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Typology

Essential skincare and make up, with pared back ingredients

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Typology's Sustainability Rating:

Fair

Typology is rated Fair because it has started to improve its products and packaging, but still has room to grow.

Typology has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, harmful suncare ingredients and other petrochemical-based ingredients. The brand uses 100% post-consumer recycled plastic for their plastic containers, which is less harmful than virgin plastic but still contributes to waste production and excess energy use. It's made efforts to reduce its packaging plastic use and waste including using 100% recycled aluminum and glass for many containers, and discontinuing plastic bottles for certain products. However, Typology doesn't utilize any alternative models or packaging minimization strategies to reduce its waste and emissions footprint.

Though it's a small brand, with likely limited resources, we hope to see it share information on its energy strategy, or emissions measurement and reduction in the future.


  • Ingredients

    Typology has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and harmful suncare ingredients. While it has made commitments, it appears to still use some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients. Its products incorporate bio-based, biodegradable, and organic ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from PETA Animal Test-free and COSMOS Organic. Typology is a certified B Corp.


  • Containers & Packaging

    Typology 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 recycled, recyclable, reusable, and its shipping packaging includes materials that are FSC-certified, recyclable.


  • Energy & Water Use

    Typology doesn't share information on its energy strategy. Typology doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. Typology has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.


  • Refill & Reuse

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


  • Slow Cleaning

    Typology doesn't frequently release seasonal or limited edition products, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.


  • Marketing

    Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.


  • Transparency & Reporting

    Typology has prominent sustainability pages with details on its climate strategy. Like many small brands with limited resources, it doesn't publish an annual sustainability report. Typology shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.


  • Emissions Tracking

    Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking.


  • Targets & Offsets

    Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.


  • Supply Chain & Labor

    Typology doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners, beyond noting that some suppliers are in Europe. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Typology doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.


  • Advocacy

    Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. Typology 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. Typology didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (harmful) to 5 (best). How we rate →

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https://us.typology.com/collections/summer-essentials

https://us.typology.com/about-us

https://fminus.org/lobbyists/

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