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Keeping Track of Traceability

Traceability is transparency. Transparency is trust.

Shine a light on every step of your beauty product's journey! As transparency and accountability reshape the beauty and personal care industry, traceability is emerging as a key pillar of trust. From sourcing raw ingredients to delivering finished products, brands are embracing tools that make their supply chains more visible, ethical, and resilient. Discover how traceability is redefining transparency in beauty – empowering consumers, strengthening compliance, and building a more sustainable future for the industry.

Our Traceability Heroes

Stephenson

Stephenson places strong emphasis on traceability and sustainability in its sourcing policies. Its palm oil and derivative sourcing policies require that all suppliers adhere to RSPO standards, and that traceability be maintained through mass-balance or segregated supply models.

Down Under Enterprises

Down Under Enterprises executes traceability at the root level. Every batch of essential oil is tricked using their custom farm management system, documenting planting, irrigation, harvesting, distillation, and final shipment. No batch is released without a Certificate of Analysis.

Bitop ag
Bitop AG has built its reputation on biotechnology. Purity, and tight process control. Their advanced production facility in Dortmund uses fermentation-based methods rather than chemical synthesis. This allows for high-purity actives with consistent quality and reproducible performance.
Activen SA
Activen SA is biotech forward, with traceability built into its active discovery and supply model. They focus on minproteins™ – naturally derived molecules small enough for effective penetration and engineered for high potency. They emphasize constant purity and detailed documentation.
Caffe Inc.-1
Caffe Inc. recovers beautiful resources from coffee by-products, such as spent coffee grounds, which fit the conscious lifestyle. For the personal care industry, they offer Caffe Inc. coffee oil, which has nourishing properties, beneficial for skin and hair. By using Caffe Inc. ingredients, you reduce your CO2 emissions and make use of the best nature has to offer. They recover eco-friendly ingredients from coffee by-products to create value instead of burden.

What does Traceability mean for Beauty?

In the beauty industry, traceability goes beyond knowing what's inside a product – it's about understanding every step of its journey. From raw material sourcing to formulation and packaging, traceability provides transparency into how products are made, where ingredients come from, and the values guiding their production. By ensuring accountability, building consumer trust, and supporting sustainability, traceability is shaping a future where beauty is not only effective, but also ethical and responsible. 

The Path to Provenance webinar

Free webinar: "The Path to Provenance: How Traceability Powers Sustainable Cosmetics"

22 October 2025, 10:00 CET / 6PM AEST

If you work with natural or botanical ingredients in skincare, don't miss this webinar! Join Stacey Fraser, Dee-Ann Seccombe, and Maria Dimmler as they dive into traceability and sustainability in natural cosmetics. Discover how native Australian botanicals are responsibly sourced from farm to formula. 

Seats are limited – sign up now! 

With thousands of traceable ingredients and transparent suppliers to explore, Covalo makes it easy to see where your ingredients come from and how they're sourced. Whether you're looking to strengthen compliance, meet consumer demand for transparency, or support sustainable sourcing, Covalo helps you find the right partners. So, which ingredient will bring greater clarity to your formulations? It's time to get inspired and explore the future of transparent beauty!

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