Welcome to our July newsletter, on Wednesday 21st July CCUK members and the board raised a toast in celebration of CCUK 1st Anniversary. The evening was an informal networking occasion to meet the board and for members to meet each other. There was an opportunity to raise a glass for all that has been achieved within the industry over the last eighteen months. CCUK board presented what is a cluster. Did you know CCUK is the only Cosmetic Cluster in the UK?

What exactly is a cluster, I hear you asking?

Time as it so happened evaporates very quickly as we know at virtual events. Discussion was centered around the main drivers impacting the industry. No surprise to hear 'sustainability' was top of the list, with 'innovations' being the key to address a number of challenges within the sector. How does the industry work together? CCUK see an opportunity to provide a detailed map of the sector which will fast track interactions and collaborations. Education and skills along with how to communicate who and what we are as a sector to the consumer also featured as a priority.

The webinars will continue with our next one in September but we are all really looking forward to getting back to 'in person' events next year.

Thank you to all members as without your support and passion for our industry CCUK would not be able to drive forward all the fabulous initiatives we have had in 2020/ 20201. Here is looking forward to all that is coming for 2021 and 2022.

Here is wishing you all a glorious summer, from Alastair, Gill, Jane, Lisa and Kirsty

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Global Cosmetic Cluster News

Cosmetopack is launching a research program on container-content interactions.
CosmetoPack® Consortium - A French company is looking for a partner from Spain, Italy or UK to join a R&D European project called Cosmetopack.

The consortium brought together fifteen cosmetics players to define the toxicological risks linked to the interactions between the formulas and their packaging. Cosmetopack wishes to develop a common risk management protocol for the entire profession. -

Does recycled plastic have an impact on the formula it contains? How will the interaction between a packaging solution and a cosmetic cream evolve when it comes to reuse? These questions, Cosmetopack wants to answer.

The consortium therefore announced on June 16 that it had launched a research program with the National Metrology and Testing Laboratory (LNE). By bringing together fifteen players in the cosmetics industry, it intends to define protocols for managing toxicological risks relating to the combination of container and content.

The project is broken down into two phases:

Risk assessment and modeling of the level of migration of chemical substances from packaging to the cosmetic product
Experimental analysis of the level of contamination of cosmetics by packaging and construction of generic charts for industrial use

The duration of the first one-year phase of the project has just ended, giving rise to the establishment of toxicological exposure data, modeling of material transfers covering the conditions and geometries of contact with a hierarchy of contamination scenarios.

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Member News

Euro Cosmetics Interview with Dai Hayward

In the June edition of Eurocosmetics magazine Dai Hayward discusses his company’s expertise and underpinning technology in the development of safe, efficient, and scalable continuous manufacturing of mono-dispersed emulsions, encapsulated particles and hydrogels for cosmetics and skincare products. View the article view the May/June 2021 Edition here - Dai's interview is pages 18 - 22.

National Biofilms Innovation Centre - Announces First #BiofilmWeek
The first ever awareness week dedicated to celebrating all things biofilm will take place from 16-22 August 2021

Congratulations to Richard Blackburn of Keracol and Dr Craft Skincare for delivering an outstanding presentation at The Society Of Cosmetic Scientists - Naturals Conference.

Richard Blackburn presented on “Sustainable Cosmetics – are green beauty routines fixing the industry for people and planet or is it clever marketing cashing in on customer perceptions in a climate emergency?”

The presentation was awarded the IFSCC ‘People’s Choice' Award for the best presentation, awarded by the Society Of Cosmetic Scientist Scientific Programme Committee through a poll of all delegates.

Friday 23rd July Croda's CEO, Steve Foots, joined UK Net Zero Business Champion Andrew Griffith MP and other FTSE100 companies who are demonstrating climate leadership at the London Stock Exchange Group. We are proud to be one of the 49 FTSE100 companies to have committed to reaching net zero emissions in the UN’s race to zero.

Through our ambition to be Climate Positive, by 2030 we will achieve our 1.5°C Science Based Target and are committed to becoming a net zero organisation by 2050.

CCUK EVENTS

26th August - CCUK in collaboration with The Department for International Trade and Investment will be delivering a presentation on Sustainable Ingredients & Packaging; a collaborative approach at PCHI China.
16th September - National Biofilms Innovation Centre & Cosmetics Cluster UK presentation at ChemUKExpo
30th September - Traceability & Sustainability joint webinar with Applied DNA Sciences & Cosmetics Cluster UK
14th October - Global Cosmetics Cluster Annual Meeting. Paris in person and online
19th October - National Biofilms Innovation Centre & Cosmetics Cluster UK joint webinar In Vitro Microbiome/Biofilm Models in Personal Care
Early 2022 - Sustainable packaging with Cosmetic Industry Partners in Scotland - IBioIC & Revive Eco Ltd more to follow.

Collaborative project – Biorenewables Development Centre/Biovale

CCUK is working together on a project with the Biorenewables Development Centre(BDC) and Biovale to help connect companies in the cosmetics industry with the bio-based sector to facilitate collaborations and solve sustainability challenges
We will be producing a co-branded event in the future to promote innovation in sustainable ingredients and packaging
CCUK Director and Sustainability Lead, Kirsty Mawhinney, will be speaking at Chemexpo UK on September 15 on ‘bio-based and sustainability trends in the cosmetics industry’

Industry Events

1st - 3rd September Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL & Bio Asia

8th September An introduction into Surfactants

5th - 16th September ChemExpo UK

5th - 7th October InCos Global | Barcelona

17 - 18th October Professional Beauty London; International Manufacturers & Distributors Forum / Cosmetics Ingredients & Packaging International 

26th - 27th October Beauty Accelerate Virtual

31st October - 12 November COP 26

8 -10th November Brand Connect hosted by Professional Beauty Group

16th - 17th November SCS Formulate Exhibition

25th - 26th November 15th Sun Protection Conference

29th - 30th November In-Cosmetics Formulation Summit | London

WISHING YOU ALL A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER