• Maintain a policy where only renewable and sustainable plant and vegetable derived ingredients are used.
  
  
• Incorporate 100% Certified Organic Ingredients where possible as a measure of change to support farmers- the real stewards of the land.
  
  
• Acceptable materials include but are not limited to; ethically "wild crafted" botanicals, essential oils and vegetable oils, natural plant juices, fruit acids, flavor extracts and natural minerals.
  
  
• All ingredients must be responsibly sourced and there must be traceability of the ingredients through certificates of origin and organic certifications.
  
  
• The impact on the communities which provide these raw materials and their ecosystems.
  
  
• The processing of raw materials into the ingredients for our products; energy usage and consumption.
  
  
• The impact of the finished product and packaging on people and the environment.
  
  
• Life Cycle Assessment

Green InGredients™ Guidelines

• Originate from renewable, sustainable, mineral and organic plant-based sources. We do not use animal products or animal by-products.
  
  
• Are animal friendly (AromafloriA® does not conduct animal testing on its products and supports the development of alternative methods to animal testing).
  
  
• Are primarily naturally derived from 100% plant based renewable and sustainable feed stocks. These ingredients may subsequently be converted to 100% certified organic and used when economically feasible. These materials are manufactured with chemical processes that are environmentally sound and benign with a positive environmental fate.
  
  
• Provide fair and socially responsible business to the communities and vendors supplying these materials in a fair-trade manner so they, in turn, will farm more. This helps to protect the environment and helps to bring pricing in line with commercial applications for all markets. This is called a "community practice" and they share equally in the harvest all the way through the supply chain, to you the consumer.
  
  
• Require environmentally friendly chemical processes that follow the 12 principles of "Green Chemistry and Engineering".
  
  
• Require human health data for mutagenicity and carcinogenicity.
  
  
• Require biodegradation results for materials that are either readily or easily biodegradable.
  
  
• Require the vendor community to test for aquatic toxicity and environmental fate.
  
  
• Meet the DFE Standard for aquatic toxicity as a minimum.
  
  
• Require that packaging materials contain the highest level of post consumer recyclables where possible, are made with renewable raw materials only if they do not compromise human welfare and /or further pollute the waste stream.
  
  
• Require energy efficient manufacturing processes that are environmentally safe.