Award-winning hair care products, plastic neutral
[Beta Review] Innersense Organic Beauty has a Good rating because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.
Innersense Organic Beauty has succeeded in its commitment to avoid many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, microplastics, harmful sun care ingredients, and other petrochemical-based ingredients. Commons didn't find evidence of these or many other environmentally-harmful ingredients in its products. Innersense Organic Beauty is Climate Neutral certified, uses 100% renewable energy in its production, and has achieved its science-aligned emissions reduction target - though this didn't include scope 3 reductions. It's Certified Plastic Neutral and uses majority-recycled plastic, though it does depend heavily on plastic for its packaging. It discloses its participation in climate and health-positive advocacy for the industry, such as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and the Safer Beauty Bill. However, Innersense Organic Beauty only offers concentrated formulas and refills for select products, and it appears to release new products somewhat frequently, which can lead to overconsumption and waste.
Innersense Organic Beauty has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by abiding by strict EU standards that require avoiding parabens, phthalates, microplastics, harmful sun care ingredients, and many other petrochemical-based ingredients. It appears to fully succeed in these commitments, and Commons didn't find evidence of these or many other environmentally-harmful ingredients in this brand's products. Its products incorporate biobased and organic ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny. Innersense Organic Beauty is a B Corp.
Innersense Organic Beauty has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its product containers, including by offering concentrated formats for liquids. It has made efforts to reduce virgin plastic in its product containers and uses 50-100% recycled plastic. It's also Certified Plastic Neutral through RePurpose Global. Innersense Organic Beauty has completed its goals to reduce its shipping emissions, including by reducing air freight.
Innersense Organic Beauty shares information on its energy strategy. It uses 100% renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices. It implements vague energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. Innersense Organic Beauty doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. Innersense Organic Beauty has an unknown production span.
Innersense Organic Beauty utilizes alternative models for some products to avert waste, including promoting reuse and offering lower waste refills. However, its refills ship in packaging that is hard to recycle. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers but it provides general recycling guidelines. It offers bulk sizes for many products, which may help reduce packaging waste.
Innersense Organic Beauty appears to offer frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.
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Innersense Organic Beauty has a prominent sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy. It publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2024. Innersense Organic Beauty shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, overall and on a per product basis.
Innersense Organic Beauty 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. The last reporting period was 2024. In this most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 2952.6 tons CO2e.
Innersense Organic Beauty has science-aligned emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and reports that it has successfully met its target. Innersense Organic Beauty offsets its full value chain emissions and is certified climate neutral by Change Climate Project
Innersense Organic Beauty doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct and 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. Innersense Organic Beauty 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. Innersense Organic Beauty discloses its participation in climate and health-positive advocacy for the industry, such as the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and the Safer Beauty Bill.
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