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In this Issue:
- Possible Changes to CEPA Raise Concern
- Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet
- Erin O'Toole Wins Conservative Party Leadership
- The Trade File
- COVID-19 Resource Centre
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Hand-Sanitizer Exchange Update
- SmartLabel™ Builds Brand Value
- The Inside Scoop
- Upcoming Training & Events
and more...
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Possible Changes to CEPA Raise Concern
Fear that Canada's World Class Science-Based Chemical Regulations Would be Undermined
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CA and other trade associations were invited to one-on-one meetings this August with M.P. Peter Schiefke, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment & Climate Change, to discuss our views on making legislative changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999. More specifically, CA was asked if our views had changed with respect to a proposal advanced in 2018 by the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and various environmental organizations to include a “hazard” labelling regime on consumer products including cosmetics. A copy of a letter to CIAC from CA, CCSPA and FCPC expressing our views and shared with Environment Canada is available HERE.
CA strongly expressed the view that CEPA in its current form, along with the Chemicals Management Plan, has made Canada the world leader in science-based, effective and efficient chemicals management and that no substantive amendments are required. Opening the legislation in a minority Parliament can easily result in amendments that can undermine the current well-developed regulatory regime. Various improvements that have been made over the years – such as ... READ MORE
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Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet, Prorogues Parliament
Key Ministers for Industry Remain in Place
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In a mini-cabinet shuffle following the resignation of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, two key Ministers for our industry remain in place: the Hon. Patty Hajdu in Health and the Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson in Environment & Climate Change. Deputy Prime Minster Chrystia Freeland, who very successfully led Canada’s efforts in the CUSMA trade negotiations with the U.S. and Mexico, will take on the responsibilities of Finance Minister, the first women to ever hold the post nationally.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also prorogued this session of Parliament which will allow for a “reset” of the government by opening a new session with a Speech from the Throne on September 23 that will lay out the Trudeau government’s plan to rebuild the economy amidst the coronavirus pandemic. A new session of Parliament will require the government to win a confidence motion. As a minority Parliament, should the three largest opposition parties decide to unite to defeat the government, the result would be a fall federal election. As of writing, there is no clear signal that this will be the case although anything can happen!
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Erin O’Toole, who was once in-house legal counsel at Procer & Gamble Canada, was elected as the new Leader of Canada’s Conservative Party and Official Opposition. READ MORE
CA has had several meetings with O’Toole in his role as M.P. for the eastern GTA riding of Durham, and he has always shown a good understanding and keen interest in the regulatory issues involving our industry. CA will be writing to him in the coming days to offer our congratulations and to seek his renewed support for the Self-Care Framework and the consensus on an animal testing ban.
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CUSMA: Eliminates Quarantine and Re-testing, Allows Sampling of "Cosmetic-Like" Drugs
With the July 1, 2020 implementaion of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), "cosmetic-like" drug products can now be imported into Canada without the need for quarantining and confirmatorty ID testing in Canada prior to distribution throughout the country. What this means is that companies who... READ MORE
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Trump Administration Backs Down on Aluminum Tariffs: Canada Remains Prepared to Impose Retaliatory Measures if Necessary
Further to CA's August 12 member alert regarding the Trump Administrations plans to re-impose tariffs on Canadian aluminum and Canada's plan to retaliate with some $3.6 Billion in counter-tariffs, the U.S. abruptly hit the "pause button" on September 15, agreeing to withdraw its recently imposed 10 per cent import tax on Canadian aluminum - at least until after the presidential election in November. The move came only a few hours before Canada was set to announce a wide range of retaliatory measures that would have hit some politically inconvenient targets for President Trump as he seeks re-election.
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BREXIT: Boris Johnson's Brexit Maneuver Risks Trade Blowback
The British government is willing to break the Northern Ireland peace deal as part of ongoing Brexit negotiations, jeopardizing hopes for a trade deal with the U.S.
