Great news, everyone!
Cruelty Free International and The Body Shop's petition to end animal testing for cosmetic purposes has reached a million signatures and is now delivered to ASEAN!
Read below regarding this great news!
CRUELTY
FREE INTERNATIONAL AND THE BODY SHOP CALL FOR A GLOBAL BAN ON ANIMAL TESTING
FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES
Thanks
a Million: Petition Delivered to ASEAN with One Million Signatures
Jakarta,
25 October 2013: Cruelty Free International, supported
by The Body Shop, today calls for a global ban on animal testing for cosmetic
purposes. A petition with over one million signatures, resulting from a two
year global campaign, was delivered to ASEAN to further encourage their efforts
to ban animal testing in cosmetics in the region.
At
a dedicated event during Jakarta Fashion week, hundreds of supporters joined
The Body Shop for a presentation to Cruelty Free International in support of
their work with ASEAN and Member Governments.
An
EU ban on animal tested cosmetics was widely celebrated in March 2013, however
over 80% of the world still allows animals to be used in cruel experiments for
cosmetic products and their ingredients. In ASEAN there are no regulations or
laws banning animal testing of cosmetic products and ingredients or the
importing of those tested elsewhere.
Cruelty
Free International’s CEO, Michelle Thew, said: “With the fantastic support
of The Body Shop we have been able to carry out our largest global campaign to
call for a ban on animal testing for cosmetic purposes. A million voices have
spoken and we are more determined than ever.”
Jessie
Macneil-Brown, Global Campaigns Manager for The Body Shop International said: “For
over 20 years The Body Shop has proved that beauty can be cruelty free. One
million signatures demonstrate the unwavering passion from our customers as we
keep fighting for this cause.”
Cruelty
Free International and The Body Shop will be delivering the pledges to 14
governments and regulatory bodies throughout the world.
Notes
There
is no worldwide ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Despite progress with some
countries and companies, over 80% of the world still allows animals to be used
in experiments. In a global market it is important that all countries ban the practice
to avoid testing simply moving around the world to those countries with no
effective laws.
Cruelty
Free International works with governments, regulators and companies. It has
placed the issue of animal testing on the agenda of many governments for the
first time as part of a global strategy to tackle product testing.
The Body
Shop was the first and most long-standing cosmetics company to take action on
the issue of animal testing in cosmetics. In 1996 founder Dame Anita Roddick
joined Cruelty Free International’s founding organisation the BUAV and European
partners in presenting a petition containing 4 million signatures to the
European Commission. The Body Shop was the first international cosmetics
company to gain BUAV certification under the Humane Cosmetics Standard,
launched in 1997, and proudly displays the Leaping Bunny logo in their stores
worldwide.
Congratulations, The Body Shop!
This is truly inspiring and I do hope that one day, there'll be a total ban worldwide on animal testing. Your care for mother nature is just one of the reasons why I love your brand! Beauty with Heart indeed!
That is wonderful news!
ReplyDeleteThe world cannot be changed over night, but I am happy that it is getting there. :)
Bad news is The Body shop is still under L'Oreal who always do test on animal.
ReplyDeleteAmicia Rai - I agree. :D
ReplyDeleteMinnie - There's still hope for change! :D