Ethical Production

Most modern organic and natural cosmetic companies have very specific policies regarding ethical production. This does not however always extend to the manufacture or harvesting of the raw ingredients used in their products.

Avea ensures that all it suppliers assume full social and ethical responsibility for the sourcing and purchase of all raw ingredients supplied by third world countries. You may recognise this policy under the more familiar name of "Fair Trade", a term easily bandied about by companies wishing to appeal to ethical shoppers.

Avea will also not enter into business with companies who market products manufactured from raw ingredients cultivated on cleared tracks of rain forest or utilize markets where child labour is used.

Where animal by-products such as Lanolin and bees wax are used, these should be sourced from organic, ethically managed farms with clear animal welfare policies.