Tentativi di maggiore chiarezza su ditte di cosmetici FORSE cruelty free; pagina 2

ecco la risposta di The Body Shop:

Dear Eleonora,

Thank you for your email. The news that the boards of L'Oreal and The Body Shop have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer made by L'Oreal have not altered the principles of The Body Shop. The Body Shop intends to remain a pioneering ethical retailer offering affordable prestige quality products and campaigning for social and environmental change.

Let us be clear, The Body Shop is an ethically-driven company. For example, through determined campaigning and with the support of over four million customers, The Body Shop was instrumental in securing UK and European bans on animal testing for cosmetic purposes. We were the first international cosmetics brand to be awarded the Humane Cosmetics Standard for our Against Animal Testing policy, which is viewed as best practice by leading animal welfare groups. Our policy ensures that we will not purchase any ingredient that has been tested or retested on animals for cosmetic purposes since at least 31 December 1990. We intend to continue to demand that all of our suppliers adhere to our standards, and our strict audit systems will remain in place to safeguard the integrity of our Against Animal Testing Policy.

In 2005, the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals (RSPCA) applauded The Body Shop for its commitment to this principle. In March 2006, The Body Shop was selected as "Best Cruelty Free Cosmetics" in the
first PETA Europe Progress Awards. We are incredibly proud of both these honors. We have never tested our products or ingredients on animals, nor commissioned others to do so on our behalf.

L'Oréal has stated that it has great respect for The Body Shop identity as a successful, global, naturally-oriented company with a distinct heritage based on strong and well defined values. Furthermore, L'Oreal have stated that, should the offer succeed, The Body Shop would retain its existing identity and values and use this transaction as a platform for further expansion of The Body Shop's values with support from L'Oréal. We applaud their intentions and hope that our customers will do the same.

Your comments will be documented here at our Home Office. I hope you find the level of service provided to you via this correspondence satisfactory. If you are not satisfied please feel free to contact me at, 1-800-263-9746 ext
5667.

Sincerely,

Tieren

US Care Center Admin Team

eleonora85 ha scritto:
For that reason, I ask You to change Your policy: use only ingredients which are not tested on animals!

Ribadisco che non esistono ingredienti non testati, Occorre usare ingredienti messi in commercio prima di una certa data. Secondo me stai chiedendo la cosa sbagliata alle aziende.

Per quanto riguarda Body Shop comunque rimane aderente allo standard, quindi il prodotto non e' testato, pero' si
danno soldi a una ditta che e' stata comprata da
L'Oreal.

Essendo una ditta estera rientra nello standard della BUAV, che qui espone la sua posizone:

http://www.buav.org/news/2006_news_updates/BodyShopStatement.html
In pratica dicono che Body SHop ha dichiarato di non cambiare polica sul cruelty-free, assicurano (quelli della BUAV) che controlleranno attentamente che questo sia vero, ma che informano i consumatori che comprando Body Shop il singolo cosmetico e' crulety-free, ma si danno soldi a una ditta (L'Oreal) che fa vivisezione

Certo che che gli addetti alle pubbliche relazioni di Body SHop sono molto piu' bravi di quelli di "BelleBolle" :)