Image: Getty As luxury packaging suppliers gather from across the world, the show will celebrate the latest innovations in sustainable packaging.
The annual luxury packaging show Luxe Pack is set to kick off in Monaco between 30 September and 2 October 2024, where cosmetics packaging suppliers will showcase their newest launches.
As a pioneer in sustainable packaging, the event has been rewarding sustainable packaging innovations and initiatives for almost 20 years – making it somewhat of a pioneer in this space.
For 2024, the organisers said they are “pursuing our efforts to make sustainable development an integral part of the show with the aim of becoming the global barometer of eco-responsible packaging trends for luxury brands.”
In 2023, the ‘in green’ awards winners were Adhespack for category 1 (the eco-conceived packaging solutions) and Albea Packaging in category 2 (the corporate social responsibility approach).
Luxe Pack noted that this year it has had a record number of applications for the ‘in green’ awards and that the jury has praised the quality of the entries.
The winners are set to be announced on Tuesday 1st October at 4.45pm at the event. But for now, here are the finalists…
Category 1: Eco-Conceived Packaging Solutions
Adhespack Fragrance Label 100% Paper
Fragrance samples are made from 100% paper – completely free from plastic or aluminium. The paper used is FSC barrier paper Greenpack®, which is recyclable, compostable, and biodegradable in accordance with ISO 14855-1:2012, DIN EN 14045:2003, and OECD 208 standards. The company is also dedicated to minimising its carbon footprint. Its scented labels are designed to disappear within a short period of time, specifically 154 days, leaving no trace behind.
Furlanis Paper Woven Ribbons
The paper-woven ribbons light and soft-to-the-touch. They can be woven with all textiles design in any size and can be dyed or customised by printing. They100% made of FSC-certified paper and also washable and very durable.
Holmen Iggesund Trific
The Trific concept was designed with circularity in mind, where nothing is wasted. It’s a bio-based 48-hour travel kit for travellers and embodies three elements of modern travel packaging: renewable materials, low energy manufacturing and user experience.
The company said it “represents three modes of travel: by air, water, or land.” and “contains three dry products that dissolve after use: tooth, hand, and shower tablets.”
The package itself and the sleeve are made from 100% biodegradable and renewable solutions that fit into existing recyclables systems.
James Cropper Belle Epoque Cocoon (for Perrier Jouët)
Not cosmetics packaging, but still an interesting concept for designers. James Cropper’s team have designed a consciously minimal and lightweight case that wraps around the Maison Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque vintage champagnes.
The floral aesthetic, synonymous with the Perrier- Jouët brand is intricately embossed into the case, while at the top, the case fans out like a corolla around the golden foil “evoking the petals of a blooming flower.”
The closing mechanism is an integral part of the moulded case, so there is no need for glue.
Category 2 : Corporate Social Responsibility approach
Albea Cosmetics & Fragrance (C&F)
The company’s 2020 – 2025 roadmap made packaging recyclability a priority, and it was the first cosmetic packaging supplier, in 2018, to sign the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment with the aim of implementing a circular plastic economy. Its objective was to make 100% of its plastic packaging reusable or recyclable, by 2025.
In 2022, Citeo launched a call for projects to study the technical, environmental, and economic conditions for changing the design of household packaging in the beauty and cosmetics sector and Albéa C&F was part of the winners with project called RECYMakeUp, which aims to improve the recyclability of plastic packaging used in makeup and skin care products like mascara/lip gloss, lipstick, or powder packaging.
“The aim is twofold,” the company said in its entry, “to work on the design of technical solutions (prototypes) compatible with current French recycling channels, and to share best practices with the entire industry (technical constraints, development obstacles and channel requirements), to drive the sector forward.”
GCA
GCA and its business partners in Türkiye (Yalova city) have implemented the Ekomat recycling project – a pilot recycling project.
With its coverage of 100.000 users and all-inclusivity from the supply of reverse vending machines to own software development, waste collection systems, data collection, reward schemes and use of environment-friendly electric trucks.
Since its launch in June 2022, over 1.6 million pieces of glass, metal and plastic beverage containers were collected and recycled in one year and support of 1.3 million TL was given to the national economy.
Groupe Pochet
Since 2014, the company has focused its efforts on decarbonisation the “parts that have the greatest impact in terms of carbon emissions, i.e. the furnaces,” it stated.
It has completely rebuilt a furnace with a new melting technology that has reduced energy consumption by 45%, i.e. 7,000 tons of CO2 per year avoided, thanks to a €14m investment plan. It also modernised another furnace, which it said has led to a 17% reduction in energy consumption, saving more than 1,000 tons of C02 per year.
In addition to this, the group created a range of products containing recycled glass from cullet collected from the household collection (PCR), SEVA (“Solution Ecoconçue Vision d’Avenir”). The business said that one million bottles produced with SEVA glass saves 25 tons of raw material and it has estimated that the continuous production of SEVA glass in its furnaces has enabled it to “save more than 2,000 tCO2e (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) per year.”