Cosmetics Firms Must Scrutinize Supply Chain Amid Growing Reputational Risks

18 Jul 2018

• By Lauren Nardella

In today’s cosmetics market where manufacturers increasingly are sourcing commodity-based ingredients to answer natural product demand, risk of being linked to social or environmental ills is higher than ever, a Verisk Maplecroft analyst suggests.

Consumer and NGO insistence on transparency in the cosmetics industry likely won’t stop at disclosing ingredients and trace components; rather, firms should be prepared for questions about where and how their materials are sourced to become the next big pressure point.

“Ethical consumerism is here to stay, and it has significant influence over the shopping decisions made by millennials, so scrutiny...