COSMOS certification : organic & natural cosmetics
Commit to COSMOS certification to develop and promote your cosmetic products
COSMOS certification allows organic or natural cosmetics to be marketed and promoted. It guarantees environmentally and health-friendly processes, responsible use of natural resources, limited use of ingredients in formulations, GMO ban and eco-designed packaging. A rigorous standard, starting with the choice of raw materials.
Goals
- List the principles of natural and organic cosmetics
- Identify COSMOS obligations (reference standard version 4) applicable to the company’s activities
- Name the key steps of a COSMOS audit and the documents to prepare
- Select compliant ingredients
- Analyze requirements related to labels and other communication documents
Program
PRESENTATION OF THE COSMOS STANDARD AND APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS
- Natural and organic cosmetics: history, developments, and market characteristics
- Presentation of the standard: foundations, different levels (COSMOS Natural and COSMOS Organic), specifications
- Identification of requirements applicable to your activity
DEVELOPING AND FORMULATING COSMETIC PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO COSMOS STANDARD
- Choice of raw materials: sourcing, categories, and ingredient validation
- Vocabulary and documents required for certification
- Formulas: composition and compliance calculations
- Sustainable packaging: indicators
LABELING AND COMMUNICATION
- Label formalization
- Responsible communication and claims
PREPARING FOR THE COSMOS AUDIT
- The audit in the certification process
- The audit procedure
- Verified documents, traceability and flow exercises, operating methods, procedures
PRESENTATION OF THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU
- Greenportal: interface presentation, monitoring of your certification
- Directories, databases
The advantages of the training
- Case studies allowing participants to experience the requirements of the standard
- Quizzes
Who is the training intended for?
- Any company that manufactures cosmetics or brand owners and wishing to commit to a COSMOS certification process
- R&D
- Regulatory Departments
- Marketing Departments
Prerequisites
- This training course does not require any specific prerequisites.
Evaluation methods
- Pre-training self-assessment questionnaire and collection of expectations
- Formative and summative assessments during and at the end of the training
- Measurement of satisfaction and progress through a post-training self-assessment
- Evaluation of the training’s impact two months later