Burt’s Bees

Foundation Member | Tracking Since June 2022

Burt’s Bees Sustainability

To reconnect people to the wisdom, power and beauty of nature

Everything we depend on to survive comes from nature. Our food, oxygen, materials for shelter and clothing, ingredients for life-saving medicines—it’s all from nature, and all dependent on biodiversity. (That’s the term for the variety of life on Earth, from bees to berries to bacteria.) Protecting nature today and working to preserve it for tomorrow just isn’t optional.

About Burt’s Bees

  • Status
  • Industry
  • Cosmetics
  • Country
  • Australia
  • Founded
  • 1984

Burt’s Bees Sustainability Actions

Ingredients from Nature

Each of our products is consciously crafted with ingredients from nature to nourish and revitalise your skin. We select nutrient-rich ingredients to help support a strong and healthy skin barrier. We strive for 100% natural origin formulas, and all of our products are over 95% natural origin. We formulate without phthalates, parabens, petrolatum, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and other chemicals of concern.

No Animal Testing

A true love and appreciation for animals (especially bees) runs deep in our organisation. Our products are Leaping Bunny Certified, which means we do not test our formulas on animals or ask anyone to do so on our behalf.

Responsible Sourcing

We’re committed to supporting the communities and environments where we source our ingredients. We’ve completed more than 100 visits to date to trace and monitor our key raw materials. We invest globally in communities that support our supply chain, helping to safeguard access to clean water, support women’s and children’s empowerment, and promote health, safety and biodiversity. We proudly participate in the Global Shea Alliance, Responsible Mica Initiative, Natural Resources Stewardship Council, Sedex and AIM-Progress.

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Burt’s Bees Sustainability Commitments

2010

Landfill-Free Operations

We’ve kept all of our operational waste out of landfills since 2010, diverting everything to compost bins, recycling centers or waste-to-energy facilities. (Same goes for our office— no one has a desk trash can, we all use sorting bins.) You may have a composting service in your area that you can use, or you can recommit to recycling and reusing to cut back on your household waste. We’re also constantly innovating on the packaging front, looking for ways to cut waste from our containers and to incorporate more recycled materials into each bottle, tube and tin.

2010

Established our Responsible Sourcing Program

We've visited 115 sites in 25 countries since we began our Responsible Sourcing program in 2010

2015

CarbonNeutral® Certified

Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere and re-absorbed by the ocean and plants all the time. But people cause an uptick in CO2 by burning fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, and by cutting down swaths of forest that would otherwise help photosynthesize that excess. That’s carbon emissions in a nutshell. Companies can invest in carbon sequestration projects to offset their carbon yield and get to a net-zero output. We’ve sustained that certification since 2015. You can buy personal carbon offsets if you’re concerned about your footprint, but we’d suggest trying to shrink that footprint first.

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Burt’s Bees Partnerships

Memberships & Accreditations

About Burt’s Bees

  • Status
  • Industry
  • Cosmetics
  • Country
  • Australia
  • Founded
  • 1984

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