products contain lanolin, honey, and/or beeswax. Egg used to be in products but was removed early 2019. Parabens are used to preserve a number of the products. Lush focuses on limited packaging for its product range, or package-free products. The Environment Possibility Award conferred the "Award of Earth Defender" to Lush in 2020. Donations and campaigns In 2006, the REACH legislation was proposed by the European Union and contained legislation that Lush believed would increase animal testing. The cosmetics company wrote to its European customers and also ran an in-store marketing campaign, asking for postcards objecting to the legislation be sent to MEPs, a move which resulted in 80,000 Lush customers sending postcards. In December 2006, Lush protested outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, by dumping horse manure outside the building. Lush is a supporter of direct action, animal rights operations including Sea Shepherd. Lush has been a supporter of anti-taxation-avoidance grouping UK Uncut. In 2007, Lush started openly supporting campaigning groups by sending a dozen cheques for £1,000 each, including road protests groups such as Road Block and NoM1Widening, Hacan Clear Skies (anti-aviation group), and Dump the Dump (which is fighting against an incinerator). In 2011, Lush supported OneWorld's track Freedom for Palestine, which led to backlash from Israel advocacy groups, such as StandWithUs. Lush has since claimed to support collaboration between the two nations especially in almond farming. It uses both Israel and Palestine as suppliers for almond oil. In 2012, Lush had a performance artist endure ten hours of animal testing in the window of their Regent Street store window as part of their 'Fight Animal Testing' campaign. Lush Cosmetics donated £3.8 million to charities in 2014. In 2014, Lush supported the first Hen Harrier Day, with all its UK stores prominently highlighting the illegal persecution of hen harriers on upland grouse moors. In 2012, Lush created The Lush Prize, a global award and grant given to researchers that find solutions and alternatives to animal testing. In the first six years, The Lush Prize donated nearly $2 million to award winners. Past winners of the award have included PETA and a research team at The University of Cambridge. Recently the Lush Spring Prize was introduced, a biennial award with prize fund for projects that assist repairing the planet’s damaged systems. Following the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, Lush launched a campaign titled All The Wild Things, with proceeds