Every single day, our actions and decisions either help or damage our collective home.
The things we buy and the products we use all have an impact on the planet – the ingredients inside are flushed into our waterways and the packaging often lands up in landfill.
The good news is that it’s easier than ever to make a sustainable switch that will make a positive difference – from changing to a solid shampoo bar to choosing natural, ocean-friendly laundry detergents.
By committing to ethical brands that offer natural products in recycled or refillable packaging, you’ll also be supporting businesses that are doing things right (while diverting funds from the businesses that need to change).
‘You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.’
JANE GOODALL
Primatologist and anthropologist
Today (15 June), The Beauty Shortlist has revealed the winners of its third annual Eco Lifestyle Awards.
The list features this year’s highest-scoring baby and beauty heroes, planet-friendly products and all the products the judges loved, and are sure you will enjoy, too.
This year’s kindest-to-the-planet winners embrace multiple sectors from beauty, self-care and wellness to green home and baby brands. Some of the highlights are below, but you can read the full list of winners on the Beauty Shortlist site here.
The following brands have been named Eco Brands of the Year at the 2023 Eco Lifestyle Awards.
WELEDA (recycling solutions)
In partnership with TerraCycle, facilitating the return of all empty Weleda personal care products: hair care, body care, hand creams, deodorants, toothpaste.
WELEDA (global consumer awareness campaign for soil health regeneration)
Save Earth’s Skin #SaveEarthsSkin #GetDirty
REN CLEAN SKINCARE (ocean plastic solutions & innovative recycling)
‘Infinity Recycling’ technology using mixed plastic waste to make high-quality transparent plastic, in partnership with SABIC and Aptar.
CLEAN LIVING INTERNATIONAL (refillable/green home)
PHYSTINE (planet-friendly packaging, zero plastic)
BIODE® (zero waste + home compostable + zero plastic)
‘Return to Earth’™ & One Tree Planted for every order.
BEST ECO BEAUTY BRAND
Dr Jackson’s
BEST ECO BEAUTY BRAND (NEW LAUNCH)
Liv Botanics Organic Skincare
Products from some of these award-winning brands are available to buy from the My Green Pod Marketplace. Click here to browse by your values – and we’ll plant a tree every time you shop with us!
MOST INNOVATIVE ECO PACKAGING OF THE YEAR
The Most Innovative Eco Packaging of the Year Award is shared by two brands:
Liv Botanics
Liv Botanics’ packaging is made from fast-growing miscanthus fibre (‘elephant grass’) paper. This captures more than four times more greenhouse gases per hectare than a forest with trees. Elephant grass can also be harvested annually and grown free from fertilisers on marginal land, encouraging soil regeneration. The paper factory used by Liv Botanics is covered with 1,444 solar panels.
Coraline Natural Skincare
Coraline Natural Skincare’s balm pots are made with 100% compostable and biodegradable Sulpac ®, developed in Finland and made from plant binders and woodchips. These are by-products from the wood industry, derived from sustainably managed forests.
Other eco beauty winners include Dook (artisan soap), Moksa (refillable skincare), Chapter Organics (bath/body/aromatherapy) and Holistic London (home fragrance), refillable candle brand Purscents, and Surmanti and Ecozone (both green cleaning products).
BEST SOLID BEAUTY PRODUCT
Liv Botanics The Facial Bar Botanic Cleansing Bar
BEST ECO DEODORANT
Battle Green Lemon & Rose Natural Deodorant Balm
BEST ZERO WASTE PRODUCT
Totem Eco Kakadu Rose Natural Deodorant Stick
BEST HOME COMPOSTABLE PRODUCT (BEAUTY)
Biode Skin Salve-Action
BEST MULTI-TASKING WATERLESS BEAUTY PRODUCT
Vemel Marigold Nectar Hair & Body Oil
BEST WATERLESS PRODUCT (ECO LIFESTYLE)
Clean Living International Laundry Strips
BEST ECO INNOVATION (GREEN HOME)
Joint winners:
In the ‘green baby’ categories, Cuddlies, Bamboo Behinds and Luvme are all recognised for their eco-friendly and eco-disposable nappies while Little B by Bramley wins the Best Refills award for its compostable refill pouches.
Click here to view the complete list of 2023’s Eco Awards winners.
Weleda has teamed up with TerraCycle to raise funds for penguins and ensure all its packaging can be recycled in the UK.
Joni Graham King is on a mission to put a ‘Clean Living’ refill site in every UK town.
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