Company update: Winsor&Newton

I received the first replies to my vegan friendly (alcohol) marker inquiries.

Since Winsor&Newton’s acquisition of the Letraset Marker was fairly new and their information sheet existed exactly in its same form before that, I put this concern in my mail. Colart replied for Winsor&Newton that they are checking their supply chain for animal derivative contamination of the raw material. However, Winsor&Newton and Colart are cruelty-free and Colart confirms that chemically the majority of the raw materials used, is free of animal derivatives.

Here is said information sheet : Winsor Newton Animal derived ingredients list

Source: Mail contact

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Vegan friendly and cruelty-free criteria:
A product can be considered vegan, if the entire product itself does not contain animal ingredients, byproducts/ derivatives and none of those are used in the manufacturing process, e.g. the use of animal derived oils and fats in surfactants for the dispersion of pigments. The manufacturer does not test on animals or commissions other parties to do so, none of their parent and sister companies or any other partners test on animals or commission animal testing, none of their raw material suppliers and subsuppliers test on animals or commission animal testing, if there are other options. (According to the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, animal testing has to be avoided if it is possible and has the goal to minimize animal testing for REACH. Lastly, there is no animal testing abroad for the manufacturer’s products to be sold abroad.)
By “entire product”, all parts of the product are meant, e.g. the ink and its jar it is contained in, the body and nibs of a marker, a pencil’s wooden body as well as lacquer/ print on it.

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