SUN CARE
How to analyse the
environmental impact of sunscreens Environmental awareness continues to grow and is now even a driver of the sun care category. It increasingly determines the choices of today’s consumers, which is why it’s important to develop more sustainable solutions for sun care. By Marcel Schnyder, head of BASF’s global technical centre for sun care
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ore and more people are willing to have reached a high level of awareness and adapt their consumption behaviour are widely discussed in the media. We expect with regard to the environmental this trend to continue or even accelerate and consequences of the products it’s highly likely that the demand for ecoBASF’s they use. This also applies friendly sun protection products will EcoSun Pass label to cosmetics. As part rise significantly in the future. of this development, As a result, the personal care the potential impact industry is being asked to sunscreens may find solutions. Additionally, have on various consumers are asking which ecosystems has ingredients are safe and received a great what is the impact on the deal of attention, especially the Did you know? wellbeing of corals and The EcoSun Pass was recently awarded coral reefs. The adverse the BSB Innovation Prize 2020 in the effects of sunscreen ingredients category Concepts. An initial group of on these underwater eco-systems, marine customers are also using BASF’s EcoSun Pass as a marketing tool, displaying life, endocrine disruption and bioaccumulation the EcoSun Pass label on their sun care packaging as a verification symbol. Visit www.carecreations.basf.com/ecosun-pass for more info.
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