Beauty & Sustainability: What Every MBA Needs to Know

As the $450 billion/year beauty and personal care industry grows, so too do its sustainability impacts, which range from water consumption to packaging waste to biodiversity impacts in sourcing. This briefing covers the key sustainability impacts as well as innovation opportunities that are emerging.

Published 2025. 5 pages. PDF.

Lead Author: Irene Chang, MEM/MBA ’25, EDGE Fellow, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Special thanks to: Sarah Fromm, Paula Alexander, and Maria de Oca.