The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification provide worldwide forestry certification systems to ensure that forests are managed according to environmental, social and economic criteria. Both FSC and PEFC take...
Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The concept of sustainability is composed of three pillars: economic, environmental, and social—also known as the triple bottom line....
Ingredients which are derived from nature but have gone through more extensive processing to create a higher level of safety or efficacy and have been modified from their original state, e.g. sodium bicarbonate which can be found as a naturally occurring compound, but...
These can be entirely man-made ingredients that do not exist in nature (e.g. silicones) or reproductions of substances that already exist in nature (e.g. sorbic acid, a preservative).
An organic product uses ingredients that were grown and processed without the use of manufactured herbicides and artificial fertilisers, and refers to certified farming practices and food products made using legally defined rules. This term is not legally protected on...
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