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CSR · Climate & carbon
Milk drives more than four fifths of a cheese's emissions, and how much milk a cheese needs depends on its family. What that means for makers, mongers and buyers.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Most first carbon footprints end at the report. What separates companies that reduce emissions from companies that measure them again, and what to decide before the results meeting closes.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
REACH obliges you to know, and to declare, what is inside the components you buy. What auditors ask for first, and how to have it ready before the 45-day clock starts.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Ingredients and packaging dominate a cosmetics footprint, and buyers increasingly ask at product level. When a company footprint is enough, and when you need an LCA.
CSR · Ratings & assessments
Your scorecard says where the points went, if you read it by theme and by weight rather than by overall score. How to do that, and what to fix first.
CSR · Climate & carbon
The physical method is more accurate, the monetary method is available. Solid footprints use both, deliberately. How to decide, emission source by emission source.
CSR · Climate & carbon
Collection is the longest phase of a carbon footprint. Which department holds which data, the document to ask for, and the one topic that deserves a questionnaire.
CSR · Climate & carbon
A first carbon footprint fails on sequencing, not on math. How to fix the scope in writing, appoint contributors, and give collection the months it needs.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
From 2030, packaging needs at least a C recyclability grade to stay on the EU market. Multi-material cosmetics formats are the most exposed.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
As of April 3, 2026, RAC backs a broad PFAS ban and SEAC is consulting on derogations until May 25. Enough is settled to start your inventory now.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
The EU packaging regulation applies from August 12, 2026. What it borrows from France's AGEC law, what it overrides, and what stays national.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
EUDR requires geolocation for every production plot. Point or polygon, the 4-hectare rule, cooperatives, and how to verify coordinates before you file them.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 applies from August 12, 2026, and stacks most of its requirements on January 1, 2030. The timeline, and who carries each duty.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
You are still in REACH without a factory: distributor, importer, or downstream user. The Candidate List holds 253 substances.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
Since January 1, 2026, French law 2025-188 bans cosmetics, ski wax, and most clothing containing PFAS. The thresholds, the exemptions, and what comes next.
Supply Chain · Product & supply chain regulations
As of January 30, 2026, the EUDR applies from December 30, 2026 for large and midsize companies, and from June 30, 2027 for micro and small ones.
