We are actively committed to creating a sustainable future for now and generations to come. Sustainability doesn’t just mean doing what matters within our own walls and borders, but it requires us to be responsible citizens in the “global village”.
With innovation at the forefront of our goals, we aim to maintain the highest sustainability thresholds possible, towards preserving the environment, minimizing our environmental impacts, and creating real benefits for people at every step.
Our Little Étoile Organic baby food range is Australian Certified Organic (ACO). To be certified organic, our farmers must avoid most synthetic pesticides and fertilizers; manage soil fertility through sustainable practices like tillage, crop rotations, composting; and avoid genetic engineering and sewage sludge. Livestock and poultry are given 100 percent organic feed, not treated with antibiotics or hormones, and given access to the outdoors year-round.
Our Little Étoile Nutrition formulas are produced with grass-fed Australian cow’s milk, from happy cows raised on the clean, green pastures of Victoria, including the Gippsland region.
Grass-based diets are more sustainable due to using fewer energy-intensive inputs and, by regularly moving animals to fresh pasture and keeping them away from streambeds, they spread the manure more evenly and improve the quality and quantity of forage growth.
We prefer to use ingredients that have not been tampered with through genetic manipulation, so that they are closer to how nature intended them to be.
Our suppliers, contract manufacturers and testing partners are committed to sustainable goals and responsible practices, such as:
Little Étoile believes that we are all part of the same global community, drawing from the same health resources and growing the next global generations of little stars for the future. From all the feedback we have received and taken on board, we understand the need for a “feed-forward” approach to community engagement – in other words, giving back more of ourselves.
At the Max Biocare Research Parks we focus on engaging, supporting and adding value to the local rural community.
We purchase all equipment and supplies locally, to contribute to supporting local economic growth. We also engaging with local community in various conservation projects, including tree planting and sustainable beekeeping.
At our dedicated EcoSynergy Zone, we display and model permaculture processes, as well as host specialized STEM and sustainability programs for local school children and external tour groups.
Our little stars are the bright sparks of tomorrow! This free program with global outreach was developed exclusively by Max Biocare, and was established with the aim of helping children and families access extra-curricular learning and development opportunities through events, activities, courses and scholarships.
Young Sparks Academy has partnered with a variety of groups including Tornelo and the Australian School of Entrepreneurship to host a range of exciting and engaging events since its inception in 2019, including international Chess tournaments and learning days.
An online platform hosted by Max Biocare, repersents a trove of free, accurate and evidence-based information for family health and well-being. Featuring valuable insights from expert professionals in the areas of infant & children’s health, maternal health and conception.
Nuture Central have “conceived” the idea of “Nurtition”, a unique concept that combines the principles of wellness through nutrition with elements of nurturing, because getting the right knowledge to enable parents to care for our next generation of stars makes our ability to care for then even better.
An online Facebook community group, run by the nutrition team at Max Biocare, which supports and educates mums-to-be and mums of infants and toddlers in the area of health and nutrition.
Mums from our community group have actively participated in research that has helped to mould and “nurture” our products into what they are today, a growing family of quality products. So, indirectly our products are also designed by mums, for mums.
We provide regular donations of our products (food and medicine) and monetary donations to charities and community groups in need such as Food Bank, Salvation Army, Uniting, and St Kilda Mums. We donated over 25,000 products (valued at nearly $100,000) across 2020-2021 .
We responded to the Australian Bushfire crisis in 2019/20 by donating $15,000 a range of organizations across the key areas of emergency services, humanitarian relief, and animal welfare including The NSW Rural Fire Service, The Australian Red Cross and WIRES Wildlife Rescue.
We run annual programs in Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, China and Laos to support local communities and organizations via donation of money and products (food and medicine), event sponsorship, building community gardens and community education initiatives.
Our presence in these international markets has helped us to understand that there are still thousands of children growing up there under socially and economically challenging conditions. We feel it is part of our responsibility to give back when and where we can.