Memberships and Collaborations

In order to successfully implement our Sustainability Agenda we need to act jointly with our partners right along the value chain: Only with them together can we initiate genuinely effective change. Our membership of various sustainability-focused global associations and our active networking with industry partners helps us drive progress. These exchanges are vital for us to understand our key stakeholders’ expectations regarding environmental and social issues. This way we can keep all sustainability-related issues and developments beyond the boundaries of our company clearly in sight and can respond more quickly to challenges and changes. 

  • The worldwide AIM-PROGRESS initiative brings together more than 40 leading manufacturers of Fast Moving Consumer Goods to improve cooperation in the supply chain. Beiersdorf uses the platform, which
    operates under the banner “Achieving more together”, to promote
    responsible purchasing practices and greater sustainability throughout
    the supply chain.

    Go to AIM-PROGRESS website

  • The joint initiative Action for Sustainable Derivatives (ASD) brings together companies in the cosmetics, home and personal care, and oleochemicals industries to collectively tackle supply chain issues around palm oil. As a founding member, Beiersdorf is committed to increase the transparency of the global supply chain for derivatives, jointly monitor risks and activities along the supply chain, and implement collective action projects to address social and ecological challenges on the ground.

    Go to ASD website

  • Ashoka is an international non-profit organization that is considered the world’s largest network in the context of social entrepreneurship: It aims to give social innovators and their ideas access to funding, strategic support and networks that help to scale and professionalize, as they often don’t have all necessary resources at hand. 

    Go to Ashoka website

  • CARE is an international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. CARE works around the world to defeat poverty and achieve social justice and focuses particularly on empowering women and girls. Their vision is a “world of hope, inclusion and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security.”

    Go to Care website

  • Beiersdorf is member of the Consumer Goods Forum - the only organization that brings consumer goods retailers and manufacturers together globally to collaborate alongside other key stakeholders to secure consumer trust and drive positive change. The mission of its environmental sustainability work is to position the consumer goods industry as a leader in tackling climate change, reducing waste, and improving environmental stewardship in global supply chains.

    Go to Consumer Goods Forum website

  • Cosmetics Europe is the European trade association of the cosmetics and personal care industry. For more than 60 years, Cosmetics Europe has been the authoritative voice of the cosmetics and personal care industry in Europe. Our industry is closely regulated at the European level, and for decades we have worked closely with policymakers to ensure that European regulation is as appropriate and effective as possible.

    Go to Cosmetics Europe website

  • The industry Consortium CosPaTox, which emerged from Forum Rezyklat, is concerned with the standardization of high-quality PCR materials, specifically for cosmetics packaging. The aim is to define toxicological safety guidelines for post-consumer (non-food) plastic recyclates (PCRs). As a member, Beiersdorf is working with many renowned companies from the industry and actively supporting the development towards a circular economy.

    Go to CosPaTox website

  • Since 2022, Beiersdorf has been part of the EcoBeautyScore Association, a coalition of over 70 cosmetics and personal care companies. The association has developed a standardized, transparent scoring system to inform consumers about the environmental impact of products across their entire lifecycle. By supporting this initiative, Beiersdorf empowers consumers to quickly compare the sustainability of different products and make more informed and sustainable choices.

    Go to EcoBeautyScore Association website

  • EcoVadis is the world’s largest provider of business sustainability ratings, creating a global network of more than 90,000+ rated companies. EcoVadis operates an evidence-based online platform, providing supplier sustainability ratings and allowing companies to assess the ESG performance of their global suppliers. 

    Go to EcoVadis website

  • The Ellen MacArthur Foundation develops and promotes the idea of a circular economy and its mission is to accelerate this transition on a global level to build a regenerative and restorative economy. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale. Alongside Beiersdorf, there are over 200 organisations from around the world in the Foundation’s Network.

