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Clorox

Powerful disinfectants and bleach for home and commercial use

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Clorox's Sustainability Rating:

Poor

Clorox has a Poor rating due to an overall lack of sustainability efforts and disclosures. It is part of The Clorox Company group of brands, which made more than $7 billion in 2023. We expect more reporting and transparency from an organization of its size.

Clorox makes limited commitments related to its ingredient selection beyond transparency. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact, and Commons found evidence of petro-chemical based ingredients and unspecified palm oil in its products. It primarily uses plastic packaging and doesn't explicilty encourage reusing its containers, both of which contribute greatly to waste production and excess energy use. Packaging is a large portion of the cleaning industry's emissions and waste footprint.

Clorox is owned by The Clorox Company.


  • Ingredients

    Clorox doesn't make any commitments related to its ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact. It uses ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including petrochemical-based ingredients, and palm oil of an unspecified origin. It carries products that have certifications from EPA Safer Choice.


  • Containers & Packaging

    Clorox offers very few of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It doesn't report much on its packaging besides noting that its product containers are partially recycled plastic.


  • Energy & Water Use

    Clorox discusses its energy and water efficiency strategies at the parent company level (The Clorox Company). It uses renewable energy power agreements, VPPAs, to power 100% of its production sites and corporate offices.


  • Refill & Reuse

    Clorox doesn't encourage reusing its product containers. It offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for some products.


  • Slow Cleaning

    It's unclear if this brand releases new items seasonally, which can create excess waste.


  • Marketing

    Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.


  • Transparency & Reporting

    Clorox has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. It publishes annual reports at the parent company level through The Clorox Company, with high-level information on initiatives and impact. Clorox shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, both overall and on a per product basis.


  • Emissions Tracking

    Clorox internