OGX doesn't make any ingredient commitments at the brand-level. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc., makes commitments across all owned brands to increase use of RSPO-certified palm oil but it's unclear where it stands now. OGX still uses many ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including microplastics, harmful sun care ingredients, and other petrochemical-based ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact and we expect more accountability from large companies. OGX doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.
OGX has made some efforts to minimize its packaging materials at a brand level. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc., has made efforts to minimize the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging overall and has a goal of 100% recyclable or refillable packaging by 2025, though it's not fully on track. It reports having 94% certified or verified paper packaging materials as of 2023.
OGX'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 it determined that water wasn't a material topic for its business. OGX has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.
Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offers any alternative models to lower its waste footprint, such as refills or takeback programs. It offers bulk sizes for some products, which may help reduce packaging waste. It doesn't provide any guidance to help customers properly recycle or dispose of its products.
It's unclear if this brand releases new items seasonally or otherwise frequently, which can create excess waste.
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
OGX has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. 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. OGX shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis.
OGX'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.
OGX'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.
OGX doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It's parent company 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. OGX doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.
OGX'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.
OGX has a Poor rating due to an overall lack of sustainability efforts and disclosures. We expect more reporting and transparency from a brand of its size.
OGX doesn't make any brand-level commitments related to its ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. Its parent company, Kenvue Inc. also doesn't make strong commitments across all owned brands. OGX uses ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including petrochemical derived ingredients, palm oil and microplastics. OGX doesn't utilize any alternative models or packaging minimization strategies to reduce its waste and emissions footprint.
Its parent company reports using a majority of renewable energy in its operations, shares its emissions data, and has SBTi-approved reduction targets. OGX and its parent company are lacking reporting on its water efficiency measures, offsets, supply chain details or labor practices.
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https://www.ogxbeauty.com/products/thick-full-biotin-and-collagen-hair-thickening-shampoo
https://www.kenvue.com/hlm-report-2023
https://www.kenvue.com/hlm-report-2023 https://www.kenvue.com/our-commitments/healthy-lives-mission-report-2024 (pg 40)
https://www.kenvue.com/hlm-report-2023 https://www.ogxbeauty.com/product-sheet-relating-to-the-environmental-qualities-and-characteristics
https://www.kenvue.com/task-force-on-climate-related-financial-disclosures-2023-report
https://www.ogxbeauty.com/product-sheet-relating-to-the-environmental-qualities-and-characteristics
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/target-dashboard
https://www.kenvue.com/policies-positions/supplier-code-of-conduct
https://fminus.org/lobbyists/
https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/
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