Ceremonia has a Good rating because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.
Ceremonia has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and PFAS. It has made efforts to reduce its packaging plastic use and waste - its container and shipping materials include bioplastics, compostable, and recyclable materials. The brand also utilizes alternative formats or models to reduce its waste and emissions, including offering a takeback program through PACT.
Ceremonia holds a Climate Label certification from Change Climate - it publicly shares its emissions measurements, has short-term reduction plans, and offsets its full value chain emissions. However, we hope it shares information on its energy strategy and supply chain in the future.
Ceremonia has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, PFAS, and other petrochemical-based ingredients,. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients and uncertified mica. It can be very difficult to eliminate these entirely, especially for small brands with limited resources. Its products incorporate bio-based ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny. Ceremonia holds the following company-level certifications: 1% for the Planet, Plastic Negative, and Climate Neutral.
Ceremonia hasn't made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes. It has made efforts to minimize the volume of material used in its secondary or tertiary shipping packaging, and works with RePurpose Global to account for its plastic waste. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are bioplastics, compostable, recyclable.
Ceremonia doesn't share information on its energy strategy. Ceremonia doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. Ceremonia has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.
Ceremonia utilizes alternative models for most products to avert waste, including offering a takeback program. Its takeback program in partnership with PACT, allows customers to send in empties to earn reward points.
Ceremonia offers seasonal products or frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.
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Ceremonia has a prominent sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy. Like many small brands with limited resources, it doesn't publish an annual sustainability report. Ceremonia shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.
Ceremonia internally measures and publicly reports its product-level and company-level emissions. It includes a breakdown by scope. The last reporting period was 2024. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 4133 tons CO2e.
Ceremonia doesn't have emissions reduction targets, but it does share interim reduction plans on its Change Climate page. It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is not on track for any of its targets. The brand offsets emissions from its full value chain through its Change Climate Climate Label certification.
Ceremonia doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Ceremonia doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.
Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. Ceremonia isn't a member of any key advocacy organizations that are blocking climate policy. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists. Ceremonia didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.
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