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Our commitment

To sustainability
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Guidelines: MediHerb commitment to endangered species
In addition to working with domestic growers, we
also source herbs from abroad and recognize the 1. Where the threatened status of an herb 6. We actively promote the use of
importance of supporting indigenous communities is specific to a region or country, we do alternate herbs in place of endangered
in quality and sustainability standards. As these not acquire the herb from that region herbs by educating health care
communities depend on the income of the herb
crops for their well-being, it is particularly or country. professionals.
important that they understand quality issues and 2. We use cultivated herb sources of 7. Where a threatened or endangered
are educated as to how to best grow or sustainably
harvest the herb. Working together, we can ensure threatened herbs. herb is part of a tablet or liquid
that they will sell their crops and provide income 3. Where no cultivated source is available, formulation, we will reformulate the
for their community. In addition, we have a product to include a different herb.
documented process to avoid using herbal plants we seek to establish cultivation in
that are on the brink of becoming classified as conjunction with herb growers. 8. When an herb is listed in the CITES
endangered species. We have developed a system Appendix II and a cultivated source is
of identifying and classifying the “threat” to 4. If 2 and 3 are not options, we then not available, we cease to use that herb
particular herbs. “Threatened” is not an official investigate the wild crafting techniques and delete the product from the range,
classification; rather it is determined by us based and protocols to ensure they are
on information received from independent, conducted sustainably and ethically. for example Pygeum.
reliable sources such as CITES (Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of 5. In certain cases, substitution of the
Wild Fauna and Flora), TRAFFIC (Wildlife Trade threatened herb with a clinically similar
Monitoring Network) and United Plant Savers. interchangeable species will be
When a wild-crafted herb is classified as possible. This option requires technical
“threatened” by us, steps are taken immediately to
find alternatives to overcome or reduce the threat. and Research and Development
involvement.

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