Revision of risk analysis tools on natural raw materials for perfumery World

Context of the service

Private companies sourcing bio-based materials – particularly in developing countries – must now take into account several European legislative texts, which have a direct impact on their practices.

Two European Directives (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence – CSDD and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – CSRD) that came into force in 2024 require large companies to conduct due diligence to identify, prevent and mitigate adverse human rights and environmental impacts in their value chain, and to report their impacts accurately and transparently.

This service is part of a long-term support for a luxury perfumery player in the identification of risks relating to human, social, environmental, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) rights, and the resilience of its supply chains around the world, and the mitigation of these risks (implementation of compliance actions for all players in the sector / strengthening of certification schemes (UEBT, organic, FFL) / changes of supplier and/or supply area).

Services provided

Following the capitalization of the audit processes of two "test" value chains (Baie Rose / Madagascar and Vetiver / Haiti) carried out by SalvaTerra, the present mission aimed to redefine the risk analysis approach and tools:

- Updated and improved the database of social and environmental risk indicators on more than 300 raw material origins, based on open source database extraction and supplier surveys. This database makes it possible to carry out preliminary risk analyses and to select priority value chains to be audited;

- Development - taking into account the client's priorities - of an audit-diagnostic grid of more than 70 criteria covering the following themes: human rights, health and safety at work, local impact and livelihoods, environment (biodiversity, deforestation, etc.) and traceability;

- Formalisation of tools: analysis questionnaires on the value chains, analysis report, restitution slideshow, etc. ;

- Training of the customer's raw material buyers, to facilitate the use of the approach and tools.

Summary of the service

Revision of risk analysis tools on natural raw materials for perfumery: Improvement of the database of social and environmental risk indicators on more than 300 raw material origins, in order to select the priority value chain to be audited; Development of an audit-diagnostic grid of more than 70 criteria (human rights, health and safety at work, local environmental impact (biodiversity, deforestation, etc.) and traceability); Formalization of tools (questionnaires, reports, etc.); Training of the customer's raw material buyers.