Star Seed ❀
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Star Seed are a Green Salon favourite. This regenerative skin-care brand use plant-based, ethically sourced organic and wild ingredients, to create outstanding products - handmade with love in small fresh batches.
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PLANET
Star Seed are on a mission to make skincare regenerative. They are guided by the Science Based Targets with carbon insetting covering 100% of Star Seed's emissions. They have planted over 1,764 tree saplings from more than 48 different indigenous & endangered species and have completed the new tree nursery that can propagate over 3,000 saplings every month. The extent of their tree planting is impressive for a small brand. We love their use of Explorer app technology to show the tree plantations and where their ingredients are grown in East Africa. Every ingredient has full provenance with organic & wild certifications. Star Seed have set themselves the goal of being Net-Zero by 2035 across all scope 1, 2 and 3.
PEOPLE
Star Seed is a UK-based company, with all their suppliers based in Kenya. They source their ingredients from Kenyan smallholders who receive above-market rates. They work closely with a local Kenyan charity, LEAF, which empowers marginalised groups such as women and young people. By investing 10% of their profits, they aim to grow 150,000+ trees over the next 5 years, protecting and restoring biodiversity and improving the livelihoods of 15,000+ smallholders.
ANIMALS
Star Seed say they don’t test on animals but do not yet have any certification.
BUSINESS
Star Seed have just introduced a refill system for their new, durable plastic free jars, with mushroom packaging made of agricultural waste, further localising the jar production with European partners in France and Italy; this will help make their business circular. As they grow, we’d like to see an annual impact report with more granular detail on their sustainability policies and practices.
Assessed: October 2023
