The Studies Performed on
Our Suncare

To provide the strongest possible guarantees for our planet, it seemed crucial to assess the impact of our Suncare on aquatic ecosystems scientifically. So we evaluated their biodegradability¹ and had ecotoxicity testing performed using extreme conditions². We did this both in seawater, to know the impact on the oceans, but also in freshwater. Indeed, our products also end up in the water of your shower.
A further requirement that our R&D team sets itself is to evaluate our formulations in their entirety, that is, to conduct tests on the finished product, the ones that actually come into contact with the environment. This more demanding approach enables a more representative assessment of potential impact, in keeping with our environmental responsibility ethos, at a time when evaluations are often limited to certain ingredients tested in isolation.
To get a complete overview, our studies used a wide array of different organisms: seven planktonic and sedimentary organisms from both fresh- and saltwater, representative of various levels of aquatic food chains.
The results show that, under the conditions tested, our formulas present no impact on aquatic ecosystems, reflecting our commitment to developing the most environmentally-friendly products possible.

¹ Standard method for freshwater (OCDE301F).
² For marine environments: crustaceans - Artemia salina (method FD ISO 14669); marine algae - Phaeodactylum tricornutum (method EN ISO 10253), corals (non-standardized method/study of nub bleaching and polyp retraction), sedimentary crustacean -  Corophium (method NF EN ISO 16712), bacteria - Vibrio fischeri (method NF EN ISO 11348-3). For freshwater environments: water fleas - Daphnia magna (method NF EN ISO 6341), on freshwater algae - Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (method NF EN ISO 8692).