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Celebrating 5 Years of Dr. Bronner’s International Giving Program

In 2019 Dr. Bronner’s launched the All-One International Initiative, a global philanthropy project founded by company President Michael Bronner and Public Relations Director, Ryan Fletcher. After years of work together developing the company’s international markets and promoting Dr. Bronner’s “soap and soul” around the world the two realized that more was needed to help elevate the “soul” side of the company outside of the United States.

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Plastic Packaging in Body & Home Care Products Must Be Reduced. But Is It Possible?

For decades, plastics have provided us with cheap, durable, and lightweight solutions in just about every industry. This is especially true when it comes to the packaging of personal care products. However, this convenience comes at a cost. Plastic packaging waste has numerous detrimental impacts on the environment, from sitting permanently in landfills and seeping into the soil,

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Global Deforestation: How Do We Contribute? How Can We Push Back? A Call to Action for Earth Day

Continued rapid deforestation is one of our planet’s most concerning environmental and social problems. It is closely related to all other such challenges: global climate change, loss of habitat and species, destruction of soil, and economic and social uprooting of human communities. Table of Contents What Is Deforestation? What’s Driving It? What Attempts Have Been Made to Stop Global Deforestation?

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Defining “Regenerative Agriculture” in California

At the start of this year, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) established a Regenerative Agriculture Work Group to assist the State Board of Food and Agriculture in defining “Regenerative Agriculture.” We submitted the letter below as our public comment on the matter to represent how we believe the term should be defined. Dear CDFA: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed definition of regenerative agriculture in California.

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Regenerative Agriculture: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Author’s Note: This article builds on Regenetarians Unite, my call-to-action for our industry that was published March 7, 2018 and helped lay out the vision and path to the formation of the Regenerative Organic Certified® standard that brings together the best of soil health, animal welfare, and fair labor & fair trade practices, into a single consumer facing standard.

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Our Journey to Zero Waste: Building a Circular Economy at Dr. Bronner’s

A circular economy is a setup where we share, lease, reuse, fix, spruce up, and recycle materials and products to keep them going for as long as we can instead of just throwing them away. We’re committed to a zero waste-to-landfill philosophy, meaning that more than 90% of waste is diverted from landfills by recycling, composting,

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10 Years of Fighting for Animals!

Since it began ten years ago, Dr. Bronner’s animal advocacy funding program has helped to fuel policy change, establish many new organizations and initiatives working for change, while sustaining many other efforts with critical resources. During this time, our company has sought to help shift the cultural discourse around ethics, food systems, agriculture, and how humans relate to other animals,

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What Defines a Mission-Driven Company? See Our Cosmic Impact in Action!

A mission-driven company goes beyond a mission statement. It’s about prioritizing people and uplifting everyone along the supply chain – employees, consumers, communities, and the environment. This year we’ve been celebrating a significant achievement: 75 years in business for Dr. Bronner’s and a remarkable 165 years since the Bronner family began crafting soap in Laupheim, Germany back in 1858.

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A Day in the Garbage

It was 6 a.m. in the parking lot on an overcast Wednesday morning at the Dr. Bronner’s Headquarters in Vista, California. Nearly forty bleary-eyed staffers from across the company, myself included, were getting ready to volunteer for the 9th Annual Dumpster Dive – a chance to get personal with Dr. Bronner’s waste streams. While scarfing down hot breakfast burritos and coffee,

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Why Soaps Made with Organic Ingredients Are Better for You and the Environment

When it comes down to it, organic soaps—and Pure-Castile Soaps made with organic ingredients—are better for your skin than conventional soaps and detergents loaded with synthetics and other chemicals that can harm the skin and body. They also tend to have significantly less environmental impact. Table of Contents USDA Definitions on Organic Certifications What Ingredients Are Usually Found in Natural,

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