The Nature Enterprise of the Year award was granted to Luonkos, operating in Naantali, in recognition of its evolving entrepreneurship that highlights the potential of natural products.
Luonkos is an innovative natural cosmetics company that seamlessly combines traditional plant use with new research data, taking into account all dimensions of sustainable development and responsibility in its operations. The company actively communicates through various channels, positively showcasing the many possibilities of our nature. This pioneering company in the field aims strongly for growth.
– Our goal from the beginning has been to develop the cosmetics of the future and create better products for both skin and nature. In all our operations, we want to represent leadership in responsibility. Through our choices, we can influence a better future. Responsible and ecological products also have enormous potential in international markets, states Piritta Fors, founder of Luonkos.
– Finnish nature and plant knowledge have provided abundant inspiration for our product development. We use many different domestic plants and their extracts in our products. We are also a pioneer in developing cosmetic products containing forest microbes. The recognition we have received is therefore a great joy and honor for us. We have put a tremendous amount of work into developing our products and brand, and we are grateful that our work is thus made visible and respected. We sincerely want to create a better future and be an inspiration to consumers, raw material producers, and other innovators and entrepreneurs alike, Piritta Fors encourages.
Luonkos has a wide range of new, water-free and preservative-free skincare products. The extensive forest microbe extract product family has won numerous international awards. Luonkos has close cooperation with the Allergy, Skin and Asthma Federation in promoting natural health. Several products have the federation's certification as well as the Fi-Natura certificate. Luonkos products are suitable for the whole family for skincare and, for example, as corporate client gifts.
The awards recognize the drivers and enablers of growth in nature-based entrepreneurship.
The Nature Enterprise of the Year award, established by the Finnish Nature-Based Entrepreneurship Network (www.aitoluonto.fi), is annually granted to a nature enterprise that has excelled in the field or significantly raised the profile of nature-based entrepreneurship with its products or services. The Natural Product Operator of the Year award is, in turn, given annually to an individual, company, or organization that has commendably worked to promote the natural product sector. The selections are made by a committee appointed by the board of the Finnish Nature-Based Entrepreneurship Network, which includes a representative from Arctic Flavours Association.
