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Tropic Skincare

How ethical is Tropic Skincare? 

Tropic Skincare, a UK skincare brand, is one of The Good Shopping Guide’s top-rated ethical brands and is featured on our list of the Top 200 Ethical Businesses.

The brand receives an excellent Good Shopping Guide ethical score in our Ethical Skincare Ratings Table and therefore successfully passes our ethical benchmark and is featured on our list of The World’s Most Ethical Businesses.

We encourage other companies in the Skincare sector to follow Tropic’s example and adopt more ethical policies and practices.

In which areas does Tropic Skincare perform well?

Tropic Skincare performs well across all of our criteria for the Environment, Animals and People

Tropic’s Environmental Report is extensive, and outlines goals, with an understanding of the specific issues, caused and faced by skincare companies. Tropic is a carbon-neutral company, that responsibly sources all of its ingredients, stocks recyclable and refillable products, and is cruelty-free and vegan. Every purchase also funds education initiatives in Less Economically Developed nations.

What makes Tropic Skincare so sustainable?

Tropic Skincare has a wide range of sustainable initiatives that further the brand’s ethical status. The brand is a CarbonNeutral®-certified business. All carbon emissions are tracked and doubly offset. Through this programme, Tropic has helped save 65,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia from unethical palm oil conversion and sponsored conservation efforts in the Amazonian jungle.

Tropic had zero waste shipped to landfills in 2019 and 2020. It provides a buyback programme for several of its items. Every Tropic order helps educate a child who would not otherwise get access to school. Every £50 that is spent funds a day of school for children in Cambodia, Myanmar, or Nepal.

Tropic has raised over £250,000 for the Winnie Mabaso Foundation, a South African nonprofit organisation. It also supports the UK charity Big Change, which is a leader in advancing youth education in Britain.

Plus, Tropic Skincare’s SPF is completely reef-safe!

As a result of its exemplary ethical policies and achievements, Tropic Skincare has been awarded a top rating in the Ethical Innovator category.

How did Tropic Skincare attain Ethical Accreditation?

Tropic Skincare has attained Ethical Accreditation from The Good Shopping Guide. This involved an application process and a full review of the brand’s ethical policies and practices. Tropic Skincare is subject to an annual review to ensure the company maintains high ethical standards.

As a result, Tropic Skincare is permitted to use our Good Shopping Guide Ethical logo, which certifies the brand’s ethical status and allows consumers to recognise Tropic Skincare as an ethical brand.

Ethical performance in category

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GSG score

100
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GSG category benchmark

100

Awarded Ethical Accreditation

Ethical Rating

Environment

  • Environmental Report

    Good

  • Genetic Modification

    Good

  • Organic

    Good

  • Nuclear Power

    Good

  • Fossil Fuels

    Good

Animal

  • Animal Welfare

    Good

  • Vegetarian/Vegan Verified

    Good

People

  • Armaments

    Good

  • Irresponsible Marketing

    Good

  • Political Donations

    Good

Other

  • Ethical Accreditation

    Good

  • Public Record Criticisms

    Good

  • Ethical Innovator

    Good

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