Mustela

Mustela 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 still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients, and microplastics. Its products incorporate bio-based, biodegradable, organic, and upcycled materials ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from COSMOS Organic. Mustela is a B Corp and a member of the Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT).

Mustela has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its product containers, including by specific efforts to avoid excessive materials and offering solid formats. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable and recycled, and its shipping packaging includes materials that are recyclable.

Mustela shares information on its energy strategy. It uses all renewable energy to power its production site. Mustela doesn't share specific targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites. It implements water conservation measures. Mustela has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Mustela utilizes alternative models for some products to avert waste, including promoting refill and offering reusable containers, and offering waterless formats with ephemeral packaging. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers. It is experimenting with offering bulk refills for some products, which may help reduce packaging waste.

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

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Mustela has a prominent sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy. Its parent company, Laboratoires Expanscience S.A., publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Mustela shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on a per product basis.

Laboratoires Expanscience S.A., Mustela's parent company, measures its emissions and shares its overall CO2e number annually, but doesn't share its process or amount per scope. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated total emissions footprint was 62,628 tons CO2e.

Mustela's parent company, Laboratoires Expanscience S.A., has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the short-term (1-5 years), medium-term (5-10 years), and long-term (10+ years). It reports on its emissions annually, but wasn't on track in its 2023 update, and it makes progress tracking slightly difficult. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Mustela publishes limited information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct, but its parent company, Laboratoires Expanscience S.A., does disclose other policy which ensures the right to collective bargaining, prohibits forced labor, and prohibits child labor. Laboratoires Expanscience S.A. doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks. It has labor certifications within its supply chain, including Ecovadis Platinum, Fair for Life, FairWild, and UEBT verified products.

Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand's parent company, Laboratoires Expanscience S.A. Laboratoires Expanscience S.A. 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. Laboratoires Expanscience S.A. didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.