SGS to Present at the 2012 Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris, France

Nov. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, a series of international summits, focuses on the sustainability challenges faced by the global beauty industry. As part of its mission to foster sustainability within the beauty industry, the summit brings together key stake-holders to debate major issues.

The European edition, taking place from November 21 to 23, 2012 in Paris, France, will feature two days of expert panels and one day devoted to interactive workshops. Key topics will be the impact of new technologies, the use of novel green ingredients and emerging marketing ideas in the natural cosmetics industry, including the ecological and ethical issues surrounding such developments.

SGS is pleased to announce that the SGS expert William Lepercq, Senior Ecodesign Consultant at SGS France, will contribute a best-practice presentation at this important industry summit in Paris.

His presentation will initially sum up the issues related to environmental footprint assessments with cosmetics products, present the obstacles that have caused producers to refrain from performing assessments in the past, and describe how these issues can be overcome. He will also state a strong case for the use of assessments by describing how best to use an environmental footprint assessment and the potential advantages for producers.

About SGS Sustainability Services for Cosmetics

In addition to testing (e.g. chemical, microbiological, stability, performance), inspection and auditing, SGS provides companies with high added-value ecodesign consultancy (http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Personal-and-Home-Care/Cosmetics/Ecodesign.aspx), from the development of ecodesign products and their promotion to the final customer through concise environmental communication, to the setting or review of environmental labels. The SGS worldwide network of specialists and dedicated facilities gives you the assurance that your ecodesign needs are addressed in the most effective way, taking into account the latest best practices to fit a global business context.

Should you require more information about the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit and SGS services, feel free to contact the SGS team.

Register at the summit website (http://www.sustainablecosmeticssummit.com/Europe/) to participate in the SGS expert session.

Contact details:

SGS Consumer Testing Services
Stephanie Meyer-Pionchon
Global Marketing Manager – Cosmetics and Personal Care
t: +33 4 42 61 64 46

Emilie Viengchaleune
Global Marketing Coordinator - Sustainability
t: +33 1 41 24 87 49

Email: cts.media@sgs.com
Website: http://www.sgs.com/pages/consumer-testing/sgs-consumer-goods-and-retail.aspx

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,350 offices and laboratories around the world.