Certifications & Memberships

Every day in the UK consumers unknowingly purchase cosmetics that have not been subjected to the legally required safety tests!

Cosmetics sellers, including the full range of soap and bath & body products, need to have product safety assessments in place before they can legally be placed on the market.

Not surprisingly, artisan cosmetics are very popular. Made in line with good manufacturing guidelines, artisan products stand out due to their superior quality and properties.

When you buy from a compliant artisan crafter you are supporting a small, local business with high ethical and environmental standards.

Natural Lather and our full range of products are certified and approved by an approved chemist for your safety and peace of mind.  These approvals are a requirement to be accepted as a member of the Guild of Craft Soap & Toiletry Makers.  Below are our credentials and registration number which can be verified on the official website: https://gcstm.co.uk/

 

Through our collaboration with Carbon Neutral Britain each month we plant 30 trees, and offset 60 tonnes of CO²e each year - reversing the climate impact of our business.

 

Our funding also supports projects such as:

Reducing British Livestock Emissions
 
Helping tackle the controversial climate impact of dairy produce - this project introduces natural feed supplement into dairy cattle diet aiming to reduce methane (CH4) emissions from enteric fermentation by direct inhibition of methanogens in the rumen.

The process results in a substantial net reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, because of the avoidance of CH4 released into the atmosphere, which would occur under normal operating circumstances.

Over the 7 years of the first crediting period, the project will generate an estimated annual average reduction of 187'563 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO²), and around 1 tonne per cow per year.
 
Preserving the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil
 
This project is located in Para State, Brazil, where 63% of the Amazon Rainforest has already been lost. By using sustainable logging practices certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, the project will continue to avoid the deforestation of 27.4 thousand hectares of rainforest which would have been deforested had traditional logging practices been used.

As the first REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) project within the VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) framework in the Amazon, the project helps reduce 9.4 million tonnes of CO² emissions that would have been emitted into the atmosphere over the next ten years, as well as providing sustainable social development in the area.