Coppertone

Coppertone doesn't make any brand-level commitments related to its ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. Its parent company, Beiersdorf, discloses that it abides by EU ingredient regulations, which are often viewed as stringent. It additionally commits to reducing select harmful ingredients such as uncertified palm oil, microplastics, and nonbiodegradable polymers. Coppertone uses ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including microplastics, harmful sun care ingredients and other petrochemical-based ingredients. Coppertone doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

Coppertone doesn't share anything about its packaging at a brand-level. Its parent company, Beiersdorf, shares overall efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its product containers and packaging, including lightweighting, but it's unclear what is relevant to Coppertone. It has some goals to decrease virgin plastic in its packaging, but it fell short of its initial deadline and doesn't appear on track for its new one. Beiersdorf is working to reduce its shipping emissions by shifting from air to ocean freight.

Coppertone's parent company, Beiersdorf, shares information on its overall energy strategy. It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices, and has general targets for expanding its use of renewable energy with suppliers. It also implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices, but doesn't provide specifics. Beiersdorf implements water conservation measures, including setting water reduction targets, conducting annual 3rd-party audits, and installing water reuse technology. Coppertone has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Coppertone doesn't utilize any alternative models or methods to avert waste.

Coppertone offers frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Coppertone doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source of relevant information. It doesn't provide customers with any links to its more comprehensive parent company site. Its parent company, Beiersdorf, publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Coppertone doesn't share a complete list of ingredients used in its products. We expect more transparency from brands.

Coppertone's parent company, Beiersdorf, internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions in partnership with, or with auditing from, a third party. It includes a breakdown by scope, though it only reports on select scope 3 categories. The last reporting period was 2023. In this most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 2,195,426 tons CO2e.

Coppertone's parent company, Beiersdorf, has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years) and long-term (10+ years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for all of its medium-term targets. Commons couldn't verify that this brand offsets any emissions, but Beiersdorf has shared plans to use carbon removal solutions, potentially in the future.

Coppertone's parent company, Beiersdorf, doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It traces some of its supply chain, achieving almost 100% palm oil traceability. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, ensures the right to collective bargaining, and includes environmental clauses. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure a living wage, or establish grievance mechanisms. Beiersdorf doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners, though it does annual assessments and followup audits for higher risk partners.

Coppertone's parent company, Beiersdorf, discloses all of its trade association memberships, including those that are climate-obstructive. It's a member of 1 large climate-obstructive trade associations: Personal Care Products Council. Beiersdorf isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists and didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.