The Cosmos Standard, an internationally recognized standard for organic and natural skin care and cosmetics, may have me re-evaluating how I feel about organic skin care products. In a previous post I’ve written about my concerns. Maybe it’s time to revisit them.
Finalized earlier this year, the Cosmos Standard was set up to address the needs of consumers, industry and the environment. The non-profit association was set up by a group of certification bodies that you may already be familiar with – Eco-cert and BDIH – to name a couple. Its goal is to create a more harmonized standard for organic cosmetics. The new Standard applies to cosmetics marketed as organic or natural. The certification process is stringent and applies to the following categories:
- Origin and processing of ingredients
- Composition of total product
- Storage, manufacturing and packaging
- Environmental management
- Labeling and communication
- Inspection, certification and control
Beyond analyzing ingredients used to formulate the final product, it takes a comprehensive approach to natural and organic certification involving a review of the product’s total environmental and human impact.
The founding members of the Cosmos Standard represent over 1,400 certified cosmetic brands and more than 24,000 products sold in over 40 countries world-wide. The first products certified to these new standards were due to hit shelves in spring/summer 2011 so you may already be seeing them in stores.
COSMOS-standard certified products will be labeled with the signature “Cosmos Organic” or “Cosmos Natural”, depending on their certification level, in conjunction with the seal of the certification body involved. To qualify for Cosmos Organic certification, 95 percent of a product’s agro-ingredients and 20 percent of the entire product must be organic.
For more information read the COSMOS-standard here.
Good organic and natural skin cosmetics by Cosmo standard………….All products of them are so effective …………