COSRX

Commons couldn't find specific ingredient commitments at the brand level. COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients.However, COSRX still uses ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including other petrochemical-based ingredients and harmful suncare ingredients. COSRX doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

Commons couldn't find information about this brand packaging at a brand-level. COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in some of its packaging, including by lightweighting.

COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, shares information on its energy strategy. It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices. Amorepacific Group has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. It implements water conservation measures, including enhancing the efficiency of Ionized water production processes, reducing the amount of wastewater discharged from major facilities and promoting water recycling. COSRX has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

COSRX doesn't utilize any alternative models or methods to avert waste.

COSRX offers seasonal products or frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

COSRX doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source of relevant information on its brand site, which signals a lack of transparency and accountability. It's parent company, Amorepacific Group, publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. COSRX shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis.

COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, 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 291,426 tons CO2e.

COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years) and the long-term (10+ years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for some of its targets. Its parent company offsets emissions scope 1 emissions for some of its child brands.

COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, publishes some information about its supply chain partners, but doesn't provide details on geography or traceability. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits child labor, includes environmental clauses, ensures the right to collective bargaining, and prohibits forced labor. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure a living wage, or establish grievance mechanisms. Amorepacific Group doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

COSRX's parent company, Amorepacific Group, discloses all of its trade association memberships, including those that are climate-obstructive. It's a member of 1 large climate-obstructive trade associations: Personal Care Products Council. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists. Amorepacific Group didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.