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Eco-designed
products
Innovative eco-responsible
packaging
Clarins uses a continuous innovation approach, which means that for several years eco-design principles have been an integral part of every stage of the packaging development process. Teams work together to find the best solution that combines performance, ease-of-use and sustainability.
By 2025, we are committed to doing more.
Caring for the planet
to be sustainable
organically cultivated
Caring for people
traceability
Trade programmes
health & children
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A global approach
to eco-design
Prioritising sustainable materials (all cardboard boxes and corrugated inserts come from sustainably managed forests), and materials that are recycled and/or recyclable.
100%
of our paper and cardboard comes from sustainably managed forests
(FSC or PEFC certified)
Working toward the circular economy
A circular economy means using materials that are easily recyclable and, when recycling cannot be guaranteed (i.e. plastic), including a post-consumer recycled material (PCR) made from single-use packaging.
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OBJECTIVE
100%
All containers will
be recyclable or recycled by 2025
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Supporting Plastic Odyssey
Clarins is the lead partner
For many years, the Clarins Group has been investing in environmental causes and supporting ecology-related projects.
We want to help build a better world for future generations, explains Christian and Olivier Courtin-Clarins, director of the Clarins Group.”
It might seem like a utopian ideal, but we believe in it!”
Christian & Olivier Courtin-Clarins
Plastic Odyssey is the first expedition around the world to fight plastic pollution aboard a ship that delivers low-tech solutions to the worst polluting countries so they can turn plastic into a resource.
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What are Plastic
Odyssey’s missions?
1
Reduce
Build a sustainable future by rethinking how plastic is used.
2
Reuse
Find new ways to use waste and provide opportunities for local populations.