Speakers
Valerie LEMAIRE
Certification Manager
Doctor Chemical engineer specialized in Agro-resources Chemistry.
After having worked in the industry of raw materials for cosmetics, she was brought to develop the activity of certification of organic cosmetics within ECOCERT.
Since 2002, she’s been the Manager of ECOCERT’s Cosmetic Certification Service.
ECOCERT is present over 85 countries around the world, and is internationally acknowledged for its activity on Organic Farming Agriculture Certification.
Since the year 2000, ECOCERT has worked on the elaboration of the Standard for Natural and Organic Cosmetics. This Standard has been registered upon the French Ministry of Industry in 2003.
The objective of this Standard is not only to valorize the ingredients resulting from Organic Farming, and also require the use of ingredients coming from agro-resources rather than those that come from petrochemistry in a way to more ensure the respect of the environment.
We currently certify more than 300 companies over the world, which means more than 4500 certified products.
The European Market for Natural & Organic Cosmetics has risen of 30% on 2006.