The Inkey List

The Inkey List has made a few ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, namely avoiding select harmful suncare ingredients and some other petrochemical-based ingredients. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including harmful suncare ingredients, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients. Its products have certifications from Leaping Bunny. The Inkey List is a B Corp through its parent company, Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited.

The Inkey List has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its product containers, including by specific efforts to avoid excessive materials. It has made efforts to reduce virgin plastic in its product containers, and now uses a minimum of 50% PCR. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are FSC-certified and recyclable. It doesn't share any information on its shipping materials.

The Inkey List shares brief information on its energy strategy. It uses renewable energy to power its main offices, though it's unclear for what percentage of its power need, and it doesn't report any renewables use at its production sites. The Inkey List doesn't share any water conservation strategies or targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

The Inkey List provides recycling guidelines on its containers for most products to help avert waste. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers. It offers bulk sizes for a few products, which may help reduce packaging waste.

It's unclear if this brand releases new items seasonally or otherwise frequently, which can create excess waste.

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The Inkey List has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. It publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy, though its progress reporting could be improved. Its last annual report was published in 2024. The Inkey List shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, overall and on a per product basis.

The Inkey List measures its emissions, but doesn't share its process or findings transparently. It provides percentages for its emissions by category, but doesn't share any actual CO2e numbers that Commons could find. The last reporting period was 2024.

Commons couldn't find firm emissions reduction targets for this brand, though it has a vague net-zero 2030 plan. The Inkey List claims to be carbon neutral, but it doesn't provide any 3rd-party certification or supporting evidence. It's unclear if it currently offsets any emissions - the last direct mention that Commons could find was from 2021.

The Inkey List doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners, and Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices from its parent company, Brand Evangelists for Beauty Limited. Neither company publicly shares a supplier code of conduct. The Inkey List doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. The Inkey List isn't a member of any key advocacy organizations that are blocking climate policy. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists. The Inkey List didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.