i+m Naturkosmetik Berlin

Mate­rials and planet

Pure beauty is on the inside

Envi­ron­men­tally cons­cious, tha­t’s what i+m stands for. All raw mate­rials are pro­du­ced orga­ni­cally and in an envi­ron­men­tally friendly way. The brand goes one step further with their orga­nic oils. The­se are always cold pres­sed and remain untrea­ted. It is almost impos­si­ble to get more natural!

The brand is extre­mely trans­pa­rent about the pro­ducts they use. In the care pro­ducts of i+m natur­kos­me­tik, you will only find ingre­dients that are grown fair tra­de oils such as fair argan oil from Moroc­co, fair avo­ca­do oil from Ken­ya, aro­ma­tic coco­nut oil from India, nou­rishing oli­ve oil from Pales­ti­ne, fair shea but­ter from Ugan­da, fair almond oil and sweet apri­cot oil from Pakis­tan, fair pome­gra­na­te oil from Tur­key, deli­cious Sacha Inchi oil from Peru and finally fair cocoa but­ter from Indo­ne­sia. After this list you can con­clu­de that they con­si­der fair as very important.

A heart for their employees

I+m only works with Fair­tra­de ingre­dients, and also pro­vi­de good wor­king con­di­tions for the far­mers and wor­kers on the plan­ta­tions. The cos­me­tic brand i+m belie­ves equal rights for women are very impor­tant, they them­sel­ves invest in les­sons to teach the Ber­ber women who work on the fair tra­de plan­ta­tion in Moroc­co. Totally heartwarming.

All pro­ducts are assem­bled in Ger­many, under good Euro­pean wor­king con­di­tions. The pac­ka­ging is also pro­du­ced in a short supply chain in Ger­many in Brandenburg.

All logis­tics pac­king and ship­ping to sto­res and webshop cus­to­mers are orga­ni­zed in colla­bo­ra­tion with a socio-eco­no­mic initia­ti­ve: ​“Schloss und Gut Lie­ben­berg.” This Ger­man tai­lor-made com­pany helps peo­ple with disa­bi­li­ties to inte­gra­te into work life and so your i+m pur­cha­se also sup­ports them.

In 2014, i+m will open the very first wome­n’s shel­ter in Zam­bia. Each year, a quar­ter of the pro­fit is inves­ted in eco-fair pro­jects. Which deve­lop­ment pro­jects do they sup­port? The­se are cho­sen with the par­ti­ci­pa­tion of the i+m employees.

The great com­mit­ment to sus­tai­na­bi­lity is rewar­ded. In both 2019 and 2020, Ger­many will award them the sus­tai­na­bi­lity award of the year.

I+m focu­ses on the fair dis­tri­bu­tion of pro­fit. 10 – 20% of the pro­fits go to their wome­n’s shel­ter in Zam­bia. It does­n’t stop the­re, another 10 – 20% goes to small eco­lo­gi­cal and social pro­jects. Three exam­ples are Yumig, off the matt into the world and an inte­gra­tion pro­ject for young refu­gees in Ber­lin. The sur­plus of the pro­fit is divi­ded equally among the emplo­yees of i+m and inves­ted in the further growth of the company.

Animal friendliness

In recent years, honey and bees­wax have beco­me a no-go at i+m. I+m is defi­ni­tely ani­mal-friendly becau­se no tes­ting is done on ani­mals. The Lea­ping Bunny logo is proudly dis­pla­yed on the pac­ka­ging and on the web­si­te, which gua­ran­tees that the brand is cruelty-free.

Circular packaging

Many cos­me­tics have dou­ble pac­ka­ging. 1 which enve­lops the liquid care pro­duct and pro­tects it against exter­nal influen­ces and a second card­board pac­ka­ging purely for adver­ti­sing and/​or which re-lists the ingredients;

The i+m team avoids all this unne­ces­sary pac­ka­ging and applies zero was­te prin­ci­ples as much as pos­si­ble. The deo­do­rant creams are always in a glass jar with a recy­cla­ble metal lid. For them it is impor­tant to mar­ket recy­cla­ble pac­ka­ging, with a crad­le-to-crad­le principle.

Nou­rishing sho­wer gels and natu­ral sham­poos are pac­ked per litre, so you can get through lon­ger with one pac­ka­ge. Do you want to upgra­de your zero was­te skills and exclu­de pac­ka­ging? Then we have good news for you, the latest sho­wer gels and sham­poos come in refill bottles at your favo­ri­te natu­ral cos­me­tics sto­re, which you will soon be able to refill indefinitely.

i+m also work cir­cu­larly. They try to work accor­ding to the crad­le-to-crad­le prin­ci­ples as much as pos­si­ble. On the one hand, each new pac­ka­ging must be made from recy­cled mate­rials and must also be recy­cla­ble into new mate­rials. The new refill bottles are them­sel­ves made from recy­cled plastic.

Summary

Many cos­me­tics have dou­ble pac­ka­ging. 1 which enve­lops the liquid care pro­duct and pro­tects it against exter­nal influen­ces and a second card­board pac­ka­ging purely for adver­ti­sing and/​or which re-lists the ingredients;

The i+m team avoids all this unne­ces­sary pac­ka­ging and applies zero was­te prin­ci­ples as much as pos­si­ble. The deo­do­rant creams are always in a glass jar with a recy­cla­ble metal lid. For them it is impor­tant to mar­ket recy­cla­ble pac­ka­ging, with a crad­le-to-crad­le principle.

Nou­rishing sho­wer gels and natu­ral sham­poos are pac­ked per litre, so you can get through lon­ger with one pac­ka­ge. Do you want to upgra­de your zero was­te skills and exclu­de pac­ka­ging? Then we have good news for you, the latest sho­wer gels and sham­poos come in refill bottles at your favo­ri­te natu­ral cos­me­tics sto­re, which you will soon be able to refill indefinitely.

i+m also work cir­cu­larly. They try to work accor­ding to the crad­le-to-crad­le prin­ci­ples as much as pos­si­ble. On the one hand, each new pac­ka­ging must be made from recy­cled mate­rials and must also be recy­cla­ble into new mate­rials. The new refill bottles are them­sel­ves made from recy­cled plastic.