Laneige

Laneige doesn't make any ingredient commitments at the brand-level. Its parent company makes a few commitments across all owned brands, but it's unclear what applies to this brand. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. Laneige still uses ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including microplastics, harmful suncare ingredients, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and uncertified mica. Its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients. Laneige doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

Laneige primarily relies on petro-based plastics for its packaging, of a virgin or unknown source, which greatly increases its emissions and waste footprint. It uses a few environmentally-mindful materials in its product containers, limited to ones that are FSC-certified. Its parent company has made efforts to minimize the volume of material used in its secondary or tertiary shipping packaging.

Laneige's parent company, Amorepacific Group, shares information on its overall 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. Laneige has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Laneige offers refills, but puts them in packaging that is unidentified or otherwise difficult to dispose of, which adds to landfill waste. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers. 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.

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

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Laneige 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 2023. Laneige shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.

Laneige'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.

Laneige'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.

Laneige'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.

Laneige'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.