We are committed to Cosmoprof North America having a positive impact on people and planet. We want to play a key role in helping the beauty industry improve its own sustainability by connecting people with the networks and knowledge they need to help solve the big challenges of the future.
AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT WE ARE FOCUSING ON:
TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE ARE COMMITTING TO:
Embed sustainability into our brand to inspire our sector to be more sustainable.
Become carbon neutral, halve our waste and save customers more carbon than we emit by 2025 as a stepping stone to being zero waste and net zero carbon by 2030 or earlier.
Contribute value of at least 1% of profit before tax to community groups by 2025, champion diversity and inclusion and create value for our host cities.
HELP IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COSMOPROF NORTH AMERICA
AS A VISITOR
- Consider how you’ll get to the event and if you can avoid air travel or take lower carbon transport
- Bring a refillable bottle to save plastic
- Recycle your waste onsite and in your hotel where possible
- Support our charity partner by donating when you register for the show
- Consider opting for vegetarian and vegan food options and avoid food waste
- Only take the give-aways or brochures you need and will use, consider if there are digital alternatives
- Consider the environmental credentials of the hotel when deciding where to stay
As an exhibitor
- Ensure your stand can be reused by either yourself or by your contractors.
- Consider donating any items you no longer need to the local community via our Exhibitor Donation Program. Learn more in the Exhibitor Resources Kit.
- Optimize your travel by consolidating your shipments and choosing logistic companies with strong sustainability credentials.
- Think carefully about handouts, reduce them by going digital and source recycled, sustainably certified.
- Inspire the sustainable development of the beauty industry by promoting your company’s and your products’ sustainability credentials.
FASTER FORWARD
Cosmoprof North America is part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long term impacts we have on customers, colleagues, the communities we work in and the environment. For this reason, Informa developed the FasterForward approach to sustainable business.
Informa’s aim is to become an ever more sustainable, positive impact business. Through the FasterForward program, we are embedding sustainability into everything we do and seizing opportunities from helping our customers and markets do the same.
FasterForward is a structured three-part program with ambitious commitments and a wide range of activities, covering Informa’s business operations, our brands and products and our broader community impact. To find more about our approach, follow this link: https://www.informa.com/sustainability/faster-forward/.
When it comes to sustainability, we’re moving FasterForward.
Informa plc is ranked #1 in the media sector globally in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indices 2022. Read more here: Informa achieves top global ranking in Media Sector in leading ESG Index