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Beauty for the Planet

Sustainable beauty ingredients that work for consumers and the environment

Around the world, consumers are becoming increasingly conscious of the impact that their everyday routines have on the environment. Awareness has spread so individual consumers want to know that beauty care brands maximize sustainability at every stage of a product’s lifecycle. 

Connecting the dots between beauty care and sustainability

Beauty brands have responded by prioritizing environmentally friendly hair care, skin care and cleansing solutions that promote sustainability at every level of the value chain without sacrificing performance. Finding this balance is no easy task, and Syensqo continues to develop high-performing ingredients that combine sustainability and innovation.

Advancing Circular Beauty

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Rethinking the design of beauty care products

Consumers are more invested than ever before in understanding the beginning, middle and end of their beauty care products’ journeys. To respond to this interest, formulators must take a holistic view of every aspect of their beauty products, from the sourcing and packaging stages to the end of the product life cycle. Syensqo's continual innovation has enabled the creation of circular ingredients in several challenging segments that contribute to a more regenerative beauty industry.

Syensqo Solutions: Dermalcare® LIA MBMirasoft® SL 

Cutting Down on Microplastics

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Excellent performance without leaving a trace

Thousands of tons of microplastics end up in environments around the world every single year, and these materials can have a damaging effect on fragile ecosystems. Global regulatory agencies are increasingly banning these ingredients. Syensqo continues to develop cutting-edge solutions that eliminate the need for microplastics and improve performance in beauty products.

Syensqo SolutionsMiracare® OPR-2Rheozan® SHRheozan® BLC W

Embracing Biodegradability

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Ingredients for regenerative beauty

Consumers and regulatory bodies around the world are expressing their desire for increased biodegradability in beauty care products that have a positive impact on their hair or skin as well as on the planet. Formulators face a considerable challenge as they work to develop beauty care products that ensure stability and performance while using biodegradable ingredients. Syensqo offers innovative biodegradable ingredients that combine eco-friendly benefits and outstanding performance.

Syensqo SolutionsNaternalTMDermalcare® LIA MBMiracare® OPR-2

Saving Water

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Using only what we need

Efforts to save water are becoming increasingly important in industries around the world. Specifically, beauty brands are prioritizing manufacturing processes that are less water intensive and developing products that help consumers save time, energy and water. Syensqo offers versatile ingredients for solid beauty care formats and water-saving hair and skin routines that help formulators and consumers preserve our most critical resource.

Syensqo SolutionsMirataine® OMG MBMiracare® SLB 365 W

Reinventing Solid Formats

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Beauty care with style and substance

The growing emphasis on sustainability has led formulators to consider never-before-seen formats that utilize natural and gentle ingredients, deliver excellent performance and offer eco-friendly benefits. Syensqo knows that typical beauty care ingredients fall short of performance expectations in these new formats, which is why we have worked with beauty brands to reinvent the formula. Our innovative solutions help formulators create solid formats that reduce plastic waste and deliver excellent performance.

Syensqo Solutions: Rhodapon® CAS 100/N MBGeropon® T 77 PC MBNaternalTM HP-8 COS SGIJaguar® C 162

Tackling Climate Change

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High-quality products with low environmental impact

Individuals, communities and countries are working together to reduce their carbon footprint, with many striving for carbon neutrality in the next several decades. To achieve a limited or even neutral carbon footprint, beauty care formulators must examine the entire lifecycle of a product and consider new methods for ingredient sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and more. Syensqo is tackling climate change by emphasizing bio-based and eco-friendly ingredients for formulators while also enabling innovative and sustainable consumer routines.

Syensqo SolutionsRhodapex® ESB-70 NAT MBDermalcare® LIA MBMirasoft® SL

Syensqo One Planet ambition

The environmental challenges facing the world are complex, so Syensqo ’s response is multifaceted. In everything we do, we strive to find ways to reduce our environmental footprint, use resources responsibly and improve the quality of life of our employees, partners and society at large. This is our Syensqo One Planet roadmap. 

One Planet 2030 Goals Syensqo