We are very excited that dōTERRA has been recognized as a winner of the 2023 SEAL Environmental Initiative Award for producing the first-ever 100% pure Birch essential oil as well as its work surrounding sustainable birch sourcing. dōTERRA Birch essential oil is produced by utilizing the entirety of the birch tree from the region’s existing sustainable lumber industry. In just the month of March 2023, dōTERRA:

Repurposed 174,180 kgs (about 384,000 lbs) of bark that would have otherwise been wasted;

Rerouted 3,483,600 kgs (about 7,680,014 lbs) of total timber to be stripped of bark for pure essential oil before going to mulchers and pulp companies;

Utilized 100% of every smaller diameter tree harvested for distillation of pure Birch essential oil;

Harvested from approximately 1,000 acres of forest land using sustainable forest logging methods.

Esseterre Bulgaria is very sentimental about this news and the construction of the newly built distillery in Pennsylvania. In 2018, we shared the experience generated in Dobrich with our colleagues in the USA on the technology and distillation of essential oil from birch bark, and the distillation apparatus used in Pennsylvania were produced in Bulgaria by our long-standing partners according to parameters prepared by Esseterre Bulgaria.