Cruelty Free Certification
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CDG’s dedicated team of experts are trained to educate, challenge and inspire others internationally to respect and protect animals. They are also dedicated to investigating and exposing the reality of life for animals in laboratories, challenging leaders in the industry to be positively influential for animals and encourage cleaner scientific research and cruelty free living.
What is cruelty-free certification?
Animal experiments are inhumane, unreliable, and a blow to nature. According to the animal rights movement, cruelty-free contains products or activities that haven’t passed through animals. Products tested on animals are not considered cruelty-free because these tests are usually painful and lead to the death of many animals per year.
Nowadays, the term ‘cruelty-free’ and ‘not tested on animals’ are not used correctly among product manufacturers. So, this means some companies can campaign for cruelty-free makeup and skincare products while their products are not cruelty-free. If the final product may not have been tested on animals while the ingredients were made from animals, then it’s not cruelty-free.
Warning : 'CDG CRUELTY FREE" is a registered trademark of 'CDG Standards Private Limited'. This mark can be used by CDG client's (If certified for the same standard) during valid certification period only. Any unauthorised use will result in appropriate legal action (As per Indian Law)
When a product labels 100% cruelty-free makeup and skincare, it implies that:
- The end product is free from animals.
- The ingredients of the product are free of animals.
- The product or its ingredients hasn't passed through animals by a third-party.
- Vegan products don't necessarily imply that they are free of animal testing.
Why is there a lack of cruelty-free products in the world?
This practice first started in the drug industry. Since humans and animals share similar metabolism, drugs were tested on animals to determine if it will be safe on humans. This then became viral as many companies started using animals to test different types of products such as cosmetics, perfumes, household products, and more. Some products are manufactured with every ingredient tested on animals, including the packaging. Worst still, many of these animals die from these experiments.
The rise of cruelty-free certification
The rise of cruelty-free certification has helped reduce the rate of animal torture and promoted the use of the natural compound in manufacturing items. Before products are termed as cruelty-free, it has to pass through several certifications processes.
CDG objectives include
- Help stop animal testing worldwide
- Act following other cruelty-free Certification brands
- Become globally recognized for our cruelty-free commitment
Why Us?
CDG's expertise in cruelty-free certification
‘CDG Standards’ is a leading organization working to create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals.
Normally most beauty, household cleaning products and toiletries (or their ingredients) go through animal testing understand their effects on humans. Although many brands have labels stating, ‘Not tested on animals’ or ‘against animal testing’, CDG has developed stringent requirements for products / manufacturers to be completely certified cruelty-free. CDG has expertise in certifying that no animal testing is conducted by the company, its labs or its parent company. CDG’s team of dedicated experts focus on strict adherence to our ‘Cruelty Free Standard’ during audits/inspections.
