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8/8/2012 Giving Back

Chapter 8: To us sustainability is as much about leading by example in our community at a grass roots level as it is about our impact on the planet. Giving backmore than we take and teaching our little ones about the wonders of the birds, trees and the bees.

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5/1/2012 Comvita Hosts International Expert

These are exciting times for Comvita as we host Judi Beerling in New Zealand for the whole week. Judi Beerling is the Technical Research Manager for Organic Monitor, a UK based organization that specializes in research, consulting & training focusing on the global organic & related product industries, including natural and organic cosmetics.

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5/1/2012 Twenty years in the Beauty business

Naturals are here to stay, and just as the synthetic based products which dominate the market today have evolved over the past 100 years, naturals are on a journey of refinement – becoming more sophisticated, more scientifically researched and more irresistible by the day!

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5/1/2012 Leigh Kite: Who am I?

Leigh joined Comvita in 2005 and soon after was able to combine her twin passions of beauty and natural health in the creation of a new natural skincare range that debuted on international markets in 2008.

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5/1/2012 Natural beauty poised for explosive growth in Asia

I’ve just had the pleasure of speaking at the first Sustainable Cosmetics Summit held by Organic Monitor in the Asian region. Staged in Hong Kong, it recognises that Asia is the next emerging market for natural cosmetics.

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4/26/2012 Working In Harmony with Nature

Chapter 7: Sustainability is something that has always run deep in our DNA. We are practically environmentalists by default. We have to be. That’s because beekeeping is all about biodiversity and stewarding, wherever possible, the natural world to create the very best natural products.

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4/26/2012 Ethos, philosophy and what drives us.

Chapter 4: For Claude and I the modern day health paradigm was completely backwards and upside down. It wasn’t about wellness. It was about illness!

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4/26/2012 Keeping People Well by Keeping It Real

Chapter 5: Our honey is raw and as close to nature as we can get it. From the way it is extracted to the way it is filtered, processed and packaged, Comvita® has carefully and passionately pioneered the special process of producing raw honey fit for the most discerning of “purists”.

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4/26/2012 From Bees to Business - the official beginnings of a sweet thing.

Chapter 3: Less than a year later at the end of 1976 I packed my bags and along with my new wife Lynda, left the hives of Great Barrier Island on a shared mission with Claude to build Comvita into something really special. I was young and energetic. Claude was older and wiser.

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