Dr.Jart doesn't make any ingredient commitments at the brand-level. Its parent company makes very limited commitments across all owned brands, but it's unclear what applies to this brand. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. Dr.Jart still uses many ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including microplastics, harmful suncare ingredients, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and cyclic silicones. Dr.Jart doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.
Dr.Jart appears to primarily rely on petro-based plastics for its packaging, of a virgin or unknown source, which greatly increases its emissions and waste footprint. It uses some environmentally-mindful materials in its product containers as well, including ones that are recyclable, or FSC-certified. Dr.Jart hasn't made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes.
Dr.Jart's parent company, Estee Lauder Companies, shares information on its energy strategy. It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and 100% renewable energy to power its corporate offices. Estee Lauder Companies has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. Dr.Jart 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 doesn't provide any guidance to help customers properly recycle or dispose of its products.
Dr.Jart offers seasonal products or frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Dr.Jart doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source of relevant information. Its parent company publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2024. Dr.Jart shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products.
Dr.Jart's parent company, Estee Lauder Companies, 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 its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 2,062,976 tons CO2e.
Dr.Jart's parent company, Estee Lauder Companies, 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 some of its targets.
Dr.Jart's parent company, Estee Lauder Companies, publishes limited information about its supply chain partners. It traces some of its supply chain. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor but does not disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure the right to collective bargaining, ensure a living wage, establish grievance mechanisms, prohibit child labor, or include environmental clauses. Estee Lauder Companies doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.
Dr.Jart's parent company, Estee Lauder Companies, discloses all of its trade association memberships, including those that are climate-obstructive. It's a member of 2 large climate-obstructive trade associations: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Personal Care Products Council. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. Estee Lauder Companies employs state lobbyists with few fossil fuel aligned clients. Estee Lauder Companies didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.
Dr.Jart 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.
Dr.Jart doesn't make any brand-level commitments related to its ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact, and it uses many ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including microplastics, harmful suncare ingredients, and other petrochemical-based ingredients.
Dr.Jart doesn't report on its packaging. We assume it still relies on plastic packaging of a virgin or undisclosed source, which contributes greatly to waste production and excess energy use. It doesn't utilize any alternative models or packaging minimization strategies to reduce its waste and emissions footprint.
Its parent company reports on its renewable energy strategy, and emissions measurement and reduction efforts. It has SBTi approved emissions reduction targets but is not on track to meet many of the targets. Its supplier and labor policies are less stringent than we'd hope for a company its size.
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