Diane van Zwanenberg began conscious consumption along with motherhood. She questioned what value would money have if basic food and water were contaminated? Her goal was to create a more sustainable world right from our homes. It is from this vision that Diane created Coconut Matter in 2015.
Diane chose to focus on beauty and personal care products as these touch our hair, skin and mouths, and are associated with our health and wellness. These are also products we consume a lot of. How and what we consume creates waste and has an impact on the environment. Hencethe product we buy give us a voice for a cruelty-free, sustainable future.
The journey to enabling sustainability is not yet perfect, and it is going to take us time to make systematic changes. But we are passionate and focused, and we welcome you to enable us, and to share new ideas with us. We believe each of us can create a more sustainable world from our handbags and wardrobe to bathrooms and kitchen.
Our origin is the coconut, or “niu”. It is truly nature’s blessing given its versatile uses and benefits. The coconut also has a special place in the Solomon Islands. Families plant coconut tree when a child is born. This ensures the next generation has a future full of the most valuable essentials: food, water and shelter.
We believe that beauty products are best harnessed from nature’s own plants and minerals. Combined with innovative formulations, these products deliver natural bioactive results. Our guiding principles in ingredient selection means that we only use sustainable, vegan ingredients that are toxin-free and biodegradable.
For us, going zero waste is an on-going process. It starts from formulatingthe product and utilizing sustainable supply chain practices, to re-thinking product packaging and how your orders are shipped. Our goal is to enable a sustainable lifestyle that includes REFUSE, REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE and ROT.
We choose to buy FairTrade to support “the little guy” by making big changes where they live. Farmers in the Solomon Islands can protect delicate forest and island ecosystems by producing virgin coconut oil, and build a sustainable business model that leads to economic development and increased local opportunities.
