We believe in sustainability and ensure that our production processes have the lowest possible impact on the environment, reducing our carbon footprint as much as possible.

In line with this commitment, we hold the Verpackungsrecycling: Duales System Interserch certification:

• External control audits
• Registration with the central packaging register agency

Through this certification, HSN contributes to:

• The recycling and reuse of our packaging and transport material.
• The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• The control of waste management.

However, our commitment to the environment never stops, which is why we are continuously working to obtain new certifications that support the commitment, honesty and transparency that guide all our processes.

We have replaced the packaging for some of our products, opting for packaging made with 50% recycled plastic.

As part of our commitment to sustainability and the environment, we continue working to reduce plastic in our product packaging, always taking into account the preservation requirements of all our food products.

Under the supervision of our Quality department, led by Billie Kathleen Eales, we ensure that these compostable materials do not alter the preservation of the product.

At HSN, we are taking another step towards our goal of reducing environmental impact.

After leaving it up to our customers in 2022 to decide whether or not measuring scoops should be included in their purchases of HSN powder products, in 2023 we began progressively introducing 100% biodegradable scoops into our products.

Currently, all 5, 10, 50 and 70ml measuring scoops included with HSN powder products are 100% biodegradable. We are still in the process of incorporating them into the remaining sizes.  

These scoops are made from 100% compostable, eco-friendly PLA materials, with no coatings or oxides of any kind in their composition.

HSN customers now have 100% biodegradable scoops available in HSN powder products.

At HSN, we work to care for the environment, aware of our responsibility as a manufacturing brand. Our commitment is to reduce the use of unnecessary plastic.

According to data from Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco), collected in 2022, plastic generates 1,492,739 tonnes of waste, of which 868,015 tonnes are recycled. Of this amount, 40% corresponds to plastic used for single-use packaging.

Therefore, reducing environmental impact is in everyone’s hands. At HSN, we are committed, and the new 100% biodegradable scoops for our powder products are one of our actions in the fight against the use of unnecessary plastic.

• We are working to adjust all packaging sizes, with the aim of reducing unnecessary material.

Packaging that is adapted to consumption and the product can reduce transport costs and carbon emissions.

In addition, fewer raw materials are used in its manufacture, reusing and recycling all components of the system.

As manufacturers, recycling is part of our commitment to the environment. 

All packaging used in our plant is subsequently recycled, and we also work in this way in our offices and logistics centre.

At HSN, by controlling the entire product development and production chain, we ensure the recycling of all packaging left over from the process.

What could this reduction be equivalent to?

We can compare it to driving around the world 730 times by car.

We control the process, avoid intermediaries and, as a result, unnecessary transport.

Once developed and manufactured in our own facilities, HSN products have only one path, one single direction: our customer.

As part of developing our role as a socially responsible company and protecting the environment, our shipments began to include the FSC label in April 2023.

The FSC certificate ensures the proper management of forest resources and guarantees the conservation of forests and the environmental values that surround them. It also promotes the sustainable management of forests worldwide.

HSN works every day to expand its commitment to the environment.

As part of our commitment to the environment, at HSN we aim to work towards sustainability by investing in the installation of renewable energy across all our facilities.

Taking advantage of our geographical location, we harness solar energy through the installation of solar panels on the roofs of all our facilities: factory, offices and logistics centres.

In this way, photovoltaic solar energy covers the day-to-day energy needs of most HSN production. In addition, the company can supply the electricity grid with the energy produced by its photovoltaic panels that it will not use.

The BioSeries line, on which our R&D&I team is working to develop new products in the medium term, offers a 100% natural range with ingredients sourced from organic farming.

In addition, we are working on new packaging where we will minimise the use of plastic, prioritising recycled and biodegradable materials.

As manufacturers of food products, as well as complements in capsules and powder form, our first commitment to customers is to ensure that all products arrive in the best possible condition. That is why packaging is a fundamental element, playing a key role in the recommended consumption date and expiry date.

In most cases, plastic meets the requirement of optimising our packaging so that it is as safe as possible and helps extend the shelf life of our food products. It should also be borne in mind that our products reach the end consumer directly, so they can be recycled.

Since 2019, we have collaborated with The Great Food Collection campaign, carried out annually by the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL).

As part of our social commitment, we donate foods from our online catalogue, showing our support for the Food Bank, which works to support the wellbeing of the most disadvantaged people and/or those at risk of social exclusion.

In 2023, we began supporting and collaborating with the UAPO Foundation (Oncology Patient Support Unit), which works to provide cancer patients with comprehensive intervention.

UAPO currently has three centres in Spain: Granada, Madrid and Malaga. There, it carries out its project to help cancer patients through physical exercise, and to treat them with physiotherapists and physical trainers who improve their quality of life and recovery.

All these actions are endorsed by the PROFITH-CTS977 group from the University of Granada, which ensures that patient interventions are based on scientific evidence.

HSN collaborates with UAPO on its different projects, which also include collaboration in cancer research, as well as its presence in the various UAPO centres.

At the end of 2022, the NGO Baruma asked HSN for help with the aim of treating patients with sickle cell disease with RawSeries L-Glutamine Powder, based on the FDA’s 2017 approval of the amino acid for oral administration.

HSN collaborated by donating the necessary amount of L-Glutamine Powder from its RawSeries line for the treatment of patients at the Fass Diahe healthcare centre in Kolda, Senegal.

Sickle cell disease is a chronic hereditary condition that causes a malformation of red blood cells and is very common in Senegal. In the case of these patients, it is a disease that cannot be cured, but efforts are made to alleviate the serious consequences it causes, providing them with a suitable environment and teaching them to understand their disease and take care of themselves.