Your skin tells stories. It bears witness to your greatest moments—every touch, smile, and experience you live. It’s your most intimate connection with the world. At the same time, the environment also makes an impression on your skin: the sun that warms you, the wind that brushes against you, and even the environmental challenges we face together.
At ISDIN, we believe that caring for your skin also means caring for the home we all share: our planet. This essential connection guides every step we take. From reducing emissions to helping reduce skin cancer through social alliances and actions, we’ve set ambitious and measurable goals to make a positive impact and build a more sustainable future by 2030.
Today, we invite you to be part of this story. Will you join us?
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Held to the highest standards
B Corp certification is a global recognition awarded to companies that uphold rigorous social and environmental criteria, accountability, and transparency. ISDIN is proud to be one of the few thousand companies certified worldwide since 2020, underscoring our commitment to sustainable practices.
This year, we’re celebrating half a century as a worldwide leader in sun protection, safeguarding the skin of millions. Our dream is to inspire healthy, happy, and beautiful lives—including a thriving planet for generations to come.
Our 2030 commitments & plan
ISDIN’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments focus on four key pillars: People, Planet, Product, and Organization. These pillars drive every aspect of our identity and ensure we make meaningful progress toward sustainability and social responsibility. Let’s take a look at what’s to come.
Respectful products
We work to ensure that every product is better for you and the planet, aiming to:
- Eco-design all of our packaging
- Use a minimum of 25% recycled materials
- Ensure all of our raw materials are certified with the highest social and environmental criteria
Zero waste
We’re committed to caring for the home we all share, working to:
- Achieve full carbon neutrality in the next five years
- Reduce our carbon emissions by 50%
- Transform our production facilities into zero-waste sites
Be a force for good
At ISDIN, our mission begins with people and their well-being, aspiring to:
- Give back 1% of our sales to community initiatives related to skincare
- Become the benchmark in fighting skin cancer
- Ensure that our key suppliers comply with the highest social and environmental criteria
Learn more about our Climate Transition Plan.
The drive behind the dream
Every impact, big or small, starts with a vision. Our initiatives are designed to inspire and create lasting change, focused on two ambitions that you too can be a part of:
Inspiring a future without skin cancer
At ISDIN, we dream of a world where skin cancer becomes a thing of the past. Through our actions, like expeditions to Mozambique, we’ve provided over 500 life-changing skin cancer interventions, sent more than 500,000 sun protectors, and supported the unique skincare needs of 3,500 individuals with albinism.
Over the past 30 years, we’ve also reached 7 million children worldwide through school campaigns, empowering them with early sun protection habits. This important practice may help reduce skin cancer risk later in life.
Partnering with inspiring figures like Carlos Alcaraz, we continue spreading awareness through programs like the Ball Kids Sun Protection initiative at renowned tennis tournaments, making sun safety a global priority.
Restoring the health and beauty of our seas and oceans
The Mediterranean Sea is more than just a body of water—it’s our inspiration and our home. As a Barcelona-born brand, ISDIN is deeply connected to this abundant source of research, resources, and joy. Its beauty and resilience fuel our dedication to creating skincare solutions that help protect and restore its habitats.
Together with our non-profit organization Bluewave Alliance, scientists, volunteers, divers, other and local alliances, we’re working to replant natural seagrass ecosystems, as well as remove and repurpose plastic waste. We’re estimated to have removed 200 tons of plastic from the sea in 2024—and this year we’re aiming for more.
Our inspiration, our home: Discover more about our impact on the Mediterranean Sea.
Better together
Over the years, it’s become all the more clear that caring for your skin and the planet aren’t separate pursuits, but part of a greater whole. At ISDIN, we’re driven by the dream of a world where healthy skin is within everyone’s reach, skin cancer is a thing of the past, and oceans are returned to their natural state. As a B Corp Certified company, our 2030 goals define the journey toward making this our reality.
But we can’t move forward alone. Every action, big or small, matters. Now, we invite you to join us by taking a simple yet powerful first step: protecting your skin from the sun every single day.
Loving your skin and your planet is now all the more rewarding. Join our LOVE ISDIN Community to collaborate on the latest initiatives.
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Article written and reviewed by:
Amy is a content strategist who turned a part-time obsession with skincare into a full-time passion. Her experience as a creative storyteller includes a range of lifestyle and technology topics across Washington D.C. and Barcelona. What's in her travel bag? Eye contour cream and sunscreen, always.
