The Palm oil responses - Proctor & Gamble

I contacted Proctor & Gamble, you may not recognise the name but I'm confident you will recognise some of their products. Here are a few you may recognise:
Lacoste fragrances
Braun
Dolce & Gabbana make-up
Hugo Boss fragrances
Nice N Easy
Oral-B
Puma
Olay
Pantene
Wella
Vidal Sassoon
See? Loads!

For a comprehensive list follow this link: http://www.pg.com/en_US/brands/all_brands.shtml
Anyway I asked them for the Palm Oil policy and also whether they product test on animals, here is there response.

Thank you for your enquiry.  

We are fully committed to getting ingredients from sustainable sources.

We buy palm oil and palm products from a variety of reputable sources, mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's two largest palm-oil producers. Most of these suppliers are members of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which has set principles and criteria that are widely accepted in the industry as responsible practice.

Our guidelines on sustainability are on our website at www.pg.com/company/our_commitment/sustainability.jhtml.

At P&G, we do not test on animals, except in very rare cases when it is required by law to meet regulatory or safety obligations. Today, more than 99% of our safety evaluations are conducted using available non-animal alternatives including testing materials on cell cultures or using computer models, extensive analytical methods, and clinical studies. Testing with animals is a last resort after we have exhausted all other reasonable options.

P&G prefers to use alternative test methods. Not only is the use of animals avoided, but alternative tests are most often better predictors of health effects, cost less and take less time than animal-based research. To date, we have invested more than $275 million in alternatives, making us one of the leaders in the industry. We’ve helped develop more than 50 alternative methods and have shared our work in over 1,000 scientific publications. Whenever possible, we use existing information on related ingredients, computer models, published scientific studies and consumer experiences to evaluate the safety of our products.

We are also working with regulatory agencies around the world to inform them of advances in alternative methods and to foster acceptance of tests that do not use animals in countries where testing is still mandated by law. Our aim is to be able to eliminate animal research related to consumer products altogether.

I hope this clarifies our position for you.

Kind regards

Stephanie

Consumer Relations