The Col'lab

Uniting Coalitions to Shape the Future of Packaging
The Col'lab
A collaborative initiative launched by LUXE PACK Monaco to unite the forces of the packaging sector around concrete and responsible projects.
THE COL’LAB presents itself as a meeting place where associations and consortiums from around the world will invite exhibitors and visitors to engage in constructive exchanges, fostering forward-thinking discussions on the industry’s most pressing challenges, thus creating a global hub dedicated to sharing best practices.

No economic actor can tackle the environmental challenge alone. I am convinced that progress will come through coalitions between actors: as soon as they are formed to solve concrete problems, they can be highly effective.
Hélène VALADE,
Présidente de l'ORSE,
Directrice Développement Environnement du Groupe LVMH

They exhibit this year

The Sustainable Packaging Initiative for CosmEtics (SPICE) brings together leading cosmetics brands and packaging stakeholders with a shared ambition: to collectively shape the future of sustainable packaging in the beauty sector. Launched in 2018 by L’Oréal and Quantis, SPICE now gathers over 26 international members, including global brands, suppliers, and associations across the packaging value chain. Together, SPICE members co-develop science-based methodologies, harmonized data, and practical eco-design tool to guide resilient decision-making and improve the environmental performance of cosmetics packaging of the entire packaging value chain.
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(RE)SET is a consulting firm in environmental and economic transition, operating from strategy to implementation, because only results matter. Backed by a multidisciplinary team serving clients across various sectors (cosmetics, home equipment, electrical and electronic devices, water, etc.), we are convinced that only cross-functional collaboration yields tangible results: scaling up, securing funding, fostering innovation, and addressing pre-competitive challenges. With more than 15 coalitions and collaborative projects launched over the past 6 years, collective action is at the heart of (RE)SET’s DNA. In the field of packaging in particular, we lead three major projects: R3PACK, dedicated to the substitution and reuse of food packaging, funded by the EU and deployed in 20 stores this year; Pulp in Action, which tackles plastic substitution in cosmetic packaging and currently has 17 pilots underway; and Pharma-Recharge, a collective experiment testing consumer interest in refills at pharmacies, featuring a display unit offering products from eight dermo-cosmetic laboratories in six pharmacies.
The B Beauty is committed to shaping a more sustainable and ethical future for the global beauty industry — one grounded in a shared dedication to lasting, positive impact. With more than 60 certified B Corp beauty brands across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, the Coalition envisions a world where business is truly a force for good. Their impact is rooted in collaboration and collective action. As a global alliance, they act with the understanding that they are deeply interconnected — accountable to one another, to our communities, and to future generations. Together, their member brands lead with intention and responsibility, embodying the change we wish to see in the world.
Eco in Pack is a company founded in 2021 by Pierre Olivier Bouvry and Martin Calmettes, both packaging engineers with over 20 years of experience in the Perfume & Cosmetics and Wines & Spirits industries. In response to the environmental emergency, evolving regulations, and the need to develop more circular models, Eco In Pack supports brands in reducing the environmental footprint of their products and packaging—particularly through the reuse of glass containers. To accelerate this circular transition, engage stakeholders, and scale up impact, Eco In Pack leads various brand collectives. One notable initiative is a coalition for the reuse of glass bottles in the Wines & Spirits sector (in partnership with Circul’R). This group includes seven companies—Campari France, Cordier, Giffard, Marie Brizard Wine and Spirits, Moët Hennessy, Pernod Ricard, and Rémy Cointreau—as well as two out-of-home distributors: France Boissons and Richard Vins et Spiritueux. With financial support and guidance from Citeo and Adelphe, this initiative aims to jointly test and develop a scalable reuse model for glass bottles.
At Circul’R, we believe in the power of coalitions to scale up circular economic models.
In the face of the ecological emergency and the transgression of planetary boundaries, it is essential to fundamentally rethink how we source, produce, distribute, and consume — and to embed these processes within a circular dynamic. This transition cannot happen without collective mobilization and close collaboration among all those shaping the economy.
Circul’R acts as a catalyst for this cooperation by bringing together companies, public authorities, institutions, and solution providers within action- or reflection-oriented coalitions. These shared working spaces enable the co-creation of systemic solutions capable of establishing the circular economy as a new standard across sectors and territories.
Examples of coalitions led by Circul’R include:
• ReCOSM – Cosmetics & Reuse Coalition
• ReSPIRE – Wine & Spirits Reuse Coalition
We Don't Need Roads is an action-oriented consulting firm, 100% focused on the sustainable transformation of companies. Many of our missions are led in coalition, such as: Packaging reuse (deposit scheme) for Cosmetics, Packaging reuse (deposit scheme) for Fragrances, Sourcing recycled white glass cullets for the Packaging industry, E-commerce Packaging Reuse, Transport Packaging Reuse...
EcoBeautyScore is an association with a revolutionary approach that offers consumers more transparency to enable informed and sustainable choices.
The Istituto Italiano Imballaggio is the leading associative network for the packaging supply chain. It offers high-quality professional training – delivered by Packaging Meeting – and promotes the dissemination of packaging science in Italy.
Founded by 22 organizations from the cosmetics, wellness and family health, and dietary supplements sectors, the Green Impact Index is a tool for displaying the environmental and societal performance of products, with the objective of informing consumer choices. These organizations are grouped within a consortium, officially established in September 2023. Co-developed with AFNOR Normalisation, the product rating is rigorously calculated based on around 50 criteria, allowing the inclusion of societal and environmental aspects that go beyond the LCA method. Learn more
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Collaboration is the new competition

Collaboration is the new competition
Engaging in cross-sector collaboration remains a challenge for companies, but consortiums and collectives are multiplying to drive and accelerate transformation.
Come and meet the pioneers who are rewriting the rules of the game!

  • Discover how companies — sometimes even competitors — are joining forces within consortiums to tackle environmental, technological, and societal challenges together, and are concretely transforming value chains through approaches already implemented in the packaging sector.
  •  Dialogue, cooperation, innovation: these collectives are reinventing value chains, accelerating the transition, and paving the way for new economic models.
  • Join them in our dedicated space to exchange ideas, find inspiration, and perhaps… become part of the next coalition for change.