Environmental protection and sustainability
Ever since Gourmet Navigator AG was founded, it has been important to us to pay attention to sustainability in production and sales. We carefully select the manufacturers' products and help guide their development.
Cosmetics is always a global commodity. Even so-called Swiss products can only be produced with global ingredients. SWISS COSMETICS is not always to be taken literally. 95% of the packaging comes from abroad.
Here we go into the sustainability of ourselves and our manufacturers. We also define the criteria for our product standards here.
INGREDIENTS
None of our ingredients are hormonally effective.
These are decomposable and degradable in normal sewage treatment plants.
Sunscreens must be REEF SAFE and must not harm marine flora and fauna.
We NEVER use nanoparticles in our products because we cannot filter them out of the water with today's methods and they can provoke unexplored effects in the bloodstream.
We designate all ingredients according to INCI of the international nomenclature. We do not use fancy designations and marketing names or resolve them with INCI.
We do not use microplastics in any of our products.
All make-up products are biodegradable or of natural origin (minerals).
No palm oil is used. The Environ products with palm oil have been or will be cancelled.
Perfumes are not used in 95% of cases. 5% of the products use natural fragrances that must be described as perfumes according to INCI.
There are 100% no artificial colorings.
All products are dermatologically tested.
All products and ingredients are NEVER tested on animals.
80% of the products are vegan. Healing Earth even produces 100% vegan.
PACKAGING
If available, we also offer bulk packs to consumers so that less packaging is produced.
Most primary packaging is made from recycled PVC. With these manufacturers even 98%:
Jane Iredale, Healing Earth, Juliette Armand
All manufacturers use recycled cartons with water-soluble inks for secondary packaging.
Many manufacturers followed our advice and offer products WITHOUT a box. This protects the environment and you can find the exact information for each product on our website.
Plexi glass is consistently avoided. The transparent packs are biodegradable plastic (Healing Earth) or glass. Aluminum packaging was also abolished due to excessive energy consumption. Only Delta still works with plastic.
TRANSPORT and SHIPPING
All import freight is CO2 compensated at our expense.
The most environmentally friendly way is chosen.
The goods are stored at the Ancora Meilestei social foundation in Wetzikon.
The goods are packed by employees of the foundation. Apprentices are trained.
The packaging material is 99.5% recycled cardboard or paper. 0.05% is bubble wrap. Our suppliers use the same standards.
The boxes of the delivered goods are 100% reused.
On request, we can collect all boxes from our customers for reuse.
The dispatch takes place exclusively with the Swiss Post, as this maintains a public environmental record.
Parcel shipping is always compensated PRO-Clima by us. No surcharge for the customer.
We try to keep the packs as small as possible to keep the environmental impact low.
All printed matter is produced in a CO2-compensated manner.
We only print on FCK paper or, if available, on recycled paper.
100% water-soluble colors are used. No paint is used.
suggestions? Feedback? we are happy to answer your concerns regarding sustainability.
Responsible: Daniel Staeger, CEO, Gourmet Navigator AG, 8700 Kuesnacht, Switzerland
Updated 05/19/2021