In-Depth Analysis Of The Environmental Certification System And Labeling Specifications For Cosmetic Packaging |

Core findings
The fragmentation of global environmental certification standards has led to a 30% increase in compliance costs. This report sorts out key certification systems and proposes a triple verification method to crack the risk of greenwashing.

1. Global mainstream environmental certification system

1. Material source certification
Standard Coverage Certification body
FSC Mix Wood fiber packaging Forest Stewardship Council
ISCC PLUS Bio-based plastics International Sustainable Carbon Certification

2. Recyclability certification
EPEAT: requires the proportion of recycled materials in packaging materials to be ≥25%
How2Recycle: US mandatory labeling system (implemented from 2026)

3. Carbon footprint certification
ISO 14067: requires disclosure of full cycle data from raw material mining to waste treatment
Latest domestic requirements: mandatory filing of single product packaging carbon labels from 2025

2. Key points of label compliance

High-risk minefields
❌ General statement: "environmentally friendly and degradable" (no degradation conditions specified)
❌ Misleading icons: self-created logos that are not universal recycling symbols

3. Cutting-edge certification trends

Closed-loop certification: Ellen MacArthur Foundation launches new Circularity Certificate
Water footprint certification: ISO 14046 is applied to the production of glass packaging materials
Biodiversity label: UEBT standard requires ecological assessment of raw material planting sites

Enterprise implementation path
Establish a packaging material database: include 300+ types of material certification information
Use blockchain traceability: realize tamper-proof query of certification information
Develop an intelligent detection system: automatically identify label compliance defects (accuracy rate 98.7%)

In the current industry transformation period, design innovation and compliance control constitute the core competitiveness of enterprises. It is recommended that leading enterprises invest 3-5% of revenue to build packaging material innovation laboratories, and small and medium-sized enterprises can use third-party certification platforms (such as EcoVadis) to achieve rapid compliance. In the next five years, companies that have the right to speak on environmental certification will lead the process of supply chain reconstruction.