COSMOS ORGANIC Certificate

The COSMOS standard AISBL is a non-profit international association, founded by BDIH, Cosmebio, Ecocert, ICEA and the Soil Association. The association has created a COSMOS standard, awarding two types of certificates for natural and organic cosmetics products: COSMOS NATURAL and COSMOS ORGANIC. The COSMOS ORGANIC certificate requires more organically produced ingredients than the COSMOS NATURAL certificate.

COSMOS ORGANIC certification criteria for:

• at least 95% of the product’s agricultural ingredients must be organic

• at least 20% of the product’s ingredients must organic (for rinse-off products, at least 10% must be organic)

• nanomaterials, genetically engineered ingredients and irradiation are prohibited

• palm oil must be organic or CSPO certified

• the fabric of the packaging material must be 100% organic

• direct and indirect environmental impacts of packaging activities must be minimized

• an environmental management plan must be drawn up

Source:  COSMOS standard AISBL