Intro

The Upcycled Beauty Company recently released its Zero Waste Beauty Report for 2022-2023. This week we’ll dive into the report's three sections and how its findings are reflected in today’s cosmetics industry.

Upcycled ingredients are a hot topic on the back end of the beauty business and The Upcycled Beauty Company’s 2022-2023 Zero Waste Beauty Report found that consumers are also interested in products with lower environmental impacts.

“Our focus is in personal care looking at reducing the consumption of new resources, identifying waste as a valuable resource and then supporting this transition from a very linear ‘take-make-dispose’ economy system and into a circular one,”​ Anna Crovetto, community lead for Upcycled Beauty Company, told CosmeticsDesign.

The report found the following statistics on consumer interest in sustainable ingredients:

  • 97% of consumers are interested in ingredient transparency from beauty brands

  • More than 1/3 of consumers say they choose beauty brands based on environmental practices and values

  • Almost ⅓ of consumers report having stopped purchasing brands over sustainability or ethics concerns

  • 86% of consumers want more ingredient supply chain transparency