In 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 the Therapeutic Goods Administration's Complaints Resolution Panel upheld complaints about seven ads by this company on the grounds that they breached advertising codes. The Panel requested this company withdraw the ads and not to use representations in the ads again.

In 2015 Sea Shepherd Australia targeted this company over its production of krill-based omega-3 health supplements. Krill are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain and giant factory-ships are sucking up huge amounts of krill for the farmed fish and supplements industries. Vast schools of krill not only function as food for whales, penguins, seals and seabirds, but they are also huge carbon sinks that help mitigate global warming. Swisse is one of the largest krill supplement manufacturers in Australia.

The democracyforsale.net website, which aggregates data from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), reports that this company donated $110,250 to Australia's major political parties between 2018 and 2023. To view this company's entry in the AEC's Transparency Register, follow the link and click on "Named on the following annual returns as providing funds to:" to see the political donations made by the company.

Some of this company's products are certified organic by NASAA.

This company sells products certified vegan by Vegan Australia.

This company was certified carbon neutral by the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard from 2011 until 2023, when they withdrew from the program.

In 2013 Chinese authourities fined six companies including this one, a total of US$110 million following an investigation into price fixing and anti-competitive practices by foreign baby formula makers.

This company is a signatory to the Manufacturers and Importers Agreement 1992 (MAIF), a voluntary self-regulatory code of conduct between the manufacturers and importers of infant formula in Australia. The MAIF Agreement aims to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate nutrition for infants, by the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and by ensuring the proper use of breast milk substitutes, when they are necessary, on the basis of adequate information through appropriate marketing and distribution.

The BIOSTIME China Foundation for Mother & Child was established in 2007 in partnership with the Red Cross Sociaty of China.

Sustainalytics, a top ESG research firm, evaluates environmental, social, and governance risks for over 16,000 companies. Its ESG Risk Rating reflects how much risk a company faces in its industry and how well it manages those risks. The final score includes both unmanaged and unmanageable risks, and companies are rated on a scale from negligible (0-10) to severe (40+). This company received an ESG Risk Rating of 27.1, placing it in the "medium risk" category (retrieved April 2025).