Eco-retailer
Biome operates a few stores around Brisbane, but is known for its online store which sells carefully selected sustainable and ethical products. All their products are cruelty free, toxin-free, vegetarian and made by reputable companies.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Nov 2024)
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Biome Living Pty Ltd
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POI approved
This company is Palm Oil Investigations approved. All products sold by Biome are palm oil free (with the exception of Dr Bronner's range of products due to their fair trade and extremely ethical production of palm oil).
Source: Palm Oil Investigations
(2018)
Certified B Corp with score of 82.7
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The B Impact Assessment measures a company's practices and outcomes in five areas: governance, workers, community, the environment, and customers. This company has a B Impact Score of 82.7 and has held B Corp Certification since March 2017. The median score for businesses is 50.9, with a score of 80 required for B Corp Certification.
Source: B Lab
(2024)
Banksia Sustainability Award 2018
This company won the Small Business Award at the 2018 Banksia Sustainability Awards for being "palm oil free champions."
Source: Banksia Foundation
(2018)
Palm oil free products
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's personal care products are palm oil free. For more details, follow the link to see Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia's list of products which manufacturers have told them are palm oil free or contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil.
Source: BOS Australia
(2020)
Ethical claims
This company has extensive ethics claims on its website in the areas of strict procurement standards. "We go to exhausting lengths for our products to be mindful on many levels, not only free from toxins and all synthetic preservatives and fragrances, we have been vegetarian from day one and are 98% vegan, we also avoid products made overseas where there is an adequate Australian-made alternative, and excess packaging."
Source: company website
(2018)
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Contact Details
Address:
51 Douglas St, Milton, QLD, 4064, Australia
Phone:
07 3367 8866
Freecall:
1300 301 767
Website:
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