Dermalogica

Dermalogica has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients, and microplastics. While it has made commitments, it still use some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients, and harmful suncare ingredients. Its products incorporate biodegradable ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from PETA Animal Test-free and Leaping Bunny.

Dermalogica and its parent company, Unilever, have made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in some of its product containers, including by specific efforts to avoid excessive materials. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are FSC-certified and recyclable, and its shipping packaging includes materials that are SFI certified.

Dermalogica's parent company, Unilever, shares information on its energy strategy. It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices. Dermalogica 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. Dermalogica has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Dermalogica utilizes alternative models for some products to avert waste, including offering a takeback program with TerraCycle that allows customers to send in used containers to be recycled. It offers bulk sizes for some products, which may help reduce packaging waste.

Dermalogica offers frequent releases, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.

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Dermalogica has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. It's parent company, Unilever, publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Dermalogica shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis. It provides an ingredient glossary that does not include all the ingredients used in products which can be misleading to consumers.

Dermalogica's parent company, Unilever, 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 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 110,153,969 tons CO2e.

Dermalogica's parent company, Unilever, has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years) and long-term (10+ years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for some of its targets. Its overall net-zero commitment was removed by SBTi due to failure to meet deadlines. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Dermalogica's parent company, publishes limited information about its supply chain partners, disclosing their geographic locations. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, establishes grievance mechanisms, prohibits child labor, and includes environmental clauses. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting or ensures a living wage. Unilever doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

Dermalogica's parent comapny, Unilever, 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. Unilever didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.