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Tom's of Maine Stewardship Model
for natural, sustainable, and responsible ingredients, products, and packaging
The Stewardship Model helps us stay true to the part of our mission which says: "We believe our company can be profitable and successful while acting in a socially and environmentally responsible manner." The standards below reflect both our current standards as well as those standards we continually strive to achieve.
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| We continually monitor the safety and
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Our Standards for Natural
- Sourced in nature
- Simple and understandable ingredients
- Free of artificial preservatives, colors, sweeteners, flavors, fragrances,
and other additives
- Free of animal ingredients
- Made of high-quality ingredients
- Subject to limited processing
- Purposeful in the system of ingredients
- Promote organically grown ingredients wherever possible and practical
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| Our ingredients are sourced in nature. |
Our Standards for Sustainable
- Contribute to environmental and economic sustainability
- Socially conscious
- Environmentally friendly products and packaging
- Establish safety and efficacy in our products and ingredients without
testing on animals
- Renewable and recyclable resources
- Biodegradable
- Promote sustainable harvesting practices
- Respectful of basic human rights
- Respectful of the rights of indigenous people
- Accountable to present and future generations
Our Standards for Responsible
- Safe
- Effective
- Sufficient research conducted
- Honesty about where and how ingredient, product, and packaging was
sourced
- Honesty about claims related to product/ingredient/formulation
- Affordable for consumer
- Affordable for company
- Build value and equity for company
- Respect for the standards of the Food and Drug Administration
- Respect for the standards of the Federal Trade Commission
- Respect for the standards of organizations (American Dental Association) with whom we have chosen to partner
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