Our Beekeeping Journey

From Farm to Beehive Webinar

24 February 2022
Ms. Shannon Hess
Director – Responsible Sourcing
Health & Beauty
 TO
reconnect
people
TO THE WISDOM, POWER
AND BEAUTY OF

nature
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Founded by Beekeeper, Burt Shavitz

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2020 impact
Our proudest accomplishments from 2012 to 2020, by the numbers.
#1 BRAND
IN US TAKING ACTION FOR
PEOPLE AND BIODIVERSITY
In union for Ethical BioTrade’s
Biodiversity Barometer Report
in 2018 and 2020

22
MILLION
HOUSEHOLDS
use Burt’s Bees conscious
skincare products

115 SITES VISITED 45% OF OILS

99.6% IN 25 COUNTRIES
since we began our Responsible
WAXES AND BUTTERS
we purchase directly traced to
NATURAL ORIGIN Sourcing program in 2010 origin and verified with on-site visits
AVERAGE
across our product portfolio
20,000+
LIVELIHOODS FOUNDING MEMBER OF:
IMPACTED
through our Responsible
Sourcing Assessments, third-
party audits and Global Supply
Chain Investment Program

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resilient COMMUNITIES
50,000 LIVELIHOODS SUPPORTED | UPLIFT COMMUNITIES AND IMPROVE SOURCING PRACTICES
• 20 Global Supply Chain Investment Projects help safeguard access to clean water, support women’s and children’s empowerment,
and promote health, safety and biodiversity
• Responsible Sourcing assessments & third-party audits to help ensure the wellbeing of workers, upholding human rights, health &
safety, labor standards and practices, business ethics and environmental protections

COMMUNITY-SOURCED WOMEN OF SHEA

BEESWAX Founding member of
Global Shea Alliance
Wild-harvested from tree hives
on a Tanzanian Game Preserve Supported 14,000+ women in
and collected by backyard shea through new facilities and
beekeepers in Vietnam training programs in Burkina
Faso and Ghana
Help provide personal protective
equipment for our beekeepers

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 97%
Burt’s Bees Priority Raw Materials of Butters

We have visited 115 sites in 25 countries

for priority raw materials, fragrances and
packaging.

Including ~50% of priority raw material

sites, which represent:
96% of waxes, 115
97% of butters,
39% of vegetable oils, Sites for Growing,
Harvesting &
75% of essential oils, Processing
24% of natural colorants and 39%
of Vegetable
5% of extracts we purchase. 45 Oils
Cosmetic &
Fragrance Ingredient
Supply Chains

25
96% Countries
of Waxes

1,000+ ingredients from 100+ countries around the world

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Global Supply Chain Investment Program
Commitment: 10 ingredient community partnerships by 2020 & 20
Project Areas
total by 2025
1 Health & Safety
Overview: This program is intended to go beyond risk management
to promote best practices in responsible sourcing with community- 2 Women’s & Children’s Empowerment
based supply chain partnerships
3 Biodiversity

Ingredient Priorities: Waxes, butters, vegetable oils, botanicals, 4 Access to Clean Water
essential oils, and colorants that are critical to Burt’s Bees supply
chain

Supplier Participation: Suppliers are encouraged to contribute

funding and in-kind

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BEESWAX BEESWAX

Tanzania Vietnam
SHEA BUTTER & SHEA KERNELS

Ghana
SheKeeper – Putting Women at the Center of Beekeeping
“SheKeeper fosters community and commercial
partnerships with shea-producing women’s groups by
introducing the multi-generational practice of
beekeeping,” says Shannon Hess, Burt’s Bees Director of
Responsible Sourcing. “Beekeeping opens opportunities
for greater economic empowerment of women and
youth and increased biodiversity for future generations.”
Reference: https://www.burtsbees.com/content/bringing-beekeeping-to-shea-communities-/bringing-beekeeping-to-the-shea-communities.html
In October 2021, Burt’s Bees announced SheKeeper, a
$2-million, three-year partnership with USAID,
Partnership for Natural Ingredients and Burt’s Bees shea
and beeswax suppliers, aimed at diversifying income
of shea producers and increasing exports from West
Africa.
SheKeeper will create an opportunity for at least 600
women to expand their skill set, opening new career
paths for an entire generation.
In addition to generating market linkages and
expanding production and sales of shea, beeswax,
and honey, SheKeeper will help increase Ghanaian
exports and create new jobs while building the
capacity of 1,200 smallholders.
Building on longstanding efforts to support women’s
groups in shea-producing communities in Ghana, this
collaboration helps advance Burt’s Bees and USAID’s
shared women’s economic empowerment and
gender equality priorities.
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Thank you

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