Chloé Masselon

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The beauty industry has spent the past decade transforming the way it talks about sutainability.

Recyclable packaging, clean formulations, and reduced reliance on synthetic materials are now standard components of the conversation. 

Yet beneath this visible progress lies a much deeper challenge.

The true test of the sector’s sustainability credentials sits not in the bottles or labels consumers see, but upstream, in the vast and often fragile supply chains that provide the natural ingredients so central to modern beauty. 

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