Certifications

Certifications

ISO 14001 certification

L'Erbolario

It is not obligatory to be certified ISO 14001, however, it represents a voluntary and responsible choice that our company wanted to fulfil in 2002, one of the first in Italy , in order to demonstrate its sensitivity in wanting, first and foremost, to identify all aspects of its activities that have an impact on the environment, to then periodically define the objectives of continuous improvement and a management program to pursue them.

In 2013, our certifying body, DNV, decided to award our long-lasting commitment to improve our environmental performance with a note of merit.

LifeGate

L'Erbolario

LifeGate is a company that provides companies with energy from 100% renewable sources, which is certified by an authoritative European certification system: RECS "Renewable Energy Certificate System".

LifeGate has created the Zero Impact® project which quantifies the extremely modest emissions of carbon dioxide from renewable energy production activities and compensate them with contributing to creating and protecting new forests in Italy and around the world that are able to re-absorb them. Therefore, by adhering to this project, L’Erbolario does not only use energy from renewable sources, but energy from renewable sources with zero impact®.

Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC)

L'Erbolario

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is an international organisation whose aim is to support the correct and responsible management of forest resources.

To make all our paper items (packaging, calendars, agendas, brochures, pamphlets), we only use certified paper obtained from responsibly-managed sources. We were the first cosmetic company in Italy to care about the prestigious brand of Forest Stewardship Council®.

LAV certification

L'Erbolario

We have been committed to the International Ban Animal Testing Standard, which was prepared and shared by the major animal rights associations in both Europe and America. This Standard requires adhering companies to agree not to use raw materials that have been tested on animals after they have adhered to this Standard. For this reason, documentation of all raw materials that form part of our formulas is accurately examined by ICEA (Istituto per la Certificazione Etica Ambientale - Institute for Ethical Environmental Certification) on behalf of LAV.

ICEA certification for Organic Agriculture

L'Erbolario

All medicinal herbs, ornamental species, fruit and vegetables, in the large plot of land surrounding the L’Erbolario production site, are grown according to the strict standards of organic farming, using only natural fertilisers and remedies, without using any pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilisers, with a sustainable agriculture approach. Since 2005, all our agricultural activities have been certified by ICEA (Istituto per la Certificazione Etica Ambientale - Institute for Ethical Environmental Certification) for AIAB (Associazione Italiana per l’Agricoltura Biologica – Italian Association for Organic Agriculture).

ICEA certification for Eco-organic cosmetics

L'Erbolario

We have obtained an “organic” certificate from ICEA for the Bio-ecocosmetics line.

COSMOS-Organic certification

L'Erbolario

We have obtained an “organic” certificate from COSMO-ORGANIC for the Goji and Delicalma lines.

GMP

L'Erbolario

Our company is GMP certified according to standard ISO22716 in accordance with the guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).