RAIKU has developed a 100% natural packaging material that offers luxurious aesthetics and excellent shock absorption. The material is one of the lowest carbon footprint materials in the world as the company has brought to the market a radically more efficient production process than traditional industries reporting over 90% resource reduction.
The company already boasts clients like LVMH and funding support by the toughest European instruments such as €5.6M support from the European Innovation Council. It’s considered as a strategic technology to reduce EU’s and global packaging pollution in a safe and compostable way.
“Being selected by L’Oréal is a strong validation of both our novel material and that world’s largest companies place solid resources to innovate their supply chains in the upcoming years,” said Karl Pärtel, Co-Founder at RAIKU Packaging. “Startups, go for it!”
The L’Oréal selection further validates RAIKU’s natural material and its potential to perform at industrial level. It also confirms a large demand from global industries to find new materials in order to meet consumer expectations and fulfill their strategic goals to reduce their footprint.
What is L’Oréal Accelerator?
The L’Oréal Sustainable Innovation Accelerator builds on the company’s long-standing culture of innovation and forms part of a €100 million investment over five years aimed at accelerating breakthrough technologies across the beauty value chain. The initiative addresses key industry challenges, including sustainable ingredients, alternative packaging materials, low-impact manufacturing, and the elimination of fossil-based plastics.
Delivered in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the 12-month program supports pilot framing, readiness, and real-world deployment. Participating companies receive tailored support, including up to 12 hours of one-to-one mentoring and coaching from global sustainability, innovation, and industry leaders.
The main effort is to understand whether there’s a potential business opportunity to work together while the programme moves through specific stage gates.
“Joining L´Accelerator is a pivotal opportunity for RAIKU because beauty is one of the fastest-growing segments where sustainability and design excellence go hand in hand,” said Pärtel.
“The program enables us to advance our 100% wood material and demonstrate how to reconcile sustainability, aesthetics and performance,” he added.
By scaling these innovations, L’Oréal aims to accelerate the delivery of its sustainability ambitions.