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Changes at Health Canada and NNHPD Management Team |
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On September 14, the Associate Assistant Deputy Minister (AADM) for the Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB), Pamela Aung-Thin, will temporarily assume the role of Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Canada’s Communications and Public Affairs Branch.
In the interim, Manon Bombardier will assume the responsibilities of HPFB’s AADM... READ MORE
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Stakeholders Re-Connect on Animal Testing
CA Advocacy Efforts Begin Again with Next Session of Parliament
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On September 10, CA met with our “animal testing ban” partners including Cruelty-Free International, Humane Society International, and Animal Alliance of Canada.
The objective of the meeting was to re-affirm the consensus achieved among the group that proposed legislation banning cosmetic animal testing in Canada must align with the E.U. ban, and to discuss our next steps with respect to advancing a bill in the upcoming session of Parliament. It was a very productive dialogue, and CA’s advocacy efforts will now begin again with the Government, Health Minister, and newly appointed Opposition Health Critic.
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In-Person Cosmetics Retail - What Your Business Needs to Know!
Cosmetic Alliance has developed member Guidance for Re-Opening In-Person Cosmetics Retail which is now posted to our new Re-Opening Resource Centre on CA's members-only website.
The materials developed are intended to help industry understand and mitigate the risk of exposure to the coronavirus. Our objective is to assist in promoting the safety of beauty advisors and direct sellers (including other service providers and brand representatives), as well as their customers and clients. Members can use the materials to assist in their re-opening and training of staff. Information includes recommendations, check-lists, and detailed resource references related to cosmetics retail, the beauty advisor (at the beauty counter), the direct seller (in-home), and customer/client interactions (e.g. product demos, makeup tools).
Please click HERE to access the materials.
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Member COVID-19 Stories
Loyalty Schemes: Going Above and Beyond to Support Customers Amid the Pandemic by Advantage Group
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COVID-19 has served as a litmus test for shopper loyalty, exposing the vulnerability of brand and store allegiance when consumer’s lives were thrown into disarray, and ‘business as usual’ was disrupted. In an environment in which basic needs such as store safety, product availability, and purchase price have emerged as the primary priorities for a consumer’s choice in retailer and brand, retailers and suppliers are having to re-assess the role that their customer loyalty programs and coalition loyalty schemes can play in driving shopper behaviour and engagement...
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Hand Sanitizers Manufacturing Exchange Winding Down
CA Focus on Product Safety, Level Regulatory Playing Field, and Domestic Manufacturing
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With the supply of hand-sanitizers now meeting demand, the need for the Hand-Sanitizers Manufacturing Exchange is now winding down.
The Exchange was created last spring, with the encouragement of Health Canada, by Cosmetics Alliance, CCSPA, Spirits Canada and Responsible Distribution Canada. It was intended to temporarily assist in linking manufacturers with suppliers during the rapid growth in demand for hand-sanitizers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also provided a means of quickly conveying regulatory and other information to manufacturers and suppliers, and bringing issues and supply intelligence to Health Canada.
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If you are a manufacturer of Hand Sanitizers and are seeking ingredients or components, please check out the Supplier List here.
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ICMAD Renamed the Independent Beauty Association (IBA) |
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ICMAD has rebranded itself as the Independent Beauty Association (IBA) to better reflect who they are, the support they provide, and the segment of the cosmetics and personal care industry on which they focus. All of their current programs remain.
Over the years, the relationship between ICMAD and Cosmetics Alliance Canada has been marked by cooperation for the betterment of our industry. CA would like to congratule IBA and we look forward to continuing our long-standing and valued partnership!
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Dr. Ken Marenus, IBA President speaking with CA President Darren Praznik at a previous industry event. |
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SmartLabel™ - Strategic Imperative for Industry
Learn How Brands are Engaging Consumers and Extracting Value - Free Webinar Sept 22
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CA member companies are invited to join a FREE WebEx on September 22nd from 1 - 2 p.m. to learn how brands are engaging consumers and extracting value from the SmartLabel™ initiative.
