Since then that number has risen to 321 with an additional 111 companies making significant progress towards meeting the goals outlined by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a coalition of more than 170 non profit organisations.
Its recent report, Market Shift, outlines the seven-year project in which the nonprofit organizations that make up the campaign worked with companies in a partnership aimed at raising the bar for safer personal care products.
“These 432 companies are leading the industry toward safety, showing it’s possible to make products without using the hazardous chemicals that are all too common in conventional personal care products”, they said.
Yes to Carrots, Body Essentials, Avalon Organics, are just a few among many companies that have truly broken the mould and are referred to by the Campaign as “Champion” companies.
Those companies achieved their status by standing by their pledge to avoid chemicals banned by health agencies outside the US, while also fully disclosing product ingredients. “A pioneering practise in the cosmetics industry”, say the Campaign.
The additional 111 companies achieved an ‘innovator status’ meaning that they made significant progress towards meeting the goals and standing by their pledge.
“These companies are showing that it is possible to make safe, effective products without using the hazardous chemicals that are all too common in conventional personal care products”, they added.
Future plans
While the Campaign has come a long way, there is still work to be done.
Acknowledging this the Campaign said “We remain dedicated to working with all types of businesses in the health and beauty industry to continue to grow the market for safer personal care products until it is not a segment, but rather the norm.”