Dr Squatch

Dr Squatch has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, and other petrochemical-based ingredients. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including mica without a statement of certification. Its products incorporate bio-based, biodegradable, organic, and upcycled materials ingredients. Dr Squatch is B Corp certified.

Dr Squatch hasn't made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable.

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

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

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

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Dr Squatch has a prominent sustainability page with limited details on its climate strategy. Its 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. Dr Squatch shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis.

Dr Squatch'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.

Dr. Squatch'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. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

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

Dr Squatch's parent company, Unilever, discloses all of its trade association memberships, including those that are climate-obstructive. It's a member of 1 climate-obstructive trade association: 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.