Unethical Beauty is Hard to Escape
Is blockchain technology the solution?
As a beauty consumer, I’ve loved seeing even the smallest changes within our beauty aisles. Though for years it felt like the beauty industry was always going to stay the same, things started to change as companies like Glossier sought to democratize the beauty industry. Slowly, products became more and more relevant to our needs. And now, we can’t seem to have a beauty conversation without the words ‘ingredient’, ‘all-natural’ or ‘cruelty-free’.
Beauty consumers are becoming more conscious and educated, and along with that comes higher standards. Even big beauty brands seem to have woken up by becoming more sustainable, transparent and customer-centric as ever.
However, in this quest to be conscious consumers, we are neglecting an essential part of the beauty supply chain — the sourcing of beauty ingredients.
Does the label of ‘cruelty-free’ really matter when we’re supporting less than humane working conditions?
The Toll of Unethical Beauty
When surveying the 5 best-selling cosmetics categories, Maplecroft found that out of 25 products considered, at least one ingredient in each product had a high-risk rating for environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks — risks like…
