Pet care carries an environmental footprint through ingredients, materials, manufacturing, packaging and transport.
Karuvia is a marketplace. Independent Vendors offer the products you see here, and Experts offer the services. The products listed are made by those Vendors rather than by Karuvia. That shapes what we can tell you about environmental impact, and what we ask Vendors and Experts to tell you themselves.
Our approach
Environmental information should be specific, easy to understand and supported by appropriate evidence.
- Where it comes from: environmental information on a listing is provided by the Vendor or Expert responsible for that listing, unless Karuvia expressly states otherwise.
- Who is responsible for it: that Vendor or Expert keeps their claims accurate, current and compliant with applicable law.
- What we verify: Karuvia does not independently test, audit or verify every environmental claim made on the marketplace, and we would rather tell you that plainly.
Environmental information on listings
A single feature or a general description says very little about the environmental impact of a product. Where the relevant information exists, a listing may set out specific details such as:
- Product materials or ingredients
- Packaging materials
- Recycled content
- Country of manufacture or dispatch
- Repair, refill or reuse options
- A recognised environmental certification
Any certification should be identified by its proper name. If you would like to know more about a claim or the evidence behind it, you are welcome to contact the Vendor or Expert responsible for the listing.
How Karuvia selects the marketplace
Karuvia curates the Vendors and Experts admitted to the marketplace based on quality, relevance and compliance with our marketplace requirements.
- What this is: a standard for admission to the marketplace.
- What this is not: an environmental certification, a sustainability rating, or an assessment of a product’s complete lifecycle impact.
What Karuvia does not currently do
Karuvia currently does not:
- Calculate the carbon footprint of purchases or deliveries
- Offset emissions generated through marketplace transactions
- Audit the complete supply chain of every product
- Compare the overall environmental performance of products
- Operate its own environmental certification scheme
- Guarantee that a product or service has a lower environmental impact than an alternative
We will update this page if any of these practices change.
Questions about environmental information
If environmental information on a listing looks inaccurate or misleading to you, please write to management@karuvia.com.
Include the link to the listing and tell us what concerns you, so that we can review it under Karuvia’s marketplace policies.