Sustainable sourcing

Responsible Frankincense Sourcing from the Horn of Africa

Managed harvesting, traceability toward origin, and fairer trade with harvesting communities.

Responsible sourcing

Harvesting that protects the trees and the trade

Boswellia and Commiphora populations can face pressure from over-tapping. Responsible sourcing is not only an ethical position — it supports the long-term future of the trade for the harvesting communities that depend on it.

We work directly with harvesting communities and aim to manage tapping intensity carefully: resting trees between seasons and working with the natural exudation cycle. Because we operate across collection, sorting and export ourselves, we can trace resin back toward its harvesting area and support more transparent trade at origin.

Somali myrrh resin drying at origin before sorting and grading
Resin drying at origin before sorting

Our approach

Principles we source by

Managed harvesting

Tapping intensity managed to help protect long-term tree health; trees rested between seasons.

Traceability

Working to trace resin back toward its harvesting area, with lot numbers carried through to shipment.

Fairer trade at origin

Working directly with harvesting communities to support more transparent trade.

Ecosystem stewardship

Mindful of the fragile highland ecosystems the resin and communities depend on.

Community partnership

Building relationships with the harvesters who sustain the supply.

Consistent grading

Applying the same indicative standard across lots, confirmed per shipment.

Certified sourcing

FairWild-Certified Sourcing

FairWild certification supports responsible wild collection through requirements relating to ecological sustainability, fair working conditions, traceability and transparent supply-chain practices. FairWild-certified sourcing is available through our established Somali supply operation for covered products and sourcing activities.

Certification scope is confirmed for the relevant product and lot during the quotation process.

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A note on certification claims. Certification and compliance documents — including FairWild, organic or Halal documentation where a certified producer or exporter is involved — are available depending on product, origin, producer and shipment, and verification details can be provided upon request. Where resin is supplied through a certified operator, the applicable certificate (holder, number, validity and scope) is evidenced on the relevant shipment. We do not display third-party certification logos unless we hold the right to use them.