LEAPING BUNNY

The Leaping Bunny certificate is the only international certificate concerning the guarantee of non-animal testing. The Leaping Bunny logo guarantees that the product and its individual ingredients have not been tested on animals.

Leaping Bunny, as the English name suggests, focuses on animals. In the conventional cosmetics industry, animals play a very important role, being used to test for chemicals and combinations of chemicals to rule out possible harmful effects on humans. This programme was established in 1996 in response to growing consumer interest in products not tested on animals. However, in the absence of a uniform standard, it was difficult for consumers to navigate brands guaranteeing a "cruelty-free" approach. Manufacturers were creating their own corporate codes of non-animal testing, and although they labelled their products with various logos guaranteeing that the product was not tested, they could hide the fact that the ingredients used in the final product had been tested on animals. Several animal protection organisations therefore got together and formed the CCIC coalition (from the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics), which formed a single international standard and an internationally valid logo. The organisation does not allow animal testing of products or their individual ingredients at any stage of production. Certification is granted for one year by an independent inspection company, which can carry out spot checks on compliance. http://www.leapingbunny.org/