‘The Dark Side’ Of Green Packaging: Cosmetics Technical Expert On Challenges And Potential Risks

Presenting at the Independent Beauty Association’s Cosmetic Technical/Regulatory Forum, Product Integrity Laboratory’s Howard Baker dug into the less-discussed aspects of green packaging that “could damage your brand’s reputation, cause regulatory and legal problems, and severely harm the economics of your business.”

The Independent Beauty Association expects corporate sustainability to be a front-and-center issue for the Joe Biden administration in the United States.

“I think we’re finally going to acknowledge that we have a climate problem, and sustainability feeds into that,” IBA president...

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