Leaping Bunny, gentle apothecary, recyclable
| Ingredient transparency | Could not be retrieved (no readable product feed, or requests blocked) |
| Ownership | Manzanita Capital, a family office that also owns Diptyque, acquired MALIN+GOETZ on 1 January 2015. Founders Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz remain involved with the brand. The exact ownership percentage held by Manzanita Capital is not publicly disclosed. |
| Cruelty free | Yes |
| Vegan | Partial |
| Organic | No |
| Certifications | PETA Beauty Without Bunnies status is confirmed directly on the certifier's own register: crueltyfree.peta.org states in full, "Yes, MALIN+GOETZ is cruelty free. They ensure that neither their ingredients nor finished products are tested on animals, and their suppliers and third parties follow the same standard." MALIN+GOETZ is not Leaping Bunny certified and holds no Vegan Society trademark; more than half its range is vegan but not all products are, and there is no formal vegan certification. No B Corp, COSMOS or Ecocert listing was found. Separately and importantly for trading status: the UK entity filed for administration on 20 January 2026, with Alvarez and Marsal appointed as administrators; all seven London stores (Islington, Seven Dials, Spitalfields, Canary Wharf, Battersea, Borough and Soho, plus a Victoria pop up) closed immediately with around 70 redundancies. UK ecommerce is continuing through a transition of technical operations to US teams, and third party retailers including Liberty, John Lewis and Space NK continue to stock the brand through a new distributor, Discovered Brands. The brand as a whole, including its US operations, continues trading. |
| External ratings | Leaping Bunny; clean retail |
| Caveat | Trading status uncertain. The UK operating entity has been in administration since 20 January 2026 with all seven stores closed, though the wider brand may continue elsewhere. Its only confirmed cruelty-free mark is the PETA listing. |
| Reports note | <p>No COAs; LGBTQ-founded</p> |
Claims made for this brand that could not be confirmed in a certifier's own register. A brand website is a claim, not a source.
Leaping Bunny certification should not be assumed; MALIN+GOETZ holds PETA Beauty Without Bunnies status but is not on Leaping Bunny's own register.
Vegan Society certification should not be assumed from the brand's mostly vegan range; no Vegan Society trademark is held.
The brand should not be described as simply 'still trading' without qualification: its UK retail arm is in administration with all physical stores closed as of 20 January 2026, even though ecommerce and other markets continue.
PETA Beauty Without Bunnies cruelty free status, verbatim confirmation on the certifier's own register https://crueltyfree.peta.org/company/malingoetz/
Manzanita Capital's own portfolio page listing MALIN+GOETZ https://manzanitacapital.com/malin-goetz/
Manzanita Capital acquisition of MALIN+GOETZ on 1 January 2015 https://mergr.com/transaction/manzanita-capital-acquires-malin-goetz
UK administration filing, 20 January 2026, seven stores closed, about 70 redundancies https://www.retail-week.com/stores-and-property/malin--goetz-to-shut-all-uk-stores-as-it-collapses-into-administration/7050385.article
Ecommerce continuity and new UK distributor Discovered Brands https://us.fashionnetwork.com/news/Malin-goetz-in-uk-administration-filing-closes-seven-stores-to-become-digital-focused-brand,1800023.html
Not Leaping Bunny certified, not Vegan Society certified https://ethicalelephant.com/is-malin-goetz-cruelty-free-vegan/
Why there is no score: Site could not be read. No verdict is given. Neither a full ingredient read nor a check of the certifications against the certifiers own registers has been completed for this brand, so there is no basis for judging it either way. No score is published. No readable product listing could be found at https://www.malinandgoetz.com, so the catalogue could not be enumerated. A manual product by product read has not yet been completed.
Last checked 22 July 2026.
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