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Lush

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Owned
UK
Rating
Lesser Criticisims

Cosmetics

Founded in 1994. More than 600 stores in 43 countries. Co-founders Mark and Mo Constantine own the company with Helen Ambrosen.

Lush Ltd   UK     website   email      

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Lush Ltd
Animals Cruelty free company
This company has either signed PETA's statement of assurance or provided a statement verifying that they do not conduct or commission any animal tests.
[Source 2018][More on Animal Testing]
Business Ethics Fair Tax Mark
This company has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark, indicating it is open and transparent about its tax affairs and seeks to pay the right amount of corporation tax at the right time in the right place.
[Source 2015][More on Finance]
Social Mica replacement
In 2014 Lush committed to removing all traces of mica from its products over concerns that it is unable to guarantee that the mines which extract the product are free from child labour. The company will use a synthetic alternative instead.
[Source 2014][More on Human Rights]
Business Ethics 'D' rating at rankabrand.org
Rank a Brand searches the websites of brands for the answers to carefully targeted questions. From this they calculate sustainability scores based on the themes of environment, climate, labor issues, and transparency. Brands owned by this company received a 'D'.
[Source 2016][More on Sustainability Reporting]
Environment Environmental claims
[Source 2011][More on Environmental Claims]
Environment Palm oil scorecard - RFUK
Ethical Consumer has ranked companies' practices and policies in relation to their palm oil sourcing for the Rainforest Foundation/Ethical Consumer palm oil campaign. This company received a 'yellow' rating.
[Source 2016][More on Palm Oil]
Social Skin Deep profile
Skin Deep is an online safety guide to cosmetics and personal care products and their potential hazards and health concerns, with over 69,000 products rated from 1 (low hazard) to 10 (high hazard).
[Source 2016][More on Product Safety]

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Company Details

Company Structure Private company
Revenue US$36 million in 2010
# Employees 851 in 2010 in World
Subsidiaries Lush Australasia Retail Ltd

Contact Details

Address Poole, United Kingdom
Website www.lush.com

Products / Brands

Lush Australasia
Lush Cosmetics
Lush Skin Care


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