Our commitment to the climate

Responsibility, along with health and safety, is a core value that sanosan stands for. Responsibility means that we also take responsibility for our environment.

sanosan – a brand of MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS

sanosan is not just sanosan. Our much-loved baby care brand is part of MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS, a renowned manufacturer of high-quality skin- and haircare products that is now in its third generation as a family-run business.

“As a family company, the well-being of future generations is very close to our hearts. We shoulder this responsibility each and every day. We commit to ambitious sustainability objectives throughout the entire value chain.“

Christine Steger

Managing Director

MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS – we live sustainability

What helps the skin should not harm the environment. All of the work performed by MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS is aligned to this credo: For us. For our children. For our grandchildren.

We have been climate-neutral since 2017.
We use 100 % green electricity.
We manufacture in a resource-saving manner.
We support important climate protection projects.

Enviromental Protection Project – Efficient Cooking Ovens in India

The fact that climate protection and social commitment go hand in hand at the MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS GROUP is demonstrated by our climate protection projects in India, formerly in Africa. As part of the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) survey, we are committed to achieving further sustainability goals above and beyond the legal requirements and regulations. To this end, we have our company’s CO2 emissions measured annually in cooperation with ClimatePartner and offset them through special climate protection projects. We are currently supporting families and households in India living below the poverty line with more efficient cooking stoves.

Many households in the state of Maharashtra in western India still cook on traditional open fires. This method consumes a lot of wood and leads to high levels of smoke pollution indoors, which poses a health risk for women and children in particular.This can be avoided by using better cooking stoves. The portable cookstoves distributed as part of the project are made of cast iron, require less firewood and reduce indoor air pollution and CO2 emissions. The families using these stoves benefit health-wise from this clean cooking method as they are no longer exposed to dangerous smoke pollution. As much less wood is needed for cooking, deforestation is significantly reduced, which promotes biodiversity. It also minimizes the time spent collecting firewood – a tedious task that is usually done by women and children.

The “clean cooking” project supported by the MANN & SCHRÖDER COSMETICS GROUP is therefore not only beneficial for the environment and climate, but also for people’s health.

Further information on the ClimatePartner climate protection project can be found here.