LUSH
TIMES
LUSH
TIMES
6
ISSUE#002
SPRING 2024
7
FIGHTING ANIMAL TESTING FUNDING BETTER SCIENCE
Over the past 30 years, Lush has blazed a trail in ending animal testing in the cosmetics industry and campaigned to eradicate it from other industries too.
“I get many emails from constituents deeply concerned about the harm that this causes to animals and the wider harm that animal testing causes.”
RAISING £674K FOR DEXTER’S ARC FUNDING £1M PROJECT These funds have now been donated to Wellcome Sanger Institute research centre. Animal-free research into Rhabdomyosarcoma in order to find better treatments to lengthen and improve the quality of life of these children and their families. Dexter’s Dragon Egg bath bombs were sold globally. SOLD 136,000
We know that animal test results lack human relevance, are unreliable, unpredictable and cause unnecessary suffering. Since 2012, Lush has championed and funded better science through the Lush Prize, which has awarded almost £3 million to those who are pioneering and promoting human-relevant, non-animal technologies. The cutting-edge science work we see fills us with excitement for a better future. That’s why we share the experience with our customers. Each year one of our customers is chosen as the Lush Prize Customer Judge to sit on the panel alongside scientists, campaigners and educators to choose the winners. Another way we are funding better science is through Dexter’s Arc. Thanks to your overwhelming support of the 2022 release of Dexter’s Dragon Egg bath bomb, we were able to raise £674K specifically for the purpose of non-animal tested research into Rhabdomyosarcoma—a rare childhood cancer. More on that on the opposite page.
In November 2023, we held a reception in the Houses of Parliament where 42 MPs met with representatives of Lush, animal welfare groups and scientists to learn more about this issue and show their support. Here’s what some of the MPs attending had to say.
Alison Thewliss MP
Send a message with MR H (NOW EVEN LOUDER)
“I don’t think we need animal research any longer, I think the science has outgrown that idea.”
Steve McCabe MP
Now we really need to ensure that this is an issue that no elected representative or person standing for office can ignore. We know that politicians really take notice of the letters and emails they receive from constituents, and with your help we can make sure they hear us loud and clear.
L
Please take a moment to visit FightingAnimalTesting.com
where you can send an email to your MP calling on them to support our plan to end animal testing for good. This is within our grasp, we just need to make sure there is the political will to make it happen. The animals are counting on you, so please take action today.
Lobbying For Legislative Change
FUNDING BETTER SCIENCE WITH DEXTER’S DRAGON EGG
We also know that the vast majority of people want to see an end to animal testing, but there is only so much the public, industry and scientists can do. Ultimately we need the people who make the laws to enact legislation that reflects the will of the people and the innovations in science by systematically ending animal testing and channelling resources into better science. That’s why we are working with MPs to raise questions in Parliament, to put this issue into party manifestos and commit to a road map that will ultimately lead to an end to all animal testing.
I n 2022, Jack and Rachel Constantine and their family lost seven-year-old Dexter Constantine-Tatchell, their Master of Dragons. He fought fiercely against Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare childhood cancer that lacks awareness as well as a lack of funding for research and treatment.
a fundraising platform created with the support of Alice’s Arc, a registered charity in England and Wales. We launched a limited edition adaption of the bestselling Dragon’s Egg bath bomb, ‘Dexter’s Dragon Egg’, and thanks to your support, raised £674K for Dexter’s Arc, specifically for the purpose of non-animal tested research into Rhabdomyosarcoma.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF DEXTER’S DRAGON EGG. Scan the Lush Code in the Lush app to donate to Dexter’s Arc.
“Best bag in the world. I recommend it to everyone, even people who don’t ask or care to know. I bring it up randomly in conversations, even with strangers.” Chelstruction, Orlando
CAROLINE LUCAS, CHRIS PACKHAM AND NATALIE BENNETT AT LUSH’S EVENT AT HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, NOVEMBER 2023
To honour Dexter and children like him, Lush supported the launch of Dexter’s Arc,
Powered by FlippingBook