Earth Breeze's Sustainability Rating:
Materials
Slow Consumption
Accountability
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Good
Earthbreeze has a Good rating because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.
Earthbreeze has committed to avoiding some ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens and phthalates, though it uses polyvinyl alcohol in its products, which is a disputed petrochemical-based ingredient. It reduces its waste and emissions by using concentrated formulas for all of its products, offering lower-waste refill options for most of its products, and using 100% plastic-free packaging for its product containers and shipping materials.
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Materials
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Ingredients
Earthbreeze has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens and phthalates. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including some petrochemical-based ingredients and uncertified palm oil. It uses polyvinyl alcohol in some of its products, which is a petrochemical-based film with contested scientific evidence of its biodegradability. Earthbreeze holds the following certifications: Leaping Bunny.
Containers & Packaging
Earthbreeze offers all of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in both its product containers and shipping materials, and its packaging is plastic-free, using only recyclable cardboard.
Energy & Water Use
Earthbreeze doesn't share information on its energy strategy. It reports minimizing water waste in its production process but doesn't provide specifics.
Slow Consumption
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Refill & Reuse
Earthbreeze offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for most products.
Slow Cleaning
Earthbreeze offers an evergreen collection, which helps prevent production of excess inventory. Its products are designed for use in cold water.
Marketing
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Accountability
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Transparency & Reporting
Earthbreeze has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate partnerships, but no data or information on many topics we'd expect to see, such as energy use or emissions measurement. It publishes a full list of ingredients for all products, but it's difficult to find.
Emissions Tracking
Earthbreeze measures its emissions, but doesn't share its process or findings.
Targets & Offsets
Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Earthbreeze reports being climate neutral through a partnership with We Are Neutral, but does not disclose the specific projects or the amount of emissions offset.
Supply Chain & Labor
Earthbreeze doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.
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