Clement Packaging

Plant-based, compostable packaging for consumer goods as a 1:1 replacement for petroleum plastic

About the Business

Clement Packaging makes plant-based, compostable packaging for beauty and personal care brands. Our material is made from upcycled bamboo and renewable bio-resins and certified home compostable. No plastic, no microplastics, no PFAS, no BPA.

We exist because the CPG industry produces billions of plastic containers every year, most of which end up in landfills or oceans. Brands want to do better but haven't had a real alternative: one that's actually durable, looks premium, and breaks down safely in compost.

We handle everything in-house at our 73,000 sq ft facility: tooling, molding, decoration. No middlemen, no ghost factories. Our packaging has been adopted by brands sold at Sephora and Natural Grocers, and we've been recognized by the World Economic Forum.

Helen Yang

Helen is the CEO & Founder of Clement Packaging, a plant-based packaging company tackling plastic pollution in the consumer goods industry. Prior to entrepreneurship, Helen ran Product Development at various clean beauty brands including A-Frame celebrity incubator (Naomi Osaka's Kinlo & John Legend's LOVED01), Public Goods, and cocokind.

She holds a dual bachelor's degree in Chemistry and English from Columbia University where she conducted four years of synthetic nanochemistry research. Helen is also known for her publications on the topical effects of blue light irradiation; her research won an SCC National award and she teaches the subject every semester at the University of Toledo. Helen authored both of Clement Packaging's pending utility patents and holds awards from the World Economic Forum, DIELINE, Paris Packaging Week and more.

Helen is currently based in San Francisco, USA.

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