After a first bronze medal, followed by a silver one; Sÿnia now wins the EcoVadis gold medal.

EcoVadis Gold Medal

EcoVadis is a global organization whose role is to evaluate the CSR practices of the companies that use their services. More than a simple grade, EcoVadis also provides an analysis of the approach, recommending actions for improvement. These are reviewed every year.
And after the bronze and silver, Sÿnia receives today the EcoVadis gold medal. This places her in the list of the 5% of the most responsible professionals in the world.
The rating criteria are based on actions taken in favor of ethics, the environment, labor and human rights, not to mention sustainable purchasing. These are therefore the criteria on which Sÿnia's management bases its performance improvement.

Why EcoVadis?

Concerned about its CSR impact, Sÿnia initially made the choice to be ISO 26 000 certified. Carried by the Lucie label which the company is certified since 2019. This is a standard that is very close to the EcoVadis label. But it is only valid on French territory.
Working with the world's largest principals, it was essential to speak the same language. The EcoVadis certification is a driving force that allows Sÿnia to bring a new look to its future and the doming world.

This year again, the Entrepreneurs' Club, surrounded by volunteers, will organize on May 14th, in the gardens of the M.I.P of Mouans-Sartoux, the day of solidarity which will be the climax of the annual collection: "a Rose, a Caress".
This initiative is intended to offer socio-aesthetic care to patients of the hospital of Grasse suffering from a heavy pathology.

Objectives 2023

In a difficult global context, the collective aims to collect at least the 105 000 € collected in 2022; which would allow to perpetuate all the care already offered to the patients and to add additional care such as cranial massage or nail art, very appreciated by the beneficiaries! This is why the volunteers of the "One Rose, One Caress" operation are appealing today to the generosity of companies and public partners who have always supported this cause.

Local experimentation for the national level: Grasse, pilot hospital

Supported by the Entrepreneurs' Club, "A Rose, a Caress" is a solidarity initiative that mobilizes volunteers, companies, public partners and individuals throughout the year to collect donations for the CEW Beauty Center at the Grasse Hospital. The CEW (Cosmetic Executive World) manages 33 beauty centers in hospitals in France.
The objective is to offer beauty and well-being treatments (socio-aesthetics and reflexology) to patients undergoing heavy treatment in hospital. These privileged moments of advice and relaxation, non-medicalized, prove to be precious in helping them to reconcile with their body and to regain confidence on the road to recovery.
At the opening of the CEW Beauty Center in Grasse in 2008, a socio-aesthetician was working one day a week. Over the years, thanks to the generosity of individuals and companies, there are now 2 socio-aestheticians who work 5 days a week in total, as well as a reflexologist 2 days a week. The founding members are the CEW France, the CH of Grasse, the city of Grasse, the Conseil Départemental des Alpes-Maritimes and the Club des Entrepreneurs du Pays de Grasse.
The contribution of each individual or company is essential so that this essential care can continue to be offered free of charge to patients during their hospital stay.

Donations are collected throughout the year.

A few months after being awarded the "Committed to CSR and Responsibility Europe" label by Afnor certification with an exemplary grade, the Verpack Group's Bordeaux site has been awarded the Platinum medal by Ecovadis. The fruit of an uncompromising global CSR approach.

The Eysines site joins the 1 % club of the best-rated companies in its category worldwide, with an overall score of 78 out of 100. This exceptional recognition for a site of this size marks the work carried out for over 7 years by our teams on CSR in general, and on the four rating points in particular. The environment and the "social and human rights" item top the list.

Respecting site identity

"While these awards reflect the work of a management strategy that has historically integrated CSR, homogeneity should in no way erase the identity of each site, explains Géraldine Delaval, Q-RSE Manager.. Each one has its own history, its own equipment and buildings, its own staff and corporate culture... Each one pursues its own approach to excellence at its own level of maturity, drawing on the experience of others and the energy of the group.".

IES Ingredients, distributor of raw materials for the cosmetics, perfume and food flavorings industries, confirms its commitment to CSR with the EcoVadis 2023 assessment.
With the award of the Platinum Medal for the second year running, the company is rated as 1% of the best-performing companies in its field in terms of corporate social responsibility.
With EcoVadis' criteria increasingly refined, the company is able to maintain its commitments while striving to make progress in environmental, social and ethical areas.
" I would like to thank the entire IES Ingredients team and our support services for this performance. I'm proud of their involvement and consistency in this process. "Noël Poinsignon, Executive Vice President.
CSR has been an integral part of the company for many years. As a distributor, it plays a key role in the supply process, involving all stakeholders, including employees, customers and partners. IES Ingredients intends to extend this commitment throughout its value chain, identifying the major economic, environmental and social challenges of the future and devising solutions to meet them. A signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since May 10, 2019, the company renews its involvement and publishes its CSR report annually.
At IES Ingredients, our CSR vision is based on simple actions to ". doing a little better for our planet every day than we did yesterday ".

Aware of the weight of its activity on the environment, Arcade Beauty takes its responsibilities in the fight against climate change, and pursues an ambitious decarbonization plan.

During its participation to the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat (CEC), Arcade Beauty wrote its 2030 roadmap. This roadmap is based on 2 fundamental questions:

• How to contribute to the beauty and well-being of all, while reducing the waste of samples and cosmetic products?
• How can we offer consumers eco-designed packs that are distributed wisely and then collected after use to be recycled?

A 1.5°C trajectory

Arcade Beauty has recorded its SBTI 1.5°C commitment. Thus, the group is concretizing its decarbonization actions. Its objective is to reduce its CO2 emissions by 3000 tons by the end of the year.

The calculation of the footprint is based on 3 scopes: energy and electricity consumption (scopes 1 and 2), indirect emissions upstream and downstream of the company such as raw materials and packaging, transport... (scope 3).

Major challenges throughout the chain

The work carried out is based on 3 major axes:

• Manage energy (reduction, conversion and optimization)
• Involve partner suppliers in an optimization process (CSR questionnaire integrating EcoVadis, carbon footprint and decarbonization actions)
• Act in a systematic logic of eco-design

Ecodesign in 4 Rs 

Arcade Beauty has integrated the 4 R's in its ecodesign strategy:

• Reduce (weight of packs, number of layers, over-packaging...)
• Recycle/Recycled: to date 80 % of the proposed technologies are recyclable or include a share of recycled material
• Renew (gradual replacement of plastic by paper), development of compostable technologies
• Reuse (development of reusable packs & charging solutions)

Some examples in figures

The recyclable paper and monoresin bags allow CO2 savings of 58 % for the paper and 32 % for the monoresin.

Recyclable secondary packaging allows a CO2 saving of 80 % for paper and 74 % for monoresin.

In the Retail product range, recyclable 3Dpouch in PE offers significant environmental benefits (less 19 % of CO2, and on average less 50 % of material weight).

Arcade Beauty is working on the ISCC+ certification of its factories in order to promote the use of plastic from chemical recycling (PE and PP in particular).