Blackmores is an Australian owned vitamin company founded in the 1930s by Maurice Blackmore.
Blackmores continuously is working towards its sustainability goals, a 2020 Blackmores Group Sustainability Report is available here.
Their Corporate Social Responsibility outline highlights focus areas around
- Clean Energy – beginning a shift to renewable energy to major sites by the end of 2020
- Net Zero Carbon by 2030 commitment – The group is committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2030.
- Climate Resilience Action Plan Created
- Industry Leadership – Blackmores has been recognised with the CMA Sustainability Award 2019. They also have been the first company in the Australian Natural Medicine industry to receive the highest recognition in the NSW Government’s Sustainability Advantage program.
- Sustainable Packaging – Blackmores has added clear recycling information to over 100 products and assessed many more utilising the Australasian Recycling Label PREP tool
- Efficiencies and waste management – New technology has accomplished reducing the need for 20 tonnes of cardboard and eliminated the use of 52,000 single-use bags.
Blackmore products can be found quite easily through several stockists including chemists, supermarkets and health food stores.
Some commonly found retailers include Woolworths, Coles, Priceline, Chemist Warehouse, Amcal+ and Terry White Chemmart.
Blackmores has recently just launched B(more) a personalised vitamin subscription service that develops recommendations to cater to the consumer for 28 days. The consumer can purchase a one-off order or subscribe to an on-going order.
Blackmores don’t offer functional foods like protein powders at this stage.