Grove Collaborative

Environmentally-mindful sourcing and stocking commitments?: Yes - clear commitments

Promotes collections that help consumers make conscious decisions?: Yes - offers and promotes

These collections include: low or no plastic, other

Stocks any Commons top-rated sustainable brands? (proportion of rateable categories): Yes - few

Has time-bound targets to improve its sourcing for owned-brand products?: No

Certifications for owned-brands and products?: Yes

These certifications include: EPA Safer Choice, Leaping Bunny, USDA BioPreferred, FSC, USDA Organic, Biodegradable Products Institute

Heavy reliance on virgin petro plastic?: No - data is conclusive

Shares info on ecommerce packaging?:Yes - but reporting could be improved

Shares info on in-store and upstream packaging?:N/A

Shares info on own-brand packaging?:Yes - provides full details

Petro-based plastics in packaging?: Yes - but working to reduce

Recycled plastic?: Partially Recycled

Uses environmentally-mindful materials (non-plastic) in packaging?: Yes

These materials include ones that are: recyclable, FSC-certified.

Targets for improving its packaging materials?: Yes - and reports on progress

Initiatives to reduce packaging volume / intensity?: Yes - vague / limited

Plastic waste reduction through partnerships?: Yes: rePurpose

Uses renewable energy in its supply chain and/or offices?: Yes - Majority (>50%)

Uses renewable energy in its stores?: N/A

Targets for increasing renewable energy?: Yes - specifics shared

On track for these targets?: Yes

Energy efficiency measures?: No / not found

Water conservation measures?: No / not found

Refrigerant management strategy?: N/A - no refrigerated goods sold

Efforts to lower shipping emissions (e.g. EVs)?: No / not found

Any EPA GreenChill certified stores?: N/A - no food or no stores

Alt models to promote consumer reuse and recycling?: More than one model

Packaging disposal guidance?: Yes

Corporate waste reduction initiatives?: Other (incl general reducing landfill waste)

Corporate waste reporting?: Yes - vague / limited

Food waste reduction initiatives?: N/A

Food waste reporting?: N/A

Promotes overconsumption?: No

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Sustainability page on consumer site?: Yes - header

Voluntary annual sustainability report?: Yes

Last published: 2024

Reports its emissions?: Yes

Breakdown in CO2e?: Yes

Last reported in: 2023

Estimated emissions footprint: 52027 tons CO2e

Scope 1+2 emissions intensity compared to industry / competitor average: Average

Science-aligned emissions reduction targets?: Yes - science-aligned

Target timeframe: Long-term (10+ years), Short-term (1-5 years)

Reports progress?: Yes - on track for some

Climate neutral certification?: No

Offsets emissions?: Yes - direct emissions

Publishes supplier information for owned production?: Yes - locations only

Publishes supplier code of conduct?: Yes

Code of conduct: ensures the right to collective bargaining, prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor

Code of conduct does not sufficiently: disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure a living wage, establish grievance mechanisms, include environmental clauses

Code of Conduct covers all applicable suppliers (own-production and stocked-brand)?: Yes

Labor certifications in supply chain?: Yes - B Corp

3rd-party criticisms of supply chain or labor conditions?: No

Discloses all trade association memberships?: Nothing to disclose

Climate-obstructive trade association memberships: None -

Pro-climate advocacy memberships?: Yes - 1(Ceres)

Employs state lobbyists?: No

Donated more than $100k to any candidates or PACs from 2018-2024?: No