Yayy!-- I just got a reply back from Burt's Bee's Public relations. Here it is:
"As you've probably heard by now, we at Burt's Bees are entering an
exciting new chapter in our lives as a result of the recent sale of the
company to The Clorox Company. It's a great opportunity to help us
better deliver against our mission of making truly natural personal
products available to everyone, everywhere.
Burt's Bees is committed to making truly natural products available to
everyone, everywhere. While we have been growing exponentially over the
past several years, the resources we will get from The Clorox Company
will allow us to grow even faster allowing us to achieve our mission
even faster. Of course this will also help further develop the entire
natural personal care category. This is in line with our commitment to
The Greater Good.
Part of the reason we are partnering is that we share some very
important values. Like Burt's Bees, The Clorox Company is highly
principled in corporate social responsibility and maintains the highest
possible standards of business conduct, integrity, safety, quality, and
respect for people and the planet in everything they do. Further, while
they can help provide the resources Burt's Bees needs to better realize
its mission of making truly natural personal care available to everyone,
everywhere, Burt's Bees can help Clorox in their health & wellness and
sustainability efforts. Additionally, as the leader in natural personal
care, Burt's Bees brings Clorox both category expertise and leadership
in a category they had yet to enter.
Burt's Bees will remain a standalone subsidiary in Raleigh-Durham. Daily
operations will continue with little change. Clorox recognizes the
uniqueness of our brand and products will work to preserve and nurture
to allow us to move forward as we have been for the past 20 years.
Burt's Bees will always make products with the highest level of natural
ingredients possible. Our products on average are 99% natural with half
being 100%. As the leader in developing The Natural Standard for the
category, we will continue to drive this initiative and raise our
standards as we always have done.
I will be sure to forward your feedback on to the appropriate team for
further review. We take all comments, concerns and suggestions very
seriously and they are also logged in our Consumer Service database for
the appropriate team to see.
We appreciate your continued loyalty to our brand!
Best Regards,
Sarah
Consumer Care
Burt's Bees Inc.
1-866-422-8787option 4
Mon-Fri 10AM-4:30 PM EST "