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OUR COMMITMENTS
SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION
We continue to build on our founder's innovative research, creating high-performing, plant-based skin care solutions. We achieve this through the attention we pay to the quality of our products.
In honour of Pierre Darphin, we defend botany and its virtues. Thus, our formulas are carefully developed, being composed of 84% ingredients of natural origin1 on average. Therefore, we exclude parabens, formaldehydes and their contributors, phthalates, and mineral oils.
BOTANICAL INTELLIGENCE
Darphin was founded in 1958 by Pierre Darphin, a master botanist who devoted his life to the development of botanical care formulas with scientifically proven effectiveness.
SKIN SCIENCE
Darphin combines botanical intelligence and scientific innovation to enhance the power and penetration of treatments into the skin, for visible results.
Learn more about our ingredient philosophy and our focus on skin health.
A PASSION FOR NATURAL RESOURCES SINCE 1958
We have been passionate about botany since Pierre Darphin founded our brand in 1958.
2 Based on plants, non-petroleum minerals or water. According to ISO standard.
3 According to ISO standard.
OUR SUPPLY TEAMS
are working tirelessly to increase the amount of natural-origin ingredients4 we use in our formulas, with the goal of reaching an average of 90% by 2025. Along with this commitment, we impose on all our suppliers a protocol clearly defining the expectations of our partners in terms of compliance with social and environmental criteria.
4 based on plants, non-petroleum minerals or water. According to ISO standard
OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PLANET
also translates into key initiatives in our packaging design and supply chain management. Over 65% of our packaging is recyclable, refillable, reusable, recycled or recoverable. 5 We build on the Estée Lauder Company's achievement of zero waste to landfill for direct manufacturing, distribution and innovation sites globally by the end of the calendar year. 2020.
6 We rely on Estée Lauder's 1 MW on-site solar system in Petersfield, UK, which in FY 2020 produced 830 MWh of solar power, reducing carbon emissions. CO2 of 490 tons per year. It provides 10-12% of the manufacturing site's annual electricity needs, peaking at around 95% during sunny days in the summer months.
THE HIGH QUALITY OF OUR INGREDIENTS
We rely on the latest advances to evaluate and test all our products. Our commitment to product safety begins with the high quality of our ingredients and the application of the latest scientific advances.
IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY STANDARDS
We uphold the highest safety standards through a trusted process reviewing the design and development of every product.
We also monitor product safety performance through ongoing engagement with our customers. We are committed to selling quality products and work with care and rigor to ensure products and packaging meet the highest standards, as well as our customers' expectations for safety and effectiveness.