Our STUDIO BOTANIC certificates

To make our standards transparent and verifiable, we have our products certified and use certified packaging materials. Out of conviction, we comply with the criteria of the following independent labels and standards:

NATRUE Label

True Friends of Natural and Organic Cosmetics

The NATRUE Label focuses on the composition of natural and organic cosmetics and defines which ingredients may be used, how they may be processed and which requirements the respective formulation must meet. Compliance with these criteria is verified by independent, accredited certification bodies. The aim of the label is to promote and protect natural and organic cosmetics worldwide in the interests of consumers. To achieve this, NATRUE advocates strict and internationally consistent criteria for natural and organic cosmetics. This provides consumers with greater transparency and makes certified natural cosmetics easier to recognise at a glance.

THE VEGAN SOCIETY Label

One world. Many lives. Our choice.  

To provide vegan consumers with confidence and guidance, products registered with The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark are subject to clearly defined criteria and independent verification. This ensures, among other things, that no animal products, by-products or derivatives are used in the development and manufacture of the products or their ingredients. Animal testing in connection with their development and manufacture is also excluded under the Vegan Trademark standards. The standard also takes into account manufacturing and the supply chain as well as possible cross-contamination with animal-derived substances. The use of animal genes, animal-derived substances or animal derivatives in the development or production of genetically modified organisms is also regulated accordingly.

CRUELTY FREE 

Cruelty Free certified  

CRUELTY FREE steht bei STUDIO BOTANIC für einen konsequenten Umgang mit Tierwohl, der über die reine Formulierung unserer Produkte hinausgeht. Unsere Kosmetik ist vegan und kommt ohne tierische Inhaltsstoffe aus. Gleichzeitig führen wir für unsere Kosmetik keine Tierversuche durch, geben diese nicht in Auftrag und akzeptieren sie auch nicht als Voraussetzung für die Vermarktung unserer Produkte. Dieser Anspruch bezieht sich auf unsere Produkte und deren Inhaltsstoffe und berücksichtigt auch die entsprechenden Anforderungen an unsere Hersteller und Lieferanten. Unser CRUELTY FREE BUNNY ist dabei kein frei verwendeter Zusatzclaim, sondern macht einen durch das zugrunde liegende Zertifizierungssystem mitverifizierten Aspekt sichtbar: Unsere Produkte sind bestätigt cruelty free. 

Within the European Union, the avoidance of animal testing for cosmetics is also extensively regulated by law. The legal basis is the EU Cosmetics Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009). Animal testing of finished cosmetic products has been prohibited in the EU since 2004, while animal testing of cosmetic ingredients for the purposes of cosmetics legislation has been prohibited since 2009. Since March 2013, a complete marketing ban has additionally applied to cosmetic products whose finished products or ingredients have been tested on animals in order to meet the requirements of EU cosmetics legislation. These provisions do not, however, mean that an ingredient which is also used in cosmetics can never be subject to animal testing under other legislation. In particular, the European chemicals regulation REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) may impose additional requirements on substances, for example for assessing risks to workers or the environment. This legal distinction is important when discussing animal testing in relation to cosmetic ingredients.

Different regulatory conditions also apply outside the European Union. In individual markets, animal testing may still be required or carried out under certain circumstances in connection with the approval, import or regulatory safety assessment of cosmetic products. STUDIO BOTANIC distances itself from this practice and does not enter markets where animal testing would be required in order to market our products. For us, CRUELTY FREE therefore means more than simply complying with European legal requirements. Together with our vegan formulations, it reflects our broader commitment to consistently excluding animal suffering from the development, manufacture and marketing of our cosmetics.

ISO 16128

MAKING NATURAL CONTENT MEASURABLE AND VERIFIABLE

The international standards ISO 16128-1 and ISO 16128-2 provide a consistent framework for defining natural and organic cosmetic ingredients, classifying them according to their origin, and calculating the proportion of natural and naturally derived ingredients within a formulation. ISO 16128 itself is not a natural cosmetics label or certification system. Instead, the standards provide internationally defined criteria and calculation methods that make it possible to determine the origin of the ingredients used and to calculate and express the natural content of a cosmetic formulation as a percentage.

STUDIO BOTANIC takes ISO 16128 into account when developing its formulations, with the aim of making their natural content transparent and verifiable. For products carrying corresponding claims, we have the formulation, the underlying raw material data and the natural content calculated according to ISO 16128 independently reviewed and certified by a certification body. The certification confirms for the respective product that the stated percentages are based on the definitions and calculation methods of ISO 16128. This means that the natural content percentages we state are not based solely on information provided by STUDIO BOTANIC, but are independently verified and documented for the respective product.

FSC

Forest Stewardship Council

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is an international, independent, non-profit organisation that develops standards for responsible forest management. The FSC® system takes environmental, social and economic requirements into account and enables certified materials to be traced throughout the supply chain. The FSC® label identifies products and packaging materials whose wood- or paper-based components originate, according to the respective FSC® criteria, from responsibly managed forests, recycled materials and/or other controlled sources. For our folding boxes, we use paper from Gmund Papierfabrik, which is certified according to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council®. Gmund’s FSC® certification ensures that the respective materials meet FSC® requirements for responsible sourcing and supply chains.