Good for you. And the environment.
We believe that people expect more from companies today. Therefore, our products are not only good for their users, but also for our environment. Our Clean Beauty concept for care products is powerful and has been developed without any ingredients that are harmful to our environment.
We ensure that our entire activity, from production to shipping, is not only environmentally friendly and climate-neutral, but also goes beyond that: with every product we produce, more is given back to our planet than we took out of it through its production.
Carbon and plastic neutrality
We have made our shipping not only CO2-free but also completely plastic-free. The shipping boxes are made from FSC-certified, recycled corrugated cardboard. We only use recyclable materials to secure and cushion our products during shipping. The shipping of our packages is always co2-neutral. To compensate for the transport of our goods to our customers, our shipping partners support, for example, reforestation projects that at least offset the equivalent of the emissions released during the transport route. sober avoids using plastics whenever possible.
Our products are therefore shipped without plastic film and of course contain no microplastics - neither in the form of silicones nor nanoplastics. If the use of plastic cannot yet be avoided or if alternatives made from 100% recycled material are not available, such as the dispensers we use, the material we use is always recyclable. In addition, with our partner plasticbank, we ensure the recycling and neutralization of the quantities placed on the market so that they are additionally removed from the environment.
New forest with every package.
Eden Reforestation Projects is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide impoverished villagers with fair wage work as part of global forest reforestation. Eden Projects supports the poorest of the poor to grow, plant and monitor native forest species on a massive scale. By keeping their overhead costs low, Eden Project is now considered one of the most cost-effective reforestation projects on the planet. Their activities lead to a multiplication of positive socio-economic and environmental measures on site.
In addition to offsetting our co2 emissions, we plant a tree for every delivery and give more back to our earth than we took out of it. As a company, we are not only climate-positive by additionally binding CO2 in reforested forests, but we also specifically support local communities in their lives. New forests not only help create new jobs but also improve the ecosystem by preventing land or coastal erosion, increasing local rainfall and generally improving the quality of soil for growing food.
Regional production. Ultimate perfection.
Short delivery routes ensure fewer carbon emissions and underline our high quality standards. We source the bottles for our perfumes from one of the world's oldest glassworks, which was founded in Bavaria in 1622 and is still family-owned. For almost 400 years, they have been concentrating on perfecting glass production, thereby providing us with the desired, excellent quality to protect our products. The subsequent finishing of the bottles is carried out close to the factory by a specialist based there who, as a technology leader in the finishing of glass, implements our demands for consistent direct glass printing with unique brilliance. If we cannot obtain a product such as the cosmetic dispensers we use in Germany in the necessary quality, we will obtain them directly from production according to our specifications from the European market leader for innovative spray and dosing solutions in France.
All of our cosmetics and perfumes are made in family businesses in southern Germany, and our accessories are made locally by hand in factories in Berlin. The development of our recipes as well as the creation and design of the products take place in Berlin.
Certifications & Memberships
We are members of - or certified by - organizations from various countries around the world for our efforts to protect animals and the environment.
PeTA
TheGreenPoint®
Eden Reforestation Projects
DHL GoGreen
FSC®
plasticbank
Good for people, animals and our planet
First-class products are more than just the effect of their application. With our Clean Care philosophy, we not only avoid ingredients that may be harmful to people, but also substances that do not endanger our waterways and are biodegradable - because clean water is the basis of our lives. We test our products on friends, not animals. That's why we support peta's "Beauty without Bunnies" initiative, which confirms that our products are cruelty-free.
We will also never sell our products in countries that require us to test on animals to prove their safety. Unless at the expense of their effectiveness, all of our products are also vegan. With tree planting campaigns, we not only bind carbon released during production, but also give the water we use back to nature. Trees not only absorb CO2 and other greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide or sulfur dioxide, but also emit valuable oxygen. A single tree can absorb up to 5 kg of air pollutants each year and produce up to 130 kg of oxygen and 200 liters of drinking water in the same period.
Our path to a circular economy
We take responsibility and act ecologically and ethically conscientiously. The way we do business today should not have a negative impact on our environment and the lives of future generations. Sustainability is therefore particularly important to us. Our technical infrastructure is powered by electricity from 100% renewable energies and hosted in one of the greenest data centers in Europe. The use of the latest technologies leads to 25% higher energy efficiency compared to conventional data centers. If we do need to print something, we use paper that is 100% recycled and protects our forests. All types of paper we use, including packaging, bear the FSC® seal. FSC® stands for wood from exemplary managed forests.
As a participant in the dual system and Green Dot licensee, our glass, plastic and paper packaging can be returned and reprocessed. We also want to support our suppliers in achieving our own high goals. We therefore encourage and oblige them, if not already the case, to comply with or achieve the standards we have set for ourselves.
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