Finalist in the Sustainable Beauty Awards "Expanscience was selected in the "Sustainable leadership" category from over 100 entries, and looks back on the development of its assets.
For over 40 years, Laboratoires Expanscience has been highlighting the noblest part of the plant world by developing cosmetic active ingredients from a pharmaceutical culture and cutting-edge R&D.
As part of its CSR program, the "Better Living Program", Laboratoires Expanscience is committed to guaranteeing the eco-socio-design of all its active cosmetics by 2020. To achieve this, they are committed to providing information on their safety, harmlessness and environmental impact, in a transparent approach to their customers worldwide.
Measure and continuously improve the eco-socio-design of cosmetic active ingredients
As early as 2012, Laboratoires Expanscience developed a "sustainability" grid based on AFAQ 26000 recommendations to measure the socio-environmental impacts of the development of their cosmetic active ingredients.
Called "Ecodesign naturally", this grid evaluates and rates assets according to 7 criteria concrete :
- the chain's traceability and maturity in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility,
- the nature of the raw material,
- the production process (nature of stages, nature of additives, solvent, etc.),
- transportation,
- storage conditions,
- patentability,
- the packaging used.
Expanscience's entire catalog of cosmetic active ingredients, i.e. 27 active ingredients and sensory ingredients, was evaluated. All 8 Expanscience active ingredients launched since 2014 score over 80/100 (including Ormesia, Neurovity, Pixalia and Passioline), and 78% of the active ingredients in the catalog score over 75/100.
In a continuous improvement approachThis tool enables us to define the socio-environmental criteria that can be improved, while preserving the quality and cosmetic performance of our active ingredients. For example, in 2018, the sourcing of its Soline active ingredient will become French; actions will also be put in place to obtain new organic active ingredients.
Actifs Cosmétiques, one of Expanscience's original activities
With over forty years' experience in the field of plant raw materials, and expertise in lipochemistry, molecular adistillation and plant extraction, Laboratoires Expanscience develops innovative cosmetic active ingredients with scientifically proven efficacy. These active ingredients benefit from biological and clinical tests, as well as patents and publications. They have all been developed by the company's Research and Development department.
" Upstream, Laboratoires Expanscience takes particular care to ensure that selection of plant raw materials and ethical sourcing practices "explains Armelle Le Peniec, Director of Actifs Cosmétiques Expanscience.
Expanscience has been a member of the UEBT (Union for Ethical BioTrade) since 2011, and has been deploying its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy for over ten years. This was recognized as exemplary by AFAQ 26000 in 2013. Keen to supply quality active ingredients that also respect the principles dictated by the Nagoya Protocol (a text that came into force on October 12, 2014), Expanscience anticipated these rules as early as 2010 by defining its own responsible plant supply chain policy.
