Bathing Culture's Sustainability Rating:
Good
Good
Bathing Culture has a Good rating because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.
Bathing Culture has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, and select other petrochemical-based ingredients. It still uses a couple palm-derived ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, but it can be difficult for small brands to eliminate these entirely.
Bathing Culture utilizes packaging minimization strategies and alternative models to reduce its waste and emissions footprint, such as promoting reuse and offering reusable containers, and directing customers to local refilleries and Pact Collective recycling dropoffs. It also provides detailed breakdowns of its packaging materials and has worked to reduce its use of plastic. It claims to offset emissions from its production and shipping, but doesn't share the CO2e amounts for these or its overall emissions measurements, or share its enewable energy strategy.
Ingredients
Bathing Culture has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, and other petrochemical-based ingredients. It doesn't make commitments around palm oil, PFAs, or microplastics. It appears to still use some palm-derived ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate. These ingredients can be difficult for small brands to eliminate entirely. Its products incorporate biodegradable and organic ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny.
Containers & Packaging
Bathing Culture has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in some of its product containers, including by offering concentrated formats for liquids. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers and shipping materials, including ones that are FSC-certified, recycled, or recyclable. It provides detailed information on its packaging materials on a per-product basis.
Energy & Water Use
Bathing Culture doesn't share information on its energy strategy. Bathing Culture doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. Bathing Culture has an unknown total production span.
Refill & Reuse
Bathing Culture utilizes alternative models for most products to avert waste, including promoting reuse and offering reusable containers, and helping customers find refilleries and Pact Collective recycling dropoffs. It offers bulk sizes for most products, which may help reduce packaging waste.
Slow Cleaning
Bathing Culture doesn't frequently release seasonal or new products, which helps prevent production of excess inventory. It takes measures to avoid overproduction or overconsumption, including by designing multipurpose products.
Marketing
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Transparency & Reporting
Bathing Culture has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. Bathing Culture shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.
Emissions Tracking
Bathing Culture measures its emissions, but doesn't share its process or findings.
Targets & Offsets
Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Bathing Culture offsets emissions from its production and shipping, but doesn't disclose the CO2e amounts or partnerships involved.
Supply Chain & Labor
Bathing Culture publishes limited information about its Tier 1 supply chain partners, disclosing their geographic locations. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Bathing Culture doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.
Advocacy
Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. Bathing Culture 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.
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