Eco-design for N° 1 de Chanel products and packaging

Chanel is exploring an eco-responsible approach to beauty through ingredients and packaging.

New formulas feature ingredients of natural origin that are renewable and have a reduced environmental impact. They contain up to 97% ingredients of natural origin, according to ISO 16128 standard, and the eco-design packaging includes sustainable Sulapac material.

The full range of packaging for N° 1 de Chane includes lids that contain bio-based materials. The new-generation lid of the N° 1 de Chanel Cream is made of 90% bio based materials from renewable resources: FSC certified wood chips that are by-products of industrial side-streams combined with camellia seed shells. The challenge of development has resulted in several patent-pending applications.

Sulapac’s R&D Manager, Piia Peltola said, ‘Our first big task was to innovate a bio-based material that contains by-product camellia seed shells whilst making it resistant to heat and moisture. It was just a concept idea when we started. Camellia is inherently hydrophilic material, meaning it absorbs water strongly. Solving this was a great accomplishment.’