Alban Muller has taken key initiatives for contributing towards building the sustainable and circular economy. These contributions played a major role in achieving the “Most Sustainable Company” award at the Future of Sustainability event organized by New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
Alban Muller Prioritizes Sustainable Economy Development
ECO-VALORIZATION OF PRODUCTS
Alban Muller attended the the 5th International Congress of Cosmetopoeia and 1st International Meeting of the Cosmetopoeia of the Pacific which was held in Polynesia in November 2016. This Congress gathered academic researchers and industrialists from the perfume and cosmetics sector on the worldwide Cosmetopée’s advances subject.
Jean-Marc Seigneuret, Ingredients Technical Director for Alban Muller Company and Olivier Touboul, Director of the South Pacific Cosmetology Laboratory, shared their project on eco-valorization of Tahitian grapefruit.
Eco-responsible Approach
This approach, which is part of a process of encouraging the circular economy, proposes to preserve the pulp and pericarp of grapefruit juice, considered as industrial waste, in order to reuse it in grapefruit extracts for cosmetic purposes, thanks to eco-responsible extraction and drying techniques.
The Circular Eco-Extraction Congress: co-valorize the molecules derived from flax-seed by installing a bio refinery.
On January 26th, Alban Muller Company also participated in the Circular Eco-Extraction Congress, valorization of the cosmetics vegetal sector, organized in Limoges. Speaking in the session “Local Sourcing Opportunities”, Jean-Marc Seigneuret, Ingredients Technical Director for Alban Muller Company, discussed the topic of “Cosmetic ingredients from the flax-seed bio refinery”.This collaborative project, supported by the Cosmetic Valley, was created by the company for applications in several complementary industries (agro-food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics). This original and innovative example enables Alban Muller Company to go even further in its Societal and Environmental Responsibility approach and in its expertise: develop economically viable and eco-responsible industrial processes and obtain molecules with an interest in cosmetics.
About Alban Muller
Alban Muller, l’expert du Naturel is world-renowned in the Beauty & Health Industries since 1978. Alban Muller manufactures 100% natural, innovative and globally compliant actives as well as finished products, ready to be filled and distributed. Alban Muller has developed an exclusive and eco-responsible manufacturing process named Zeodration. Alban Muller is also recipient of numerous awards such as the Ecovadis Gold Certification for its ecological commitment as well as the Prestigious Living Heritage Label (EPV) delivered by the French Government in recognition of its unique know-how.