Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Ankara Universitesi Eczacilik Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.47, sa.2, 2023 (Scopus)
Objective: Recently, the interest in green cosmetics increased due to the negative effects of cosmetics produced with synthetic raw materials on human health and the environment, the increase in the number of consumers who prefer sustainable products in line with environmental awareness, and the importance given to corporate responsibility by manufacturers. Green cosmetics are the products produced sustainable production methods using natural or organic raw materials that comes from the controlled or organic agriculture, and offered to the market with recyclable or reusable packaging. No regulation has yet imposed sanctions for this product range. However, by means of standards such as USDA/NOP in the USA and COSMOS, Ecocert, NaTrue, BDIH in Europe and harmonized standards such as ISO 16128, products are tried to be controlled in terms of raw material selection, production stages and packaging, nature and human health. In accordance with the addendum to the regulation on natural and organic cosmetics published by the Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency-TİTCK, certification for product claims in natural and organic cosmetics should be provided and the certificate logo should be placed on the packaging. In TURKEY, COSMOS certificates can be obtained through certificate providers such as ETKO and IFC Global. Result and Discussion: In this review, the formation process and conditions of natural and organic product standards, raw material prefferred in green formulations, green chemistry principles used in production and green cosmetics in terms of sustainability are discussed.