HealthPost Becomes First B Corp Natural Health Retailer In New Zealand

HealthPost is proud to announce it has achieved B Corp
certification, as the first natural wellness retailer in New
Zealand to do so.

B Corp certification recognises
businesses that meet high standards of social and
environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.
B Corps strive for a better economic system where businesses
can benefit people, communities, and the planet. They choose
long-term investments over quick wins and measure their
success on the positive impact they create.

Aotearoa
New Zealand’s largest online natural health and wellness
retailer, HealthPost, scored 86.8 points after a 15-month
long process to become certified, answering close to 300
questions about their business practices across five key
areas of: governance, community, workers, customers, and
environment. B Corp is already well-recognised offshore as
the most comprehensive independent measure of a company’s
contribution to using business as a force for greater
good.

Lucy Butler, HealthPost Sustainability Lead,
shares the importance of taking a holistic approach to
sustainability in becoming B Corp:

“We’re
incredibly proud to be recognised as a B Corp – and we’re
just getting started. There are so many choices we make
every day that can create positive change. For us this means
partnering with supplier brands that are ethically aligned,
regenerating nature through the HealthPost Nature Trust,
offsetting our carbon emissions through NZ native forests,
and maintaining the most rigorous independent product
standards for quality, efficacy, and transparency in our
industry, among many other things!”

HealthPost
is delighted to celebrate B Corp alongside leading brands in
Aotearoa and globally this B Corp Month, and to encourage
consumers to choose brands with their ethical values in
mind.

With re-certification taking place every three
years, Lucy Butler says the important work doesn’t stop
here. B Corp provides a transparent framework to celebrate
businesses achievements as well as plenty of tools and
inspiration for continuous improvement.

“As the
largest employer in a small community, we’re naturally
connected to the way our everyday decisions affect people
and the environment. We have a very real responsibility to
keep doing things better, delivering on our vision to have a
positive, lasting impact on people and
planet.”

With New Zealand’s largest range of
online wellness, HealthPost empowers its customers to shop
by their ethical values as a way of leading positive change.
When shopping over 6000 products within their range,
customers can use Shop Your
Way to filter by B Corp as well as other social and
environmental filters they care about. Mindful
Brands also recognises brands leading the way in eco
packaging, environmental sustainability, social
responsibility, and transparency – so customers can make
conscious choices, with their values in mind.

Key
sustainability commitments summary:

• First
  natural wellness retailer of its kind in New Zealand to
  become B Corp certified.
• Regenerating nature through
  the HealthPost
  Nature Trust, where a 3-hectare predator-proof
  ecosanctuary has been established for threatened flora and
  fauna to thrive.
• Offsetting
  carbon emissions through New Zealand native forests,
  including HealthPost’s 10.6 hectare block of regenerating
  indigenous carbon forest.
• Responsibly
  sourced products: NZ’s most rigorous independent
  product standards within our industry for quality, efficacy,
  and transparency.

Sustainability Business Awards
finalist and judges’ commendation award in 2022 and 2021
for its work to regenerate nature through the HealthPost
Nature
Trust.

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