What sustainability means to us

Sustainability has always been central to who we are. Weleda embraces an inclusive, fair, and regenerative economic model. Our B Corp (Benefit Corporation) certification underscores our commitment to making the world a better place through our corporate culture.

Weleda is a B Corp

Weleda has been a certified B Corp since 2021. In October 2024, we proudly achieved recertification with an increased score of 120.66. This confirms that we continue to meet rigorous standards in social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The B Impact Assessment evaluates companies in key areas: governance, customers, workers, community, and environment. We are part of a global network of over 9,200 B Corps, including Patagonia, Fairphone, and Ben & Jerry’s.

What it means to be a B Corp

We grow with responsibility, defining economic success through a long-term perspective. B Corps are companies that not only generate profits but also create social and environmental value through their business models. A shared conviction of using business as a force for good unites all B Corps worldwide. Recognising that entrepreneurship carries responsibility, we are committed to creating social value and ecological sustainability, embedding these principles in our company statutes.

Moderation and resilience

Our approach to business is rooted in moderation: we strive to take only what we can give back – and ideally, to give even more. This is our definition of sustainability. Sustainability and resilience go hand in hand, and we work to strengthen these values at every level. Our biodynamic gardens and raw material projects help sustain healthy soils and support local ecosystems around the world. On a social level, we build resilience through fair trade practices with long-standing suppliers, ensuring fair pay and supporting social initiatives.

Doing even more for climate protection

Built from wood and rammed earth and powered by geothermal and solar energy, our Weleda Cradle Campus operates entirely emissions-free. This logistics centre embodies the future of sustainable business – working in harmony with both people and nature.

How we protect the climate

• We produce with 100 percent green electricity in our own production facilities in Germany, Switzerland and France.
• Biodynamic agriculture increases humus in the soil, which stores large amounts of carbon. That is why we are increasing the biodynamic share of our certifiable plant-based raw materials.
• We now use recycled PET bottles (rPET) in our Baby Care range. This alone reduces our CO2 emissions by 250 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. We will continue to significantly increase the proportion of recycled material used in our packaging.
• Our aim is to reduce our energy intensity (energy consumption divided by production volume) by 2.5 percent every year.
• We are developing a global sustainable mobility and logistics concept.
• We are creating transparency about the true costs of our most important plant-based raw materials, including climate impacts.

As part of our true cost accounting (TCA) we are assessing the differences between organic and conventional cultivation. This involves looking at CO2 emissions, CO2 sequestration, water consumption, water pollution, energy consumption, erosion and soil formation. The comparisons reveal that organic and biodynamic farming have a much better true cost balance than conventional farming.

Natural & Organic Skincare, Baby Care and Medicines

Experts in natural skincare for over 100 years.
Taking care of your health and beauty, and also of our planet.

Our Certifications

As a NATRUE certified brand, Weleda ensures that its products meet the highest standards for natural and organic ingredients. As a certified B Corporation, Weleda upholds rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability, solidifying its role as a leader in conscious beauty.

Our Expertise

We are experts in holistic natural skincare. Our natural skincare products are designed to nurture your beauty, health and holistic wellbeing. Whether a hand cream or body lotion, body oil or toothpaste, they not only care for the body, but also the mind and spirit. Our many years of scientific and dermatological expertise as well as our understanding of people go into every one of our products.

Our Responsibility

Many of our raw materials come from nature. But we don’t just take; we also give back. At Weleda, we are fighting to make the world a better place for people and nature – be it through our biodynamic medicinal plant garden in Wetzgau, our environmentally and socially sustainable supply chains, or our responsible use of resources. Sustainability and responsibility for people and nature are part of our roots – and our future.

Our Story

What started in 1921 in a small shed in Switzerland, with its own medicinal plant garden, is today a world-leading manufacturer of holistic natural skincare as well as pharmaceuticals for anthroposophical therapy.  Weleda is now a global company with 2000 employees in 50 countries.