The SmartLabel team will be joined by speakers from Coca-Cola, Conagra and PepsiCo. Presenters will provide overviews of what their teams are witnessing and how their SmartLabel pages are complementing or highlighting other brand activities. We’ll then open it up for a discussion amongst the SmartLabel community.
SmartLabel Canada remains a strategic imperative within the consumer products industry to:
- Build trust with Canadian consumers;
- Demonstrate that digital disclosure is a more elegant solution than just on-pack labeling;
- Prepare for needed consumer content in a rapidly exploding e-commerce world.
CA member companies are asked to prioritize and accelerate SmartLabel™ Canada participation.
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In Case you Missed it ...
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CA's Export Certificates Program
Meeting the Needs of Our Members Who Export!
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CA would like to remind members that that our Export Certificates Program continues to operate and serve the needs of our members.
In order to observe social distancing requirements and to help stop the spread of the corona virus, CA has simplified the process by accepting e-mailed applications. Most certificates are being processed within the requested timeline, and consulate and embassy legalization for many countries is still available.
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The “I Recommend” Beauty Awards 2020 issue is here!
Check out the 24 must-have products — spanning skincare, makeup, haircare, nail care and fragrance — that BAs turn to on the daily. Plus, elevated fall trends including metallic eyes and multi-coloured nails, as well as all the new launches every beauty lover needs to know about!
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The Inside Scoop
News from Inside our Industry
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Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique Canada:
General Manager, Linda Tibbits has left the Canadian affiliate and has moved to the Denmark facility.
Céline Bouillet has been appointed the role as General Manager in Canada.
Coty Announces Strategic Transformation and Definitive Agreement with KKR on Wella
Lord & Taylor is closing all of its stores after 194 years in business
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2020/2021 Member Directory Available October 1
A Great Tool for Your Business!
It's almost here – the 2020/2021 online directory will be making its big debut on Oct 1st.
Easily find member company contact information, brand details and services provided by our members. It’s the industry "who’s who" that now sports an improved search function and an easy to use table of contents. If you enjoyed the printed version, you can also download it.
A big thank you to our advertisers!
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CA Welcomes Six New Members |
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Lululemon Athletica Inc.
Founded by Chip Wilson in Vancouver, Canada in 1998, lululemon is a yoga-inspired, technical athletic apparel company for women and men. What started as a design studio by day and yoga studio by night soon became a standalone store in November of 2000 on West 4th Avenue in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood.
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Clearbanc
Founded in 2015 by Michele Romanow of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den” (Canada’s “Shark Tank”), Andrew D’Souza, Ivan Gritsiniak, Charlie Feng, and Tanay Delima, Clearbanc is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. We’ve raised $420 million to date, and our investors include Highland Capital, Emergence, Founder’s Fund, and Inovia.
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Order Grid
We help companies grow their direct-to-consumer businesses by providing the back-end technology, warehouses and services they need to succeed in the modern digital retail ecosystem. In other words, we're like a dropshipping service for companies that own their products.
We pride ourselves in being the ecommerce solution that helps execute all post-purchase activities efficiently. That's to say, from the moment a customer places an order to the moment they receive their order, OrderGrid works hard to make sure everything goes smoothly.
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D.T.R. Dermal Therapy Research Inc.
Dermal Therapy is a skin research company specializing in urea-based formulations since 1988. Our fascination with urea comes from our understanding its unique ability to hydrate the skin by drawing moisture into the cell structure of the stratum corneum. We have developed special manufacturing techniques to incorporate safe yet clinically useful amounts of urea in our products without the stability problems common to other company’s urea formulations.
