Aveeno

Aveeno doesn't make any ingredient commitments at the brand-level, but notes it's reducing its use of parabens, dyes, and sulfates. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc., makes commitments across all owned brands to increase use of RSPO-certified palm oil but it's unclear what it's baseline is. Aveeno still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including harmful suncare, petrochemical-based, and palm oil-derived ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact and we expect more accountability from large companies. Aveeno doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

Aveeno shares its packaging materials on a product by product basis but doesn't appear to discuss its materials overall. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc., has made efforts to minimize the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging and has a goal of 100% recyclable or refillable packaging by 2025, though it's not fully on track. Aveeno reports using FSC-certified paperboard.

Aveeno's parent company, Kenvue Inc., shares information on its overall energy strategy. It uses a majority of renewable energy to power its operations, though it doesn't share how this is distributed across its production sites and corporate offices. Kenvue Inc. has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy and also implements general energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. It appears to have only baseline water conservation measures, and determined that water wasn't a material topic for its business. Aveeno has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Aveeno utilizes alternative models for some products to avert waste, including offering lower-waste refills. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers.

Aveeno doesn't frequently release seasonal or new products, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Aveeno has a prominent sustainability page with brief details on its climate strategy. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc., publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Aveeno shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.

Aveeno's parent company, Kenvue Inc., 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 and identifies its top driver of emissions. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 3,989,842 tons CO2e.

Aveeno's parent company, Kenvue Inc., has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for its Scope 1+2 targets, but it hasn't yet set it net-zero target. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Aveeno doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, includes environmental clauses, and appears to ensure the right to collective bargaining. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure a living wage, or establish grievance mechanisms. Aveeno doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

Aveeno's parent company, Kenvue Inc., doesn't openly disclose its climate-obstructive trade association memberships. It's a member of 3 large climate-obstructive trade associations: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, and National Association of Manufacturers. Kenvue Inc. 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.