Kmart Australia believes that all beauty and personal care products should be cruelty free. We are proud to be Leaping Bunny approved. A global programme, Leaping Bunny requires cruelty free standards over and above legal requirements.

All our own brand cosmetic and personal care products are approved under the Cruelty Free International Leaping Bunny Programme, the internationally recognisable gold standard for cruelty free products. We adhere to a fixed cut-off date policy and proactively monitor our suppliers to ensure that our products continue to adhere to the Leaping Bunny criteria. Our supplier monitoring system is also independently audited.

What requirements have we met to become Leaping Bunny approved?

To become Leaping Bunny approved, we have obligated ourselves that neither we nor any of our suppliers and manufacturers may conduct, commission or be party to live animal tests for raw materials, ingredients or final products anywhere in the world.

In order to achieve Leaping Bunny approval, every single one of our OXX brand cosmetics and ANKO personal care products, in every single country we sell, must meet the criteria listed above.

There is no geographical limitation, meaning that all Kmart OXX brand products and ANKO personal care products in every country globally must comply with Leaping Bunny criteria. This includes all raw materials by trade name and ingredients (INCI), all of which are checked at least every 12 months for any new animal testing that may have taken place.

The Leaping Bunny Programme is the globally recognisable gold standard for cruelty free cosmetics and personal care. This programme is the best assurance that a company has made a genuine commitment to help end animal testing. At Kmart, it was important to us that we meet the rigorous globally applied criteria which extend over and above laws governing animal testing and include ongoing independent audits as we are committed to maintaining our cruelty free status. Companies like us that meet these required standards are able to proudly display the Cruelty Free International Leaping Bunny logo.

Our compliance with Leaping Bunny criteria, including our monitoring system, is subject to regular independent audits (outside of Cruelty Free International) to ensure continued compliance for all existing and new products.

For more information about Cruelty Free International, the Leaping Bunny Programme and the criteria, please visit www.crueltyfreeinternational.org