Sky & Sol
Sunscreen with a focus on natural, toxin-free ingredients
Sky & Sol's Sustainability Rating
Insufficient
Ingredients
Sky & Sol has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, select other petrochemical-based ingredients, and harmful sun care ingredients. Commons didn't find evidence of environmentally-harmful ingredients such as parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, palm oil, PFAS, microplastics, or harmful sun care ingredients in this brand's products. This is hard for small brands to achieve. Its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients. Sky & Sol doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.
Containers & Packaging
Sky & Sol hasn't made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable.
Energy & Water Use
Sky & Sol doesn't share information on its energy strategy. Sky & Sol has a global production span, which is standard for the industry. Sky & Sol doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies.
Refill & Reuse
Sky & Sol doesn't utilize any alternative models or methods to avert waste.
Slow Cleaning
Sky & Sol offers an evergreen collection, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.
Marketing
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Transparency & Reporting
Sky & Sol doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source of relevant information. Sky & Sol shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis, but this information is sometimes hard to find.
Emissions Tracking
Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking.
Targets & Offsets
Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.
Supply Chain & Labor
Sky & Sol doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.
Advocacy
Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. Sky & Sol isn't a member of any key advocacy organizations that are blocking climate policy, but it also 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.
Sky & Sol's Insufficient rating is due to a lack of published sustainability information. It’s a smaller brand, which means it likely has fewer resources for robust sustainability efforts and reporting. When Sky & Sol publishes more data, we’ll be able to do a more thorough review.
Sky & Sol doesn't utilize any alternative models or packaging minimization strategies to reduce its waste and emissions footprint, and it doesn't share much information about its packaging materials. However, despite being a small brand, it has succeeded in avoiding many climate-threatening ingredients such as parabens, phthalates, and harmful sun care ingredients.
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