Sustainability

Organic certification verifies that our handling facility in Massachusetts complies with the USDA organic regulations and allows us to sell, label, and represent our products as organic. These regulations describe the specific standards required for us to use the word “organic” and the USDA organic seal on our products. The USDA National Organic Program administers these regulations, with substantial input from its citizen advisory board and the public. Every Made Simple product is labeled with the organic seal because every one meets or exceeds the contains a minimum of 95 percent organic ingredients; most are above 99 percent. [ORGANIC CERTIFICATE]

Our Mint Sweet Orange Toothpaste and all three Deodorants  are products that qualify for mandatory federal purchasing by meeting or exceeding the minimum biobased content requirements for one or more products categories that have been identified by USDA. USDA lists the product’s biobased content as “meets minimum” for a particular category. Independent laboratory testing via the USDA Biobased program indicates that our toothpaste and three deodorants has a biobased content of 100%.

We have never tested any of our ingredients nor products on animals and we never will. We source our ingredients only from suppliers who demonstrate our same cruelty-free standards and provide documentation to prove that. Send us an email if you’d like to see that documentation. You are assured that Made Simple products are cruelty-free. You can find us on the Logical Harmony Cruelty-Free Brand List, PETA Beauty Without Bunnies program, and Leaping Bunny Program, three trusted lists of cruelty-free brands. [Cruelty-free Certificate]

Every one of our products is crafted at our Massachusetts facility and the process overseen by the company owners. We do not out-source anything. This is entirely possible since we do everything in small-batches so when we run low on supplies we just make a few more. What about large wholesale orders? Well, we just stay up a bit later and work a bit longer.

Every product and product ingredient is both raw and vegan. Raw means that we do not heat any ingredient above 100-degree F. In fact, the only ingredients we warm are the shea butter and coconut oil for the body moisturizer. They are warmed only to the point where they become soft enough to easily mix with the other ingredients and achieve the creamy texture. And unlike many skin care products, we use nothing animal-based; not even bees wax. You can find our vegan status on the PETA Beauty Without Bunnies program, certified list of vegan and cruelty-free brands.

Product Stewardship – Recycling is wonderful but at Made Simple we believe reusing is even better. And what better thing to reuse then our thick glass bottles and jars. While we certainly encourage our customers to re-purpose the glass bottles and jars for things such as saving seeds, propagating plants or keeping spices; once a customer has at least 10 non-sample size jars and/or bottles we’ll gladly take them back, pay the shipping to do so. Learn More

When a company gives back it sends a strong message about the company’s culture. At Made Simple we express that culture by including our customers. Our “give back” program contributes a percentage of our sales to small progressive charities with revenues below $100,000. This isn’t anything new but the way we do it is by accepting nominations from our customers in the areas of plastic pollution, animal welfare, criminal justice reform and the arts.  Learn More

Materials matter!  They matter because not only is there a material life-cycle but some materials can actually contaminate the product it contains. All of our products come in glass because we believe plastics are harmful to the integrity of our products and harmful to our shared planet. 

In terms of shipping, we never use packing peanuts, bubble wraps, etc. We ship using a cardboard box with repurposed white or brown packing paper. Many of our raw ingredients come packaged this way so we simply reuse those same sustainable packaging supplies. No, it’s not the most elegant packaging but we’d prefer that to more junk in our oceans. We hope you agree.

Includes enterprises that provide products and services for hygiene, beauty, and relaxation that are applied externally to the body or can be inhaled: skin, hair, and body care, fragrances, etc. Minimum standards: • Prioritizes people and the planet over short-term profit maximization. Purpose includes social and environmental goals. Communicates about benefit to people and planet. • Sustainability strategy that goes beyond a one-time project or event. • No synthetic colors, fragrances, harsh detergents or antimicrobials. • No ingredients with known health or environmental risks (e.g. parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde releasers, perfluorinated chemicals, heavy metals). See the Ingredient and Material Guide for more info: www.goodmarket.global/info/ingredient-material-guide • No crude oil byproducts (e.g. mineral oil, paraffin, silicone). • No hidden ingredients. All ingredients including fragrances and secondary ingredients disclosed. • No animal testing. • No promotional materials that target insecurities, promise weight loss without effort, make unsubstantiated medical claims, promote skin lightening, or exacerbate gender stereotypes, prejudice, or discrimination. Expected: • Reduces packaging material consumption and waste (e.g. durable, reusable, compostable, recyclable). See the Packaging Guide for more info: www.goodmarket.global/info/packaging-guide