World Oceans Day Update: Our Partnership with Oceana

At Biossance, ocean conservation is part of our DNA. As we celebrate World Oceans Day, we wanted to pause to pay special attention to the important work of our sustainability partner, Oceana.

What is Oceana?

As the world’s largest international advocacy group focused solely on ocean conservation, Oceana is working to protect sensitive habitats and help restore our oceans’ biodiversity and abundance.

Oceana was established by a group of leading foundations — The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oak Foundation, Marisla Foundation (formerly Homeland Foundation), Sandler Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund — after a 1999 study they commissioned discovered that less than 0.5% of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy.

No organization was working exclusively to protect and restore the oceans on a global scale. Oceana’s founders wanted to fill that gap, so they created an international organization focused solely on oceans, dedicated towards achieving real change through goal-driven, science-backed policy campaigns.

Oceana has achieved more than 300 policy victories and protected 4 million square miles of ocean since its founding.

Why Have We Partnered with Them?

For generations, beauty products were fortified with squalane - an exceptional moisturizer naturally found in human skin - sourced from shark livers. Our vegan, bio fermented squalane provides a solution by creating a superior alternative using sugarcane grown respectfully towards people and the planet.

This new, vegan squalane is a molecular match for the moisture found in our skin. Our squalane is purer, more stable, and effective than shark squalane and it doesn’t have the environmental impact of the other traditional alternative, olive-derived squalane.

Our mission of science-driven, sustainable beauty beautifully compliments Oceana’s policy-driven approach.

Learn more about our partnership

How You Can Help

You can support Oceana’s important work by donating to them directly or by purchasing one of our limited edition Oceana products, which donate 5% of proceeds to Oceana.

To celebrate National Oceans Day, we launched a Limited Edition of our bestselling Omega Repair Cream in a gorgeous blue jar. Our ultra-moisturizing #1 selling face cream includes biomimetic ceramides and lipids to instantly hydrate and improve skin barrier moisture retention within 1 week. Its luxurious whipped texture instantly absorbs for noticeably smooth, soft, and radiant skin with visible improvement in fine lines and wrinkles.