About us

The EcoBeautyScore Association is a not-for-profit organisation established to help consumers around the world make more informed and sustainable choices when purchasing cosmetic and personal care products. In partnership with global cosmetics manufacturers, the Association has developed the first industry-wide framework and comparable environmental scoring system for beauty products, built on a common, science methodology. Since 2021, the EcoBeautyScore Association has focused on creating a robust, credible approach to assessing environmental impact across the full lifecycle of beauty and personal care products, from ingredient sourcing to end-of-life disposal.<br />

Developed over three years through scientific collaboration and grounded in the EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology, EcoBeautyScore provides brands, retailers and manufacturers with a user-friendly, standardised and independently verified platform to calculate, improve and communicate their environmental footprint. The result is a clear, transparent scoring system, from A to E, designed to support meaningful progress across the industry and give consumers consistent information to guide more sustainable choices. What started as a shared ambition is now a reality. EcoBeautyScore is laying the foundations for greater trust, transparency and informed decision-making in beauty and personal care.

Our Ambition

EcoBeautyScore was developed to drive greater environmental transparency in the beauty and personal care industry, by equipping consumers with the information they need to make informed choices, and giving brands a standardised, science-based framework for measuring, reducing and communicating product impact.

To do this, the EcoBeautyScore Association has created a toolsolution that provides the following:

  • A common environmental footprint assessment methodology that measures impact across 16 key indicators, including carbon emissions, water use and resource consumption, in line with the European Union’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) principles

  • A shared database of cosmetic ingredients and raw materials, covering both formulation and packaging components

  • A digital scoring platform that enables brands to assess environmental footprint across a product’s full lifecycle, from ingredient sourcing through to use and disposal

  • A clear A to E scoring system, where A represents the lowest environmental impact and E the highest, relative to comparable products in the same category


As consumer expectations around credible sustainability communication continue to rise, EcoBeautyScore offers brands and retailers a practical, science-driven way to demonstrate leadership. The system is aligned with evolving regulatory standards and provides a consistent, transparent benchmark for progress.
By adopting EcoBeautyScore, companies can help shape the future of environmental transparency in beauty, benefiting both consumers and the industry as a whole.

Since 2021, 70 + companies have contributed to the EcoBeautyScore initiative

  • ADOPT
  • AMIKA
  • AMOREPACIFIC CORP
  • ANJAC
  • ANTONIO PUIG, S.A.
  • ARTDECO
  • AS WATSON
  • BABOR
  • BEIERSDORF AG
  • BIOCODEX (IPRAD / SPMD)
  • BRITISH BEAUTY COUNCIL – SBC
  • CASIC
  • CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
  • CHARLOTTE MEENTZEN
  • CLARINS SAS
  • COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
  • COSMÉBIO
  • COSMED
  • COSMETIC VALLEY
  • COSMETICA ITALIA
  • COSMETICS EUROPE
  • COSNOVA
  • COTY (HFC PRESTIGE INTERNATIONAL)
  • CTPA
  • DOUGLAS-NOCIBE
  • EDGEWELL
  • ELC WHITMAN LABORATORIES LTD
  • EUGENE PERMA FRANCE SAS
  • EVA-NYC
  • FEBEA
  • FRAGRANCE CREATORS ASSOCIATION
  • HENKEL
  • HERBEAST SHANGHAI WANXIANG HEYI COSMETICS CO., LTD.
  • HERMÈS COMPTOIR NOUVEAU DE LA PARFUMERIE
  • HIMALAYA
  • IFRA
  • IKW
  • INTERCOS GROUP
  • ISDIN
  • JOHNSON & JOHNSON.
  • JUST INTERNATIONAL AG
  • KAO
  • KENVUE
  • KERING
  • KNEIPP
  • L’OREAL
  • LABORATOIRE NOREVA-LED SAS
  • LABORATOIRES GILBERT
  • LOUIS WIDMER
  • LVMH
  • MIBELLE GROUP
  • NAOS SAS
  • NATRUE
  • NATURA & CO AVON COSMETICS
  • NOHBA
  • NU SKIN ENTERPRISES
  • NUXE
  • ORIFLAME RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  • PACDI
  • PARAGON NORDIC
  • PCPC
  • PROCTER & GAMBLE SERVICES COMPANY NV
  • PYD
  • PZ CUSSONS PLC
  • REVLON
  • RITUALS COSMETICS
  • SCHWAN COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
  • STANPA
  • SHISEIDO
  • SISLEY
  • THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR COSMETIC INGREDIENTS
  • THE POLISH UNION OF COSMETICS INDUSTRY
  • WALGREEN BOOTS
  • WELLA GERMANY GMBH