Yleiskatsaus
In 1921 Rudolf Steiner guided physician Ita Wegman, chemist Oskar Schmiedel and other medical professionals to establish Weleda, creating anthroposophic natural remedies and cosmetics that support the body's own self-healing capacity.
Historia
Rudolf Steiner and Ita Wegman found predecessor companies Futurum AG (Arlesheim) and Der Kommende Tag AG (Stuttgart)↗
Weleda established; Ita Wegman opens the Arlesheim clinic; commercial production begins in Schwäbisch Gmünd↗
First medicinal herb garden established↗
Name 'Weleda' registered as a trademark; biodynamic farming developed by Rudolf Steiner; British Weleda Co. Ltd. founded↗
Skin Food launched↗
Company officially registered under the name Weleda AG (10 December 1928)↗
Swedish subsidiary founded↗
Finnish subsidiary founded↗
Received the first-ever UEBT ('Sourcing with Respect') certification↗
Company centenary (100 years); B Corp certification; treesisters reforestation partnership↗
B Corp recertified with score of 120.66 (October 2024)↗
Skin Food 100th anniversary campaign; Weleda x Stella McCartney at Paris Fashion Week↗
Tunnetuimmat tuotteet
Ainesosat & filosofia
Weleda is grounded in anthroposophy and a holistic view of the human being, aiming to unfold health and beauty in harmony with nature and people. It frames wellbeing as balance of body, mind and spirit and builds products from biodynamically grown, certified-natural ingredients.
Omistajuus & konserni
Der Kommende Tag AG acquired the former 'Colonial-Werke Paul Rumpus' in Schwäbisch Gmünd (now Weleda's German headquarters)↗
Kiistat
Kiista
1943Weleda delivered a one-off consignment of frostbite protection cream to the Wehrmacht; it reached SS staff surgeon Sigmund Rascher, who conducted hypothermia experiments on prisoners at Dachau concentration camp. In the 1990s Weleda distanced itself and apologized to the Holocaust survivors' association Aktion Kinder des Holocaust (AKdH).↗
Kiista
Iscador, Weleda's fermented white-mistletoe (Viscum album) extract marketed as an anti-tumor treatment, has had its ineffectiveness established; its use is not recommended by the Swiss Cancer Congress or the Swiss cancer league.↗
Kiista
Weleda's products are based on anthroposophic medicine, which Wikipedia characterises as a pseudoscience.↗
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Lähteet
T1 ensisijainen · T2 toissijainen · T3 maininta- [1]T1weleda.co.ukhomepage
- [2]T1weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-story/heritagehistory
- [3]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-story/identityabout
- [4]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-story/valuesphilosophy
- [5]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-responsibility/sustainabilitysustainability
- [6]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-expertise/natural-cosmeticsingredients
- [7]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-expertise/research--developmentscience
- [8]T2weleda.co.uk/weleda/our-story/rudolf-steinerfounders
- [9]T3en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weledawikipedia
- [10]T3beautymatter.com/articles/how-weleda-skin-food-survived-100-yearsexternal_other
- [11]T3womanandhome.com/beauty/beauty-news/weleda-skin-food-celebrity-fans/external_other