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Redpoints
Red Points is a company that offers the leading all-in-one SaaS solution for detecting and enforcing online IP infringements, including online counterfeiting, piracy and distribution fraud. Red Points' proprietary software currently removes hundreds of thousands of illegal products and content from the web monthly. With offices in New York, Salt Lake City, Beijing and Barcelona Red Points protects a diverse set of brands from baby products and cosmetics, to software and wind turbine manufacturers. Some examples of Red Points clients are Fila, FOREO, Pura Vida, 100% and MVMT among others. To learn more about Red Points, please visit: www.redpoints.com.
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MOB Beauty
MOB Beauty is ambitious, purpose-driven and on a mission. Based in TO and SF, MOB is a cosmetic beauty brand launching in late 2020 with a line-up of clean, pro-quality, vegan, and cruelty-free formulas offered alongside sustainable packaging solutions.
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Interview with Unique Start-Up Company Exploring CA Membership
CA's Exploratory Program offers potential new members who are just starting up with access to our services and benefits to help them become familiar with the Canadian market, regulations and standards.
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Today, many of our members are seeking new sustainable alternatives to manufacture their products.
Our newest member, part of our exploratory program, GroundUP Eco-Venture, is no exception.
We took some time to talk to Shawn Legget, the Founder and CEO, to find out more about his product and how he is trying to make a difference.
CA:
Tell us a bit about your product.
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Canadian owned and operated, GroundUp Eco-Ventures is a unique start-up company based on the concept of circular economies. Using clean technology we are focused on creating value from upcycling the waste streams of both the coffee and craft brewery industries. www.groundupev.ca
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Shawn:
We produce coffee oil that is sourced from spent coffee grounds in our local community. Canadians use over 250 thousand tonnes of coffee and 250 thousand tonnes of barley per year. Much of this waste ends up in landfills or oversubscribed compost facilities. By upcycling, each of these waste streams, we can eliminate over 200,000 kgs of waste and 5 million kg of greenhouse gas emissions per year. Circle economies contribute to environmental sustainability.
CA:
Can you explain the term 'upcycling'?
Shawn
Upcycling is taking something that’s considered waste and re-purposing it. Materials are reused in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value.
Coffee grounds are diverted from landfills where they would normally contribute to greenhouse gases. Our patent-pending process dehydrates, pasteurizes, and extracts these valuable and powerful oils.
CA:
What are the benefits of coffee oil and how is it used in cosmetic products?
Shawn:
Coffee oil is used in cosmetics as it can improve hydration in the skin, reduce cellulite and can also absorb UVB radiation and is also know to have protective properties. Once we extract the oils, we also have a delicious and nutritious coffee flour that is excellent in your favorite baking treats!
CA:
What do you hope to achieve?
Shawn:
Our goal is to eliminate over 95,000 kgs of spent coffee grounds from going to landfills each year. We see an opportunity to operate in local communities across Canada with locally sourced and locally produced products that go back into the community.
CA:
Why did you decide to become a member?
Shawn:
I wanted to create awareness by engaging with multiple organizations on single platform and building relationships with like minded individuals and organizations.
CA:
Well you have come to the right spot. Welcome aboard Shawn!
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ABA Canada Needs your Feedback
Survey on how COVID-19 has impacted Beauty Professionals
COVID-19 has deeply impacted the Beauty Professional industry. ABA Canada is gathering as much data as possible so that they can help Municipal, Provincial and Federal authorities in understanding their industry and how COVID-19 has impacted and will continue to impact, businesses and beauty professionals.
Do not hesitate to share this survey with all your contacts in the industry across the country. All answers are completely anonymous, only aggregated results will be collated and shared. Thank you very much for supporting this very important initiative from ABA Canada on behalf of the Canadian Professional Beauty Industry.
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Skincare During Cancer
An On-line Event hosted by LGFB
When diagnosed with cancer, visiting a dermatologist may be the last thing you think about. However, skin-related conditions caused by cancer treatments are common.
