Against Animal Testing

What's happening in the US

The Body Shop is against animal testing on cosmetic products and ingredients. We do not test our products or ingredients on animals. Nor do we commission others to do so. We never have and never will.

We consider such tests to be morally and scientifically indefensible.

So what do we do?

The Body Shop takes positive action to bring about an end to the use of animals in cosmetics testing and to ensure no such testing is carried out by us or on our behalf. We operate a strict purchasing rule that ensures that we don't use any ingredient that has been animal tested for cosmetic purposes by our suppliers since 31 December 1990.

We also support and use alternative tests, inform the public and campaign to ban cosmetics tests on animals.

Our product labels state clearly that we are 'Against Animal Test' (AAT). Our AAT policy and the annual compliance checks we run involving all our suppliers are also subjected to independent review.

However, the fact is that almost all cosmetics ingredients have been animal tested by somebody at some time for someone. So no cosmetics company can claim that its ingredients have never been animal tested. But they can take action to stop the tests.

The crucial thing is for a cosmetics company not to test or commission animal tests and to do everything to try to stop ingredient suppliers animal testing in the future. The Body Shop does all this, through our ingredient purchasing rule and supplier monitoring.

Instead of testing on animals, The Body Shop supports the use and development of alternative technologies. View more.

Our stance on this issue led to The Body Shop becoming the first international cosmetic retailer to be endorsed by leading animal protection groups under their Humane Cosmetic Standard.

Find out more information about the issue, what we believe and the AAT campaign history on our global website.