Our commitments to limit our impact on the oceans

Eau Thermale Avène offers high-performance suncare products to protect the skin while limiting the impact on marine life. The filters in their products have been tested on three key species of marine biodiversity. The results of their actions on the marine ecosystem of the Bali region have led to a significant increase in fish and coral, as well as new species of coral.

HOW TO PROTECT SKIN FROM THE SUN'S RAYS WHILE LIMITING THE IMPACT ON THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM

The Eau Thermale Avène laboratories are tackling the problem with high-performance suncare formulated to limit its impact on marine life.

For Eau Thermale Avène, this means as many strong commitments as concrete choices.

Avène suncare products are formulated with three priorities in mind: safety, efficacy and optimal tolerance, even for the most fragile skin.

All the filters in our sun care products have been tested on 3 key species of marine biodiversity*: coral, phytoplankton and zooplankton.

*Tests carried out by the Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, a partner of the European Marine Biological Resource Center, on 3 key species of marine biodiversity - one coral species, one phytoplankton species and one zooplankton species - at concentrations representative of those found in the environment for sunscreens.TriAsorB™ was tested using the same methodologies and by the same researchers as in the publications below: Stien, D. et al. A unique approach to monitor stress in coral exposed to emerging pollutants. Scientific Reports 10, 9601 (2020). Thorel, E. et al. Effect of 10 UV Filters on the Brine Shrimp Artemia salina and the Marine Microalga Tetraselmis sp. Toxics 8, 29 (2020).

RESULTS OF OUR ACTIONS ON THE BALI MARINE ECOSYSTEM

1,7x

More fish

2,5x

More corals

+20

Coral species in the area where the action was carried out* (%)

The oceans are home to an abundant source of life, indispensable to life itself, and regulate the earth's climatic balance:

Coral is a major ecosystem for the reproduction and preservation of many marine species.
Phytoplankton, the planet's "green lung", produces 2/3 of the oxygen we breathe.
Zooplankton, the primary consumers of organic matter in the oceans, play an essential role in the functioning of the marine food chain.

Today, this fragile ecosystem is threatened by a variety of factors responsible for the extinction of hundreds of species and the depletion of resources: global warming, rising sea levels... But also by pollution from sun creams and their filters, which constitute a danger in their own right for the oceans. That's why Eau Thermale Avène is committed to limiting its impact on the environment.