Stopping all animal testing is something Lush cares passionately about. Not a penny of our money - your money too - goes to any company which carries out, funds or commissions any animal testing.
* Lush does not buy any of the raw materials that make our products from any company that tests anything on animals. There are alternative tests which can be used.
* We buy raw materials from any company that can sign a declaration saying they test none of their raw materials on animals now and have no plans to do so in the future. Eg if we want to buy glycerine which is not tested on animals but the company tests other materials on animals we will not buy from them. If the raw materials company tests glycerine for a food product, even though we want to use it in a cosmetics product, we still will not buy it from them.
* This policy means that we can be certain that the profits our raw material suppliers make from us do not go back into animal testing. It means that we do not do business with companies whose ethical stance is at odds with ours and who are doing things that we find unacceptable or that compromise our beliefs. Companies who test at the moment but decide to stop testing and see the light can sell to us immediately.
If we can persuade a company which tests on animals to stop testing then we will buy from them as soon as they stop. If a company we buy from starts to test again then we will no longer buy from them. In the past, members of the Lush team have persuaded two ingredients manufacturers to stop animal testing completely. We did this by pointing out the alternatives and by offering to buy their products from the point at which they stopped.
Stop testing today, say you will not test in the future and we will give you our business. Simple. We believe that this is the only worthwhile position to adopt and we urge all cosmetics companies and anti-cruelty organisations to adopt this policy.
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