why doTERRA
woven throughout my life & business
I have chosen to partner with and advocate for doTERRA because of the ethos of the company. There is a value woven throughout their entire business of care, careful consideration, commitment to purity, and doing what’s right. I have felt aligned with doTERRA’s work since the moment
I opened my first bottle in 2016, and continue on with my work with them because of this alignment. Their mission is to “grow the best and help the most.” Alignment matters to me. Their commitment to the plants, the people growing the plants, and the people using their essential oils runs deep for a massive company.
Uncompromising. They are privately held so are able to uphold their values and integrity as they grow and never have to compromise for shareholder value. Somehow they maintain a smaller company feel despite being the largest leading Essential Oil company in the world.
Purity. They are the only company fully transparent with the purity of every drop of oil. Input the number of the barcode on the bottom of your bottle into sourcetoyou.com and see the 3rd party testing of every liter of oil that is bottled in Utah. Oil purity matters for efficacy + safety and we know over 90% of all essential oils on the market are adulterated and contain impure ingredients.
Relationships. The relationships they forge with the farmers all over the globe in over 45 countries is remarkable. Over 80% of growers are small-scale farmers owning less than 2 acres of land. Fair trade wages (and then some) are paid to growers via a mobile payment system same-day. I have witnessed it first hand in Guatemala where they source and distill Cardamom Essential Oil - in this video you will hear Emily my sister’s voice narrating the start during our sourcing trip. Our Guatemala co-impact sourcing experience.
Helping. doTERRA invests in the communities from which it sources in most areas/regions it harvests plants globally. This ranges from a Hospital in Saanag, Somaliland to Rapha House, a rehabilitation center in Haiti for children who have been trafficked, to a trade school in Sika'abe Training Center Guatemala teaching women and men how to build houses and raise pigs for income.
Care. They care about customers. They seek feedback, make changes, listen, restore or replace products where necessary. They care about their growers. There are so many examples; I will share one. Rather than hundreds of individual Frankincense farmers selling their own resin, often selling highly undervalued to sharks, doTERRA set up a Frankincense Co-Op where these growers now all come together as a collective to sell their resin at a fair market price which benefits their families greatly.
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