Green Chemistry Company and Boston Harbor Distillery Team Up To Make Hand Sanitiser

A group of local companies is working together to help people on the front lines fighting the coronavirus by making hand sanitiser. Pair a green chemistry company with a distillery, and you’ve got a formula that makes a difference.

They’re getting the latest batch of hand sanitiser ready at Evolved By Nature, a green chemistry company in Medford that usually makes skin care products. “We realised there was a tremendous need in the community for hand sanitiser for those on the front lines,” said the company’s president, Rebecca Lacouture.

The company has dedicated some of its manufacturing lab to make hand sanitiser that’s so crucial to so many people, from nurses and doctors to janitors and food service workers. And it’s a group effort. Boston Harbor Distillery donated the alcohol, the Royal Label Company stepped up to make the labels which were designed by advertising agency Arnold Worldwide.

First stop on the delivery route is Tufts Medical Center, just one of several hospitals benefiting from the collaboration. “It’s going to allow our patients to get the safe care they need and also for our employees to be protected to supply that safe service,” said Andrew Fleming from Tufts.

But it’s not only the big medical institutions that are receiving support. Project Do Something Boston is also getting a supply to share with Boston Health Care for the Homeless. “They’re the people who are out there on the front lines screening and treating our homeless friends,” said Robert Morgan from Project Do Something.

The alcohol is the trickiest ingredient in the hand sanitiser formula because it needs to contain a very high alcohol content. So if any other distilleries want to get involved Evolved By Nature would love to hear from you.