Personal care products
Closed all their Australian stores in 2019.
Company Ownership
Crabtree & Evelyn Australia Pty Ltd
AUS
Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd
owns 100% of Crabtree & Evelyn Australia Pty Ltd
USA
Skincare
The Crabtree and Evelyn brand was founded in the USA in 1972, and acquired by Nan Hai Corporation in 2016. 250 stores in 12 countries came with the acquisition.
Nan Hai Corporation Ltd
owns 70% of Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd
CHN
Media, property, IT
Businesses are Culture and Media (including film and cinema in China), Property Development (China), Corporate Information Technology Application Services and New Businesses (including the acquisition of the Crabtree & Evelyn brand in December 2015). Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jun 2024)
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Crabtree & Evelyn Australia Pty Ltd
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Previous Packaging Covenant signatory
This company was a signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. However in 2020 they were withdrawn for not meeting one or more of their APCO Member obligations.
Source: APCO
(2024)
Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd
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Use of microplastics
This company uses plastic microbeads in some of its personal care products. These particles are not retained by wastewater treatment so end up in the ocean where they contribute to ocean plastic pollution, and are hazardous to sea life. While the effects of microplastics on human health are not completely understood, there are concerns about plastic additives, such as phthalates, which are known endocrine disruptors which are shown to have harmful effects on life.
Source: Beat the Microbead
(2021)
Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: company website
(2016)
Animal testing status unknown
This company does not appear on the cruelty free lists of PETA, Leaping Bunny or Choose Cruelty Free. They were previously listed as cruelty free by PETA, but presumably they have been delisted following the brand moving into the Chinese market following a takeover by a Chinese company.
Source: PETA
(2017)
Nan Hai Corporation Ltd
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Social responsibility claims
This company has social responsibility claims on its website, including social contribution and environmental protection.
Source: company website
(2017)
Company Details
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Wholly-owned subsidiary