A company with a mission, and once again certified B Corp, Expanscience joins forces with 40 B Corp companies worldwide to improve social and environmental practices in the cosmetics industry.
A French, family-owned company, Expanscience has been committed to CSR for over 16 years. As a company with a mission, Expanscience structures its action around its raison d'être - "Helping individuals shape their well-being"- and is committed to making a voluntary contribution to the common good within the framework of the Pacte law. With its new CSR strategy impACT Expanscience has set ambitious targets to accelerate its transition to a positive-impact, regenerative company. As part of this, Expanscience is continuously developing its model and offering in dermocosmetics (Mustela and Babo Botanicals), the production of active cosmetics and rheumatology, and is developing cooperation with numerous players to co-construct more sustainable models.
Expanscience, once again B Corp certified
The international B Corp certification is one of the most demanding in the world. It distinguishes and helps to advance companies that integrate societal and environmental objectives into their activities and business model. To date, 4460 companies worldwide are B Corp certified. This certification covers five key areas of impact: governance, employees, the community, the environment and customers. The principle of interdependence aims to advance not only the company itself, but also its entire ecosystem (partners, suppliers, customers).
After being the 1st pharmaceutical and dermocosmetic laboratory in the world to be certified in 2018, Expanscience renews its certification and moves up 10 points. The assessment results show progress in many areas:
- Measuring, reducing and defining a trajectory to contribute to global carbon neutrality by 2030,
- Ecodesign of Mustela products and analysis of their life cycle,
- Formulation and increase in the proportion of organic ingredients in Mustela products,
- Certification of plant-based supply chains (Fair for Life), raw materials and cosmetics (Bio/EWG verified),
- Social action for employees,
- Ethics and transparency,
- Joint actions with Expanscience communities and stakeholders to develop more sustainable offers and models.
As a member of the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat, a signatory of Febea's Plastic Act and a partner in the Reset for Cosmetics program, Expanscience has joined the B Corp Beauty Coalition.
Transforming the cosmetics industry
Expanscience joins forces with nearly 40 B Corp companies in the beauty sector to found the B Corp Beauty Coalition.
The ambition of this international alliance of B Corp companies is to implement profound changes to improve the social and environmental footprint of the cosmetics industry. Its members are committed to taking action to improve the key issues facing the cosmetics industry. In particular: ingredient sourcing and sustainability, greener logistics, packaging responsibility.
Jean-Paul Berthomé, President of Laboratoires Expanscience, has been elected member of the B Corp Beauty Coalition board. This board is made up of 12 members from 12 companies of complementary size and activity, based in 8 different countries. In this capacity, Jean-Paul Berthomé will play a special role in representing the coalition and raising its profile within the cosmetics industry.
"With our Mustela and Babo Botanicals brands and our active cosmetics business, we want to contribute to the transformation of the cosmetics industry. The B Corp Beauty Coalition enables us to take concrete action alongside companies that share our convictions. Together, we want to embody a new approach to beauty and accelerate the sector's transition. This collective is essential to address major planetary challenges such as contributing to global carbon neutrality, combating the destruction of biodiversity and working towards zero waste".says Jean-Paul Berthomé.
