Meliora's Sustainability Rating:
Best
Best
Meliora is a sustainability leader in the cleaning industry. All of its products are MADE SAFE certified, and it has worked to achieve many zero-waste practices in its upstream supply chain.
Meliora has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and PFAS and Commons didn't find evidence of these or other environmentally-harmful ingredients in its products. It uses concentrated formulas for all of its products and has made efforts to reduce its use of plastic packaging, both of which reduce its emissions. Its packaging includes materials that are returnable, at-home recyclable, or at-home compostable. Meliora encourages reusing its containers and offers lower-waste refills for all of its products, which further helps avoid excess packaging and waste.
Ingredients
Meliora has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, PFAS, and all other ingredients listed on MADE SAFE's banned list. Commons didn't find evidence of environmentally-harmful ingredients in this brand's products. Meliora carries products that are EWG Verified Grade A, and all of its products are certified by MADE SAFE and Leaping Bunny. Meliora is a B Corp and a member of 1% For The Planet.
Containers & Packaging
Meliora 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 its product containers by prioritizing designs that are mono-material. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers and shipping materials, including ones that are recyclable or compostable, though it's unclear if these materials contain any recycled content.
Energy & Water Use
Meliora doesn't share information on its energy strategy.
Refill & Reuse
Meliora enables and encourages reusing its product containers. Meliora offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for all products.
Slow Cleaning
It's unclear if this brand releases new items seasonally, but given its focus on waste reduction and reuse in its supply chain, it seems likely that it has an evergreen collection.
Marketing
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Transparency & Reporting
Meliora has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, including its lobbying activitites. It publishes an annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting, though its last update was published in 2022. Meliora shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, including by prominently displaying them on outer packaging.
Emissions Tracking
Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking.
Targets & Offsets
Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.
Supply Chain & Labor
Meliora publishes brief information about its owned Tier 1 production facility in Chicago. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct, but does disclose its emphasis on paying living wages and restricting its executive pay ratio.
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