Sustainability

What is actually true about this catalogue, stated plainly — and what we are not going to claim.

What the catalogue contains

2952 materials are vegan suitable and 404 are of natural origin. Animal-derived materials are labelled as such rather than left for a customer to work out from the INCI.

Origin is on the record

Every material states its origin and feedstock on the product page and in the Ingredient Dictionary. Upcycled materials — seed, peel and press cake from food production — are described as what they are.

Small packs are the point

Buying 10 g to trial a material, rather than a kilo that is thrown away when the formula changes, is the single biggest reduction in waste available to a small formulator. That is why the ladder starts where it does.

What we are not claiming

We do not hold third-party sustainability certifications, we do not operate a carbon programme, and we are not going to describe this catalogue as sustainable as a whole. Where a specific material carries a credible certification from its own supplier, it is stated on that material and nowhere else.