At Beiersdorf, we are committed to making animal testing obsolete
worldwide. We are convinced that animal testing is not necessary to prove the
skin tolerability and effectiveness of
our cosmetic products. This is why we do not conduct any animal testing for our
cosmetic products and their ingredients, and do not have any animal testing
done on our behalf – unless, in the very rare case, this is specifically
required by law.
For
us, consumer safety always comes first. As one of the leading researching
companies, we have been at the forefront of developing and promoting alternative
test methods for 35 years. We have been – and still are – intensively involved in the successful development and validation of key
methodologies that are now internationally accepted by the OECD (Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development) and are already approved by key
regulatory agencies. We invest significant resources for this, and have worked
in joint collaboration with more than 50 partners and stakeholders on this
effort worldwide to date.
In
the EU, animal testing has been completely banned for cosmetic products since
2004, and for all the ingredients of these products since 2013. Beiersdorf, of
course, is in compliance with these legal requirements and, for a long time
before, already actively forewent animal testing worldwide whenever legally
possible. It is our stated goal to advance research to the point when animal
testing can be completely abandoned worldwide.