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Yes Neal’s Yard is a cruelty-free brand. As a brand it has never tested on animals, worked with suppliers who do or sell in countries where animal testing could be required by law.
It has a stringent, independently run supplier monitoring system to ensure no-one in the supply chain takes part in animal testing.
And as a Leaping Bunny certified business, you can feel comfortable in the knowledge buying Neal’s Yard products doesn’t put any animal in harms way. You can find the top vouchers and discounts for Neal’s Yard below.
Is Neal’s Yard Vegan?
Neal’s Yard is not 100% vegan because some products contain:
- Organic honey
- Beeswax
- Propolis – a resin-like material made by bees primarily used to make hives
Albeit sustainably sourced. It is also worth noting here that Neal’s Yard do have a dairy where they produce and sell its own cheese.
Is Neal’s Yard Ethical?
Yes Neal’s Yard’s ethics are pretty standout.
From using 100% renewable energy – through a combination of its own solar panel facility and renewable energy from the grid – protecting the habitats of endangered species throughout the world and even recycling waste water to reuse, Neal’s Yard are a highly sustainable, ethical brand.
The attention to detail and unwillingness to compromise on supplier transparency and quality is a must for larger brands seeking to clarify cruelty-free status.
So the independent supply chain audits suggest an uncompromising tone.
And by offsetting GHG emissions regularly, NY has been a certified carbon neutral company since 2008. The first high street retailer to achieve the status.
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What is Neal’s Yard’s Hero Product?
The Wild Rose Beauty Balm is arguably the most famous product Neal’s Yard create.
And the Frankincense and Mandarin Body Polish is a lovely moisturising, enriching body exfoliator.
For men, the Age-Defying Moisturiser wins out for me.
Neal’s Yard’s Product Range
- Skincare
- Hand care and foot care
- Toiletries – deodorants, bath salts, scrubs, salts and oils
- Shampoos and shower gels
- Aromatherapy – candles, essential oils and diffusers
- Herbal remedies, sleep aids, vitamins and supplements
What else do we love about Neal’s Yard?
Ethically it is a standout brand. Over the years Neal’s Yard have made huge strides in standing up for animal welfare, protecting the planet and utilising sustainable practices.
From using carbon balanced, FSC and PEFC certified packaging*, recycling more than 20% of the water at the water recycling factory to supporting the declining UK bee population. Neal’s Yard have dedicated a huge amount of resources into sustainable practices.
And personally Neal’s Yard was one of the first to offer male-specific skincare products.
*The packaging is Carbon Balanced through the World Land Trust™, which means that NY offset the amount of CO2 used by protecting tropical forest.
Neal’s Yard Cruelty-Free FAQs
Neal’s Yard products do contain palm-oil – it’s not a palm-oil free brand.
However it does claim to only use palm oil when no other ingredients are available. It is no longer used in new products and is only left in a few soaps.
Yes Neal’s Yard’s packaging is both recycled and recyclable. Although make sure you check your local recycling policy.
By 2025, Neal’s Yard’s goal is to switch to using entirely recycled plastic bottles by 2025, meeting the targets of the UK Plastics Pact.
By minimising single-use plastics and utilising plastic bottles with 100% post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR), most of the packaging used would otherwise go to landfill sites.
As a Soil Association and COSMOS Organic certified brand, Neal’s Yard’s product ingredients are primarily natural and chemical-free.
Every product is non-GMO certified and paraben, synthetic fragrance and colour-free.
Yes Neal’s Yard is completely GM-ingredient free and non-GMO.
Yes Neal’s Yard is paraben, synthetic colour and fragrance-free.
As a primarily organic, Soil Association certified brand Neal’s Yard can claim natural status.
Over 90% – 92 to be exact – of Neal’s Yard’s ingredients are certified organic by the Soil Association.
This certification guarantees that a product contains the highest levels of quality, certified organic ingredients. The new products are now certified (by the Soil Association) to the new organic standard in cosmetics – COSMOS Organic.
Yes Neal’s Yard is microbead-free. And not just in the present.
It has never used plastic microbeads in any product, even playing a part (alongside Greenpeace) in lobbying the UK government to ban microbead usage.
Yes Neal’s Yard is 100% vegetarian.
Whilst some products contain honey and bee-derived products – and a cheese restaurant – every product is vegetarian.
Neal’s Yard is owned by organic advocates the Kindersleys.
It isn’t owned by a large corporation who can dictate a certain level of ethics, where a brand should be sold or its supplier animal testing policies.
