Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chains: Beauty
Inside the beauty industry — botanicals, mica, palm oil and the brands rewriting the rules.
Overview
The global beauty industry is worth over US$500 billion. Behind every lipstick and skincare jar is a long, often invisible supply chain — mica mined by children in India, palm oil from deforested landscapes, plastic packaging that lasts for centuries.
In this live session, learners travel through the beauty supply chain — from mica mines and botanical gardens to formulators and brand founders working to make the industry transparent, fair and circular.
Students leave understanding how to read a beauty label, and why every product in the bathroom is a climate and human-rights decision.
What you'll take away
- Understand the human and environmental cost of beauty
- Trace mica, palm oil and botanicals to their source
- Meet brands rebuilding the industry on ethical foundations
- Learn to read beauty labels with a critical eye
How it works
This session is part of Globe From Home's Planetary Citizenship Program. This can be booked as a stand-alone masterclass or as part of the full programme. Once a date is confirmed, we send a private access link. Learners can join collectively from classrooms or individually on any mobile device.