Tata Harper

Tata Harper has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact by avoiding other petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients. It succeeds in these commitments and Commons didn't find evidence of these or other environmentally-harmful ingredients in this brand's products. Its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from PETA Animal Test-free, American Vegetarian Association, American Vegan Association, and ECOCERT.

Tata Harper primarily uses eco-friendly materials like glass, which is highly recyclable, in its product containers. It does still use some plastic in its product containers. Its parent company has made efforts to minimize the volume of material used in its secondary or tertiary shipping packaging.

Tata Harper's parent company, Amorepacific Group, shares information on its overall energy strategy. It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices. Amorepacific Group has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. It implements water conservation measures, including enhancing the efficiency of Ionized water production processes, reducing the amount of wastewater discharged from major facilities and promoting water recycling. Tata Harper has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Tata Harper offers refills for only a couple products. Refills can help avert landfill waste. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers.

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

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Tata Harper has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. Its parent company, Amorepacific Group, publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Tata Harper shares a complete list of ingredients used per product.

Tata Harper's parent company, Amorepacific Group, internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions in partnership with, or with auditing from, a third party. It includes a breakdown by scope and identifies its top driver of emissions. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 291,426 tons CO2e.

Tata Harper's parent company, Amorepacific Group, has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years) and the long-term (10+ years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for some of its targets. Its parent company offsets emissions scope 1 emissions for some of its child brands.

Tata Harper provides traceability per batch per product. Its parent company, Amorepacific Group, publishes some information about its supply chain partners, but doesn't provide details on geography or traceability. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits child labor, includes environmental clauses, ensures the right to collective bargaining, and prohibits forced labor. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure a living wage, or establish grievance mechanisms. Amorepacific Group doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.

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