Dutch Natural Healing

Sustainability starts with every choice we make

Hemp gives us a versatile plant that grows quickly, uses water efficiently and can provide ingredients for nutrition and personal care.

That potential is why we choose hemp. At the same time, we look beyond the crop itself: cultivation, processing, packaging and transport all count. We want every step to be considered, transparent and continuously improved.

For us, sustainability is not a slogan. It is a principle in how we develop and make our products.

Sustainability

Hemp: good for you, good for the planet

A naturally sustainable crop with a positive impact on the environment.

Cannabis sativa L. — industrial hemp, whole plant

CO₂ →

Hemp absorbs CO₂

High CO₂ absorption: up to 15 tonnes per hectare per year.

→ O₂

Releases oxygen

Releases oxygen while converting CO₂ into plant biomass during growth.

↓ Root zone

Regenerates the soil

Deep roots improve soil structure, prevent erosion and promote biodiversity.

Measured

Three numbers that make the case

15 tonnes of CO₂ absorbed per hectare, per year
50% less water needed than cotton
4 months from seed to harvest

In the field

Why hemp is different

Tap any point to read what happens in the ground and around the crop.

A full cycle takes about four months, so one field can deliver far more raw material per year than slower crops — less land for the same yield.
Its deep taproot reaches moisture other crops cannot, so hemp often thrives on rainfall alone and puts far less pressure on local water supplies.
Dense growth crowds out weeds and the plant fends off most pests by itself — so nothing has to be sprayed onto the crop, the soil or the groundwater.
Leaves and stalks fall back onto the field and return nutrients to the soil. Hemp is often used as a rotation crop: it leaves the ground in better shape than it found it.
Hemp flowers late in the season, when little else does — a valuable food source for pollinators, while the tall canopy shelters birds and insects.