Beyond the Label

Beyond the Label is an interdisciplinary Yale initiative under the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale’s (CBEY) Sustainable Fashion initiative. It explores the intersections of beauty, human health, environmental sustainability, equity, and business.

The initiative brings together students, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and community advocates to examine how personal care products are formulated, regulated, marketed, and used. The Yale community is invited to engage in these conversations, regardless of background or field of study.

Through panels, speaker events, workshops, and hands-on programming, Beyond the Label creates opportunities to explore emerging research, safer product innovation, regulatory change, and environmental justice. The initiative aims to foster more holistic conversation about the personal care industry and envision what a healthier, more equitable, and more sustainable future for beauty can look like.