Laura Mercier

Laura Mercier doesn't make any ingredient commitments at the brand-level. It still uses many ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including parabens, other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients, microplastics, and harmful suncare ingredients. Its parent company doesn't make commitments across all owned brands. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. Laura Mercier doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

Laura Mercier doesn't report on its packaging materials. It uses both high emissions materials like unidentified plastic, and lower emissions or recyclable materials like aluminum. It hasn't made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes.

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

Laura Mercier 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 doesn't provide any guidance to help customers properly recycle or dispose of its products.

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

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Laura Mercier doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source of relevant information. Commons couldn't find a sustainability page or annual report for this brand or its parent company, this signals a lack of transparency and accountability. Laura Mercier shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis.

Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking. We expect large brands with the largest emissions footprint to track and report their data publicly.

Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Larger brands have an outsized impact and responsibility to reduce their emissions. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Laura Mercier's parent company, Orveon, publishes limited information about its supply chain partners It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, and includes environmental clauses. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, and has no provison for right to collective bargaining, a living wage, and grievance mechanisms. Neither Laura Mercier nor Orveon has a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

Laura Mercier's parent company, Orveon, discloses all of its trade association memberships, including those that are climate-obstructive. It's a member of 1 large climate-obstructive trade associations: Business Roundtable. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists. Orveon didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.