Become a
Pact member.

Doing right by people and our planet means working together to make products more sustainably — right here and now. Pact catalyzes collaboration across the beauty and wellness industries to reduce, recycle, and drive towards circularity. Because sustainability is beautiful.

 

Pact members are beauty and wellness brands.

Pact members are beauty and wellness retailers.

Pact members are beauty and wellness packaging suppliers.

Pact members are beauty and wellness brands. Pact members are beauty and wellness retailers. Pact members are beauty and wellness packaging suppliers.

Membership benefits

  • Education

    Learn from the best and disregard the rest. We’re constantly compiling expert and peer insights to help our supply chains make more sustainable, informed choices.

    RESOURCES

  • Community

    Connect with thought leaders who share your environmental values. Exchange ideas and leads to advance the industry and your brand’s sustainability.

    CURRENT MEMBERS

  • Programs

    Take action to close the loop on our industry’s hard-to-recycle packaging by onboarding Pact's Collection Programs and future programming as we expand our offerings.

    APPLICATION

Membership types

Pact membership is for all beauty and wellness stakeholders including packaging suppliers and designers, brands and retailers, and like-minded organizations.

Membership fee varies based on organization type and number of full-time employees. We’re committed to making membership accessible — as a nonprofit, we want as many industry stakeholders as possible to join our collective.

 

  • Best for: Companies with 0-49 full-time employees involved in creating, manufacturing, and selling beauty and wellness products or goods.

    Cost: $850 per year (USD)

  • Best for: Companies with 50-99 full-time employees involved in creating, manufacturing, and selling beauty and wellness products or goods.

    Cost: $3,000 per year (USD)

  • Best for: Companies with 100-249 full-time employees involved in creating, manufacturing, and selling beauty and wellness products or goods.

    Cost: $6,000 per year (USD)

  • Best for: Companies with 250 or more full-time employees involved in creating, manufacturing, and selling beauty and wellness products or goods.

    Cost: $9,500 per year (USD)

  • Only for: Nonprofit and academic organizations of all sizes. This membership is best for people and organizations participating in the beauty and wellness industry through education, advocacy, and/or community building.

    Cost: $250 per year (USD)

The beauty industry’s place for progress.

Through our collection programs, Pact collects hard-to-recycle packaging that municipal recycling facilities (MRFs) cannot recycle due to equipment limitations or lack of end markets. We find the highest and best use for the material we collect, prioritizing mechanically recycling into consumer packaging or durable goods over downcycling or molecular recycling. The least favorable option for packaging end-of-life is incineration, or “waste-to-energy.” It’s our last step only when there is no other use for the material.

 

ILIA. Sephora. Innersense. HCT. French Girl. Luxe Pack. Prima. Beautycounter. RMS. ATHR Beauty. WWP Beauty. Axiology. Plaine Products. BeautyMatter. Grove Collaborative. Dr Dennis Gross. Westman Atelier. Cos Bar. Seed Phytonutrients. Versed. Bartlett Brands. Last Object. Pacifica. Victoria Beckham Beauty.

ILIA. Sephora. Innersense. HCT. French Girl. Luxe Pack. Prima. Beautycounter. RMS. ATHR Beauty. WWP Beauty. Axiology. Plaine Products. BeautyMatter. Grove Collaborative. Dr Dennis Gross. Westman Atelier. Cos Bar. Seed Phytonutrients. Versed. Bartlett Brands. Last Object. Pacifica. Victoria Beckham Beauty.

Let’s prevent packaging from ending up in landfill.

Through membership, Pact offers a variety of exclusive programs designed to help beauty and wellness companies reduce, recycle, and drive towards circularity.

 

  • Best for: Retailers and brands with physical storefronts, or brands interested in sponsoring a bin on behalf of a small retailer.

    About the program: Pact’s In-Store Collection Program provides a convenient way for retailers to help their customers properly discard their hard-to-recycle packaging while educating them to make informed, sustainable decisions. Members have the option to use a Pact branded bin or collaborate on a co-branded bin.

  • Best for: Members with large office(s) or shared working space.

    About the program: Our In-Office Collection Program provides an easy way for brands to empower their employees and visitors to properly recycle their hard-to-recycle packaging. Members have the option to use a Pact branded bin or collaborate on a co-branded bin. All bins can be permanently featured and/or used for events.

  • Best for: DTC brands and businesses, and those with no physical storefront locations.

    About the program: Our Mail-Back Collection Program a great way to offer your US & CAD customers a way to properly discard their hard-to-recycle empties if they don’t have access to a Pact bin. We offer two options:

    1. Customer-supported: customer partially supports program costs.

    2. Brand-sponsored: brands take on all program costs.

  • Best for: Brands, retailers and suppliers.

    About the program: Our Obsolete Inventory Program improves on the typically unsustainable process of product and packaging destruction by taking an extra step to sort out components that can be mechanically recycled (e.g. caps, compacts, cardboard boxes). All remaining packaging that is “contaminated” or non-recyclable will be molecularly recycled or sent to waste-to-energy. Once processed, we will issue a certification of destruction for your records.

  • Best for: Members looking for expert packaging support.

    About the program: Pact’s Affiliate Consultant Program provides members with expert support when taking a deep dive into their sustainable packaging goals. Whether you’re a pro or novice, our Affiliate Consultants support our Pact members at every step of their sustainable packaging journey.

Defining the future of the industry.

 
 

Sustainable and circular practices require collaboration. When we share information and solutions transparently, we’re more empowered to take responsibility for the waste we collectively create. We can then do better by our planet. Learn more.