Head of Unilever Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC)
Consumers don't want animal testing
% surveyed adults
wouldn't buy a
84%
cosmetic if they knew it
(or one of its
ingredients) had been
tested on animals
% of EU adults who
74% agree animal testing for cosmetics products and their ingredients
should be banned
% of citizens who say big
companies should help
18-27%
end animal testing as
#1 priority, across USA,
Brazil, UK, France,
Germany, Netherlands,
Mexico, Turkey, Russia,
Argentina
% of EU adults who
agree animal testing 76% for household cleaning
products should be
banned
Source: FRAME, Edelman, Savanta ComRes on behalf of Cruelty Free Europe
Unilever's approach
1 Use Science, Not Animals
We use science, not animals - our industry leading capability in non-animal safety science means we do not need or use animal testing to ensure product safety
3 Partnerships
Our partnerships - with global animal protection NGOs, leading research teams, other companies and government scientists - support wider acceptance and use of alternatives to animal testing
2 Independent Brand Certification
Building consumer confidence through PETA-accreditation and consumer-facing no animal testing claims
Starting with Dove in 2018, we have 28
PETA-approved brands
4 Advocate for Regulatory Change
We work to end the animal testing of
consumer products worldwide
We are recognised by PETA as a company
working for regulatory change
1 We say use Science, not Animals
What we believe
Every Unilever product must be safe for people and our environment
Animal testing is not needed to assess product safety - there are a wide range of non-animal alternatives grounded in modern science and new technology
How we do it
40+ years of developing non-animal safety science
70+ collaborations
600+ publications
1 Ensuring safety without animal testing
Safety is non-negotiable
Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) dedicated to product safety
SEAC scientists evaluate each new product innovation, considering any safety risks to the consumers who use our products, the workers making them, and to the environment
SEAC develops and uses leading-edge safety science
Non-animal safety assessment
approaches
Human-relevantapproaches - designed to assess the safety of ingredients
Exposure measurements and modelling
Computational modelling replicating human biology and chemical interactions
Cell culture methods, using tissue grown in labs, and chemical and biological analytical techniques
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