Certifications
What COSMOS Natural and COSMOS Organic require, who checks, and how to check for yourself.
COSMOS Natural and COSMOS Organic
Both are certified against the same COSMOS standard by the same auditor. The difference is the organic content, and it is measured, not asserted.
COSMOS Natural requires
- Every ingredient comes from an approved origin: natural, mineral, or made by permitted processes
- No GMO ingredients and nothing irradiated
- Preservatives, fragrance and colour only from the COSMOS approved lists
- Any palm-derived ingredient is sustainably sourced
- Packaging meets the COSMOS environmental criteria
- The formula, the suppliers and the site are audited by the certifier every year
- No minimum organic percentage: this level certifies the rules, not a ratio
COSMOS Organic adds
- Everything COSMOS Natural requires
- At least 95% of the physically processed agro-ingredients are organic
- At least 20% of the whole product is organic (10% for rinse-off and a few other categories)
- Organic status is documented back to the farm
So which one is on my product?
It is on the product page and the label, taken from that product's own certificate. A formula that meets the organic thresholds carries COSMOS Organic; one that meets every other rule carries COSMOS Natural. It is the same audit either way, with a different organic content.
Who ECOCERT is
ECOCERT Greenlife is an independent certification body, part of the ECOCERT group, approved to audit against the COSMOS standard. It reviews the formula and its suppliers, inspects the manufacturing site, issues the certificate and re-audits every year. The certificate is issued for the product to the manufacturer that makes it: Hippie Hygiene as a company is not certified.
Check a certificate yourself
Open the certificate from any product page and note its number and validity date. Then look it up with ECOCERT using that number or the product name: the certificate is held by the manufacturer that makes the formula, so its name appears on it rather than ours. If a certificate has expired or you cannot find it, email us before you buy.