Join LGFB on Thursday, September 17 for a conversation with Dr. Maxwell Sauder, Onco-Dermatologist, to learn about skincare before, during, and after cancer treatment. Please click below to register for this free event. We are looking forward to spending this time connecting and learning together!
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SmartLabel® Webinar
Engaging Consumers and Extracting Value for Brands
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Tuesday, September 22nd
1 - 2 p.m.
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On Tuesday, September 22nd, the SmartLabel® Team will be holding a WebEx to demonstrate, discuss and answer questions on how brands are extracting value from this Consumer Transparency initiative via consumer engagement.
Since the U.S. initiative is so mature, we will be focusing on current U.S. data. The SmartLabel team will be joined by speakers from Coca-Cola, Conagra and PepsiCo. Presenters will provide overviews of what their teams are witnessing and how their SmartLabel pages are complementing or highlighting other brand activities. We’ll then open it up for a discussion amongst the SmartLabel community.
SmartLabel Canada remains a strategic imperative within the consumer products industry to:
- Build trust with Canadian consumers;
- Demonstrate that digital disclosure is a more elegant solution than just labeling;
- Prepare for needed consumer content in a rapidly exploding e-commerce world.
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New Member RedPoints Invites you to Meet & Greet Lunch
Lunch delivered to your office or home!
Our newest member, Redpoints, would like to invite you to a private and exclusive online lunch (with food included) on Tuesday, September 29th.
Red Points is the leading Brand Intelligence Platform located in Barcelona with offices in NYC and Salt Lake City. Fila, FOREO, Pura Vida, beautyblender, MVMT and more all trust Red Points to secure their online revenue by removing counterfeits, stopping piracy and controlling their distributors (gray market).
They will deliver lunch to your home or office, and you will be able to attend a private discussion we will be hosting with FOREO, the leading global cosmetic brand. During this session, they will discuss:
- FOREO's experience during COVID-19
- How is this pandemic impacting their business, and how are they changing their business strategy to be more aligned in this "New Normal" moment we are living in
- What's the best way for a brand to success when selling online
- How to keep your brand safe on the Internet
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FREE E-COMMMERCE WEBINAR
with Dragon's Den
MICHELE ROMANOW
When:
Thursday, October 1st, 2020
2 - 3 p.m.
Discussion Points:
- What is the current state of e-commerce?
- What are brands doing right now in e-commerce?
- What does it take for brands and companies to be successful in the e-commerce space?
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Interactive Training Sessions
Second Series Continuing the Focus on Natural Health Products
Dates: Sept 30, Oct 28, Nov 25
CA is offering another set of interactive training sessions. These next sessions will focus on Natural Health Product Labelling, Site Licensing and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Save 25% when registering for all three in this series. In order to receive this discount, you must register for all three at the same time
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Veeva Quality & Regulatory Global Host Virtual Summit
Hear how quality, regulatory, legal and compliance professionals in your industry are taking on today’s unprecedented business challenges such as improving corporate resilience, embracing agility, and creating greater transparency across the product lifecycle.
Seize this opportunity to engage directly with industry-leading companies like Estée Lauder, L'Oréal, L’Occitane, and Pierre Fabre as they explore these pressing topics and more. This year's event includes more than 20 sessions hosted by more than 30 quality, regulatory, legal and IT experts from regulated industries like yours. It will take place over 4 days (3 hours per day) and is complimentary for qualified attendees.
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2020 COSA Awards
Nominations Closed
Date & Format: Live on-line event in early November. Details to come!
This year’s COSA Award nominations are now closed. We received over 1,000 entries! Congratulations to all of the nominees and good luck!
The COSA Awards were originally scheduled for November 12 in Toronto, but due to the COVID-19 health crisis we will be live streaming the event to the comforts of your home. Stay tuned for further info.
We are still looking for additional sponsors for this year’s special on-line COSA Awards event, so if you are interested, please contact Jim Hicks at: jhicks@cosmeticsalliance.ca
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