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B Corporations™ (B Corps) are companies that have been verified by B Lab™ as meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Read our full B Corp Report here.

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What it means to Medik8 to be a B Corp™

Our B Corp values in action

Net Zero Commitment

Every business, no matter how small, must act to address the climate emergency. Our goal is to achieve Net Zero by 2040, which means reducing our carbon  emissions by up to 90% compared to 2021 levels.

Our Highlights

We are powered by 100% renewable energy

We’re generating clean electricity via our Innovation Centre solar array

We’re measuring our carbon footprint (since 2021) and reduced emissions by 3% last year

We’ve signed the Climate Pledge

We’ve banned all airfreight for inbound logistics

We’ve removed all fossil fuels from our operations

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Better Packaging Promise

Our packaging goal is optimisation, to best protect the formula while maintaining a low environmental impact.

Our Highlights

We pledged to reduce overall packaging, increase recycled content and improve recyclability across all our ranges

We use recycled glass in all amber bottles, 100% PCR in professional range bottles, 50% PCR in all our white non-airless tubes

We’ve introduced refill options that saved 1178 kgs of plastic last year

We’ve saved 737 kgs of plastic from landfill with our fully recyclable Clarity Peptides pack

We’ve removed unnecessary packaging like spatulas and leaflets

We are currently reassessing all of our packaging to see where we can make even more improvements

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Ethical Business Pledge

This includes protecting nature and biodiversity by sourcing sustainable and traceable ingredients, partnering with responsible suppliers who prioritise fair treatment of workers and environmental sustainability and championing equity, diversity & inclusion.

Our Highlights

We've audited 400+ ingredients, mapping their supply chains to assess risks to biodiversity, water, and deforestation

All our product suppliers have signed up to our Code of Conduct and we are conducting ethical risk assessments for all suppliers

We use Sedex to collect labour, environmental and worker safety information on our suppliers

We are a certified Living Wage Employer

We publish an Impact report every year, with our targets and progress against them, for transparency

We have a diverse hiring policy and celebrate diverse cultures with events throughout the year

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Charity and Community Champions

Cherishing communities and giving to good causes is how we aim to increase our positive impact on the world around us.

We offer 2 paid volunteer days for every employee each year

Our teams volunteered 104h in 2023

We’ve removed and reported 1,779 kgs of marine debris through our PADI Aware partnership

We’ve supported girls getting into STEM through our partnerships in UK and US

We helped Sebby’s Corner provide Christmas gifts to 2000 children

Since 2021, we’ve donated £110,000 to support different charity causes

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Impact Report

In line with B Corp's transparency and accountability requirements, we are proud to share our progress in an annual Impact Report. In this document, we aim to strike a balance between storytelling, showcasing achievements we're proud of, and numbers to lay out our progress against targets, honestly and transparently.

Past Reports

2022

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