Cosmetics / Home Personal Care

Designing products and packaging with transparent, sustainable and circular ingredients.

Innovating responsibly and credibly

In the cosmetics, personal care and household products sectors, most environmental impacts stem from ingredient sourcing and production, as well as packaging. This calls for complex trade-offs between sensory performance, efficacy, safety, regulatory compliance, cost, raw material availability and environmental footprint.

With over 15 years of experience in the sector, Transitions has in-depth knowledge of cosmetic ingredient supply chains, from the simplest to the most complex, including oleochemical derivatives: vegetable oils, botanical actives, fragrances, functional ingredients and minerals.

As consumers increasingly demand transparency and credible claims, we help you build realistic strategies that balance product appeal with environmental and social responsibility.

Key supply chains:

From natural resource to laboratory

Cosmetic ingredient supply chains rely on a wide variety of networks, global or local, artisanal or industrial. They can be long, complex and opaque, yet they always depend heavily on local communities and ecosystems.

We help you understand your dependencies, map upstream risks, anticipate regulatory and societal expectations, and transform your purchasing, formulation and packaging practices to secure the long-term sustainability of your supply chains.

Ingredients from major agricultural commodities Palm, soy, coconut, wood…
Plant-based and botanical ingredients Active ingredients and extracts, aromatic plants, essential oils, waxes, butters…
Packaging and materials Paper and board, plastics, aluminium, bio-based and alternative materials…
Mineral ingredients Clays, salts, mineral pigments…

Our expertise:

A long-standing partner to the cosmetics industry

Cosmetics, fragrance, chemicals and pharmaceuticals: Transitions supports industry players through their transformation, from brands to producers, including ingredient suppliers and contract manufacturers.

We work alongside procurement, CSR, regulatory, R&D, innovation, formulation and operations teams, in large corporations as well as SMEs and mid-sized companies.

Our strength lies in our in-depth knowledge of natural ingredient supply chains, combined with expertise in chemical engineering, agronomy and regulatory compliance (CSDDD, EUDR, EmpCo, Forced Labour Regulation, etc.).

Responsible sourcing Build robust due diligence systems, trace the origin of ingredients, engage suppliers, implement risk mitigation plans, train teams and drive change in practices at the heart of supply chains.
Ethics, human rights & working conditions Map social risks (fair pay, working conditions, child labour, gender-based violence, health and safety), set up operational monitoring mechanisms (assessment, prevention, early warning, remediation) and engage suppliers in measurable improvement.
Climate, biodiversity & resilience Measure and reduce your climate and biodiversity impacts (Scope 3), implement a zero-deforestation and zero-conversion roadmap, promote agroecological practices and support ecosystem restoration projects.
Circularity & sufficiency Embed circularity into ingredients and packaging from the design stage: reduce and phase out single-use items, ensure recyclability, refillability and reusability, secure sustainable and circular sources, and move towards greater resource efficiency and less material use.