Arcade Beauty commits to decarbonation
Aware of the impact 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 two 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, distributed wisely, then collected after use to be recycled?
A 1.5°C trajectory
Arcade Beauty has signed its SBTI 1.5°C commitment. Thus, the group is concretizing its decarbonization actions. Its objective is to reduce its CO2 emissions by 3,000 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 three major areas:
- Managing energy (reduction, conversion and optimization)
- Involving partner suppliers in an optimization process (CSR questionnaire integrating EcoVadis, carbon assessment and decarbonization actions)
- Act in a systematic ecodesign logic
Ecodesign in the 4 Rs
Arcade Beauty has integrated the 4 R's in its eco-design strategy:
- Reduce (weight of the 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 (progressive replacement of plastic by paper), development of compostable technologies
- Reuse (development of reusable packs & refill solutions)
Some examples in figures
Recyclable paper and mono-resin pouches allow CO2 savings of 58% for paper and 32% for mono-resin.
Recyclable secondary packaging allows CO2 savings of 80% for paper and 74% for monoresin.
In the Retail product range, recyclable 3Dpouch in PE allows significant environmental gains (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 chemically recycled plastics (PE and PP in particular).