Making a Difference

At WashBar we’re here to make a difference. Not just to pets, but to the community and planet as well.

We take our social responsibility very, very seriously and it’s a core part of everyday business for the WashBar team.
But it’s more than that - it’s at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to being a force for good.

Over the years sustainable has become a trendy term, for us it’s a way of life. We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment by generating as little waste as we can, recycling everything possible and reducing the energy we use.

Here’s just a few of the ways that we reduce our already toy-dog sized carbon footprint:

• We keep our products simple, using plant based ingredients. No over-manufactured ingredients for us.
• To offset the carbon we generate driving cars we planted thousands of trees on the property where WashBar started, and now we live in the city we've adopted overgrown banks near our building we're in and we're planting them with native trees.
• Nearly naked packaging is good packaging. Especially on our soap bars. The paper bags or cardboard boxes can be recycled or composted when you’re done with them. Our cardboard display boxes compost or recycle as well. When we can’t go naked we make sure our packing is as environmentally responsible as it can be. Our shampoo and spritzer bottles are made in NZ and are recycle number 1. All our ingredients are biodegradable.

At WashBar we’re committed to making a difference. We believe that by all playing a part together we can do great things. Some companies throw around the term ‘corporate citizens’ or other marketing doodoo, but to us being part of the community is central to the WashBar way. We are proud to lend a hand to those organisations and people across New Zealand who are making a difference in our community.