Intertek Group, official sponsor of the Natural Beauty Summit Europe which took place during BEYOND BEAUTY, has supported its clients for more than 100 years on the certification challenges. It just acquired RDC Environment, the European center of expertise for the measurement of environmental impacts. Lebarq Laurent, Sales and Marketing Director, presentes the group’s strategy.

Laurent Lebarq: “The Organic Cosmetics Market has significantly evolved with more and more items available in supermarkets and specialized stores. This brings producers and distributors to promote and communicate on the environmental and social benefits of their products through labels and eventually, in France, an environmental labelling for mass-market products managed by ADEME”

What is Intertek’s positioning?

Laurent Lebarq: “Intertek has just acquired  RDC Environment, located in Brussels, bringing together over 30 experts in Life Cycle Assessment, Eco-design, envionmental labelling, carbon footprint, energy audit and management. This expertise center will allow us to support our customers on these topics and facilitate the data collecting process.”

Why sponsor The Natural Beauty Summit Europe?

Laurent Lebarq: “For many years, Intertek has been involved in the development of products and services dedicated to the cosmetics industry. Our participation in the NATURAL BEAUTY SUMMIT EUROPE 2011 fits in the line of projects that we realized  with our customers including new products and services that  we can now offer following the acquisition of RDC Environment.”

Interviewed by Kristel Milet