Zalabí is delighted to announce that we have been awarded Gold — Best Young Company Committed to Sustainability and Bronze — Best Sustainable Raw Material (for our Spanish Red Thyme essential oil, Thymus zygis) at the VPC Green Beauty Awards 2025.
These awards recognise a practical, operational model built around six priority pillars — energy, water, emissions, environment & biodiversity, social commitment, and waste management — with concrete achievements already implemented.
What sets Zalabí apart
- Energy autonomy: our distillery (El Perro) is fully powered by on-site solar energy; irrigation and process systems are solar-powered.
- Water circularity: solar-driven drip irrigation, rainwater capture and recirculation, and progressive integration of hydrosol as process water and phytosanitary input.
- Low emissions: steam produced with pre-treated biomass and fitted with a high-efficiency particulate filter; process electricity emissions have been eliminated.
- Waste-as-resource: post-distillation biomass is used for energy or mulch; hydrosol is reused and partially commercialised.
- People-centred: formal employment with above-convention wages, performance bonuses, audited temporary staffing and UEBT verification of our main farm.
- Traceability & standards: our Red Thyme oil is EU Organic and COSMOS certified (via CAAE), plus Halal, Kosher and Food & Feed grades — fully traceable from field to drum.
Why it matters
Gold for Best Young Company demonstrates that sustainability can be embedded at the core of a growing business. Bronze for our Red Thyme recognises a traditionally known raw material produced today with the highest standards of quality, transparency and ethical sourcing.
“These awards confirm that responsible production delivers real returns — to product quality, to people, and to the landscapes and communities we work with.”
— Ramón Fernández, Managing Director, Zalabí
We thank the VPC jury, our farming partners and everyone involved in the project. For more on our IFEAT recognition and the wider sustainability story behind Zalabí, see our news section.