    Go to Ellen MacArthur Foundation website

  • In the Forum Rezyklat stakeholders along the entire value chain work together with the aim to increase the recycling rate and the proportion of recycled packaging, as well as to promote the awareness of a circular economy approach. Beiersdorf is part of the steering committee and is involved as an active member in all three working groups “Master Data Management”, “Technology & Recycling” and “Consumer Communication”.

    Go to Forum Rezyklat website (only available in German)

  • The Sustainable Palm Oil Forum (FONAP) aims to significantly increase the proportion of sustainably produced palm oil in the DACH region as quickly as possible while at the same time improving existing standards and certifications. As a founding member of FONAP, Beiersdorf is actively involved in the dialogue and the exchange of experience, and contributes to the timely conversion to sustainably certified palm and palm kernel oil.

    Go to FONAP website

  • The Global Shea Alliance (GSA) is a non-profit industry association with 500 members from 35 countries. The GSA promotes sustainability in the Shea industry and defines quality practices and standards. Together with the non-governmental organization, Beiersdorf is committed to the sustainable use of Shea in West Africa and supports local women groups.

    Go to GSA website

  • The HolyGrail 2.0 is a cross-supply chain initiative by AIM, the European Brands Association. It aims to achieve a better sorting and therefore higher-quality recycling by applying a digital watermark technology to packaging. As a member of this joint approach Beiersdorf is supporting a circular economy together with 80+ other companies in the EU.

    Go to AIM website

  • Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that works to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. To achieve this, Plan International implements sustainable development projects in its more than 70 countries and responds to emergencies and disasters that threaten children’s lives.

    Go to Plan International website

  • The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) addresses the core problem of climate change which is extracting and using additional fossil carbon from the ground. Therefore, the initiative strives to fully substitute fossil carbon by renewable carbon by 2050. Renewable carbon is carbon from alternative sources such as biomass, CO2 utilisation and recycling. As a founding member Beiersdorf supports the idea and wants to push the transformation forward with the idea to reach a fully circular economy
    for carbon-based materials in the future.

    Go to RCI website

  • The Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) is a multi-stakeholder initiative for the development of a fair, responsible, and sustainable mica supply chain across mica-producing regions, including India. Beiersdorf joined the RMI in 2023, thereby supporting compliance with ethical standards along the mica supply chain. With our membership, we also contribute to community projects in key sourcing regions, focusing on child protection, education, health, nutrition, and access to public services.

    Go to Responsible Mica Initiative website

  • The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is committed to the sustainable cultivation of palm oil and sets global standards and criteria. As a member of the RSPO, Beiersdorf supports the promotion of sustainable cultivation methods and engages in dialogue with producers, governments, non-profit organizations (NPOs), and consumers worldwide.

    Go to RSPO website

  • Suppliers can share sustainability data on their procurement practices via the Sedex cooperation platform. Using it gives Beiersdorf an insight into the responsible actions and sustainability efforts of suppliers, which creates greater transparency in the supply chain.

    Go to Sedex website

  • In 2024, Beiersdorf and five other European companies from the beauty and personal care industry founded The Value of Beauty Alliance. The common goal and idea behind the new alliance is to create a fundamental understanding among policymakers of the importance of the beauty and personal care industry in Europe at an economic, societal, and cultural level. The Alliance highlights the role of the industry in driving forward sustainability and climate action on a European level.

    Go to The Value of Beauty Alliance website

  • The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is the world’s largest and most important initiative for responsible corporate governance. Beiersdorf is a member of the UNGC and is committed to its ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment and climate, and corruption prevention.

    Go to UNGC website

  • In collaboration with the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Germany, Beiersdorf supports oil palm projects in Indonesia and Malaysia. Smallholder farmers and medium-sized growers are trained in sustainable practices through these projects, which aim for RSPO-certified oil palm cultivation and help protect wildlife habitats and natural resources.

    Beiersdorf and WWF Germany also maintain a strategic partnership to strengthen the company’s holistic approach to sustainability — focusing on consumer behavior change, climate protection, regenerative water use, protection of biodiversity, material circularity, and sustainable land use across the supply chains.

    Go to WWF Germany website