17 uses cruelty-free or “not tested on animals” language. In this catalogue the factor comes in at product owner. Product owner: The Boots Company (Sycamore Partners / formerly WBA). Parent company: The Boots Company (Sycamore Partners / formerly WBA).
Boots own-brand colour cosmetics. Covered by the same Boots / WBA own-brand product-testing policy: no conduct or commission of animal testing on own-brand products or ingredients. Parent is The Boots Company (Sycamore Partners / formerly WBA), whose published 2016 product-testing policy states it does not conduct or commission animal testing on own-brand products or ingredients, but suppliers may still carry out tests at the request of regulators.
Owner: The Boots Company (Sycamore Partners / formerly WBA). Parent: The Boots Company (Sycamore Partners / formerly WBA).