Tuesday 3 March 2020

Mary Kay-SPICE partnership spices up sustainable packaging future

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 -- Mary Kay Inc, a cosmetic industry leader in corporate and social responsibility has joined the Sustainable Packaging Initiative for Cosmetics (SPICE), along with 17 current member organisations including Hermes, Chanel, Coty and Estee Lauder.

The initiative is to guide sustainable packaging policies, drive packaging innovation and meet consumer’s expectations on understanding the environmental performance of products, according to a statement.

“Together with SPICE and other industry leaders, Mary Kay is firmly committed to building a future that’s healthier, greener and more sustainable for generations to come,” said Mary Kay’s Procurement and Supplier Development vice-president, Keith Learn.

Co-founded by L’OrĂ©al and Quantis in 2018, SPICE will develop and publish business-oriented methodologies and data to support resilient decision making to improve the environmental performance of the entire packaging value chain.

These developments will be the result of collective working sessions where members will share experience and knowledge for the benefit of the initiative and eventually to cosmetics packaging sustainability achievements on a grand scale.

Joining SPICE is just the latest in a series of steps Mary Kay has taken to continue its commitment to sustainability. In 2018, the company opened the Richard R. Rogers Manufacturing/R&D Center in Lewisville, Texas which functions as a Zero Waste to Landfill facility.

More details at https://www.marykay.com/

-- BERNAMA

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