NATRUE AISBL is an international non-profit association based in Brussels, whose objective is to ensure the availability of quality natural and organic cosmetic products for consumers worldwide. NATRUE has identified two main areas of activity to reach this objective:
- To ensure the availability of premium raw materials through appropriate ingredient regulation
- In the absence of a regulatory definition for natural and organic cosmetics to provide strict international criteria (the NATRUE Label)
NATRUE is a membership-based organization open to any with interest in this field according to NATRUE Statutes.
Initially, NATRUE labelled products were certified by certification bodies approved by NATRUE. From October 2013, NATRUE launched a formal and independent accreditation scheme to provide even greater assurance to the NATRUE label. More information on NATRUE is available on the NATRUE website.
The NATRUE Accreditation program is an accreditation for which IOAS has been approved as an accreditor since 2013 under agreement with NATRUE.
The requirements against which a certification body is assessed are the ‘NATRUE Requirements for Certification Bodies’, which can be downloaded from the manufacturers document section of the NATRUE website.
The certifier is obliged to apply the ‘NATRUE Label: requirements to be met by natural and organic cosmetics’ which are also available on the NATRUE website.
The IOAS NATRUE Operating Manual provides full guidance on implementation of this scheme.