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Anne and Olivier are the founders of the cosmetics brand [ ELEPHAS Paris® ]
Year founded: 2016
Design location, office: Paris, France 🇫🇷
Raw material sourcing locations: Po, Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 ; Dare Salam, Tanzania 🇹🇿
Manufacturing and production locations: Po, Burkina Faso, 🇧🇫 ; Amou, France 🇫🇷
Meet the founders
Olivier is the man on the ground, an expert in environmental conservation, a former UN project manager at age 23, and the scientist who spent over 20 years developing cosmetic assets for Chanel, Yves Rocher, Dessange, the Téane laboratories, etc.
Anne is the brand and product development lady, passionate about conservation issues and madly in love with wildlife and the last great wilderness areas.
Together, Anne and Olivier want to offer all conscious and discerning consumers who choose natural products the opportunity to take action and have a direct positive impact on the conservation of an endangered species through their beauty. In short, they allow you to shine with beauty and commitment!
About the brand
ELEPHAS Paris® is the first beauty brand in the world dedicated to the conservation of endangered wild elephants.
A pioneer in its field, ELEPHAS Paris® combines beauty expertise and environmental expertise to offer premium, ethical, effective, natural, organic, vegan, palm oil-free (and other derivatives), and Wildlife-friendly products.
It is a committed brand, a member of the CONSCIOUS FASHION & LIFESTYLE NETWORK, and is recognized by the UN for its high-impact environmental and social model. It is a model that honors women recognized as the guardians of biodiversity, by being involved in sustainable productions that allow the maintenance and restoration of natural elephant habitats.
ELEPHAS Paris® is a French brand, a member of the non-profit organization 1% For The Planet. It is also eco-responsible with glass jar packaging, aluminum packaging, and recycled cardboard boxes.
The eco-responsible impact
• A PIONEERING AND COMMITTED BRAND MODEL FOR WILDLIFE: ELEPHAS Paris® was designed and created to support the conservation of an endangered species. It is the first beauty brand in the world dedicated to the conservation of endangered wild elephants.
• GIRL POWER:
It involves women producers who live near elephants in sustainable and respectful productions of natural habitats. They show men that an ethical and sustainable source is possible as an alternative to extensive cotton farming, which decimates wooded savannas.
• STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL IMPACTS:
The brand's productions address field issues: the flagship ingredient of a range is chosen based on its interest for cosmetics (cosmetic assets) and based on its interest for the conservation area to be protected and its biodiversity.
The sale of products allows to involve more women and support their entrepreneurship, but also to participate in local development and strengthen the conservation programs of wild elephants (such as reforestation, awareness raising for schoolchildren, or even, support for the training of eco-guards for anti-poaching).
• A SUSTAINABLE DNA:
ELEPHAS Paris® is the first beauty brand in the world born from an NGO (the NGO L'Homme et l'Environnement) and has been recognized by the UN as a partner in achieving the SDGs (Global Sustainable Development Goals), for its strong vision and its direct contribution to 12 of the 17 global goals (poverty reduction, gender equality, fight against global warming, protection of natural habitats, etc.).
It is a member of the CONSCIOUS FASHION & LIFESTYLE NETWORK in this capacity.
The details of the values
Policy of reusing supplier papers and cardboard received for shipments. ↓
Reuse of Shea nut shells as fuel for butter production allowing a drastic reduction in firewood consumption (75% to 100%).
Choice of only recyclable materials for packaging to ban plastic.
In case of sanitary non-conformity of the products, the jars and bottles are cleaned and reused for production.
Tends toward absolute zero plastic (currently progressing on the search for suppliers for the dropper of the cleansing oil).
Zero plastic for all packaging: glass, aluminum, and recycled cardboard.
Defective soaps are distributed to charities.
DIY tutorials to reuse the remaining small pieces of soap.
Sharing values and zero-waste recipes on social networks.
All products are certified vegan and cruelty-free by PETA.
The Moringa range (France) is certified COSMOS Organic by ECOCERT GREENLIFE.
The production of the Shea Essentials (Burkina Faso) is entirely organic but the brand is currently undergoing certification.
The Moringa range (face routine) is made in Amou in France (40), to take advantage of the excellent cosmetic know-how and gather around it, experts in formulation and natural perfumery.
ELEPHAS Paris® carries out habitat conservation projects on the ground: productions that respect natural habitats, reforestation, and awareness raising for schoolchildren.
The brand was born from an environmental conservation NGO (NGO L'Homme et l'Environnement, which manages several Biodiversity reserves in Madagascar).
The brand is a member of 1%FTP.
African production for the Shea range as close as possible to the elephant corridor.
Production for the Made in France range in Amou, in the 40, in an eco-responsible company that works in small quantities.
The soaps and shea butters are made locally and honor the traditional, ancestral, and artisanal know-how of African women.
The "Shea Essentials" range is exclusively handmade: the soaps are traditionally made by hand, which gives each of them a unique appearance.
The brand works in small quantities and always respects natural production capacities.
Each soap, traditionally produced by hand, is therefore unique. Its production "flaws" are proof of this.
ELEPHAS Paris® follows the rules of fair trade, even tends to pay women producers beyond the so-called "fair" wage and supports their entrepreneurship (training, construction of a women's house).
Currently undergoing the WFTO certification process.
In Burkina: empowerment of women producers which has a strong impact on local development: not only do they earn a source of income for the household, to pay for their children's schooling and healthcare, but also show men an alternative path to extensive cotton farming, which is not very eco-responsible.
In Kenya: Elephas Paris helps Samburu women market their goat milk to benefit the elephant orphanage, to meet their urgent needs. The brand works on identifying supply chains to give them sustainable development prospects.
The ELEPHAS project brings together local communities, consumers, suppliers, and partners socially linking Humanity with wildlife protection while becoming aware of their responsibilities and their impacts.
ELEPHAS® Paris is the first beauty brand to be certified WILDLIFE FRIENDLY ™.
All products are certified PALM OIL FREE by International Palm Oil Free Certification Trademark (POFCAP) and are vegan (cruelty-free) by PETA.
The Moringa Face Routine is certified COSMOS ORGANIC by Ecocert Greenlife. The brand is recognized as a member of the CONSCIOUS FASHION & LIFESTYLE NETWORK by the UN, for their concrete actions with impacts on the environment and local development.
It is also a member of 1% FOR THE PLANET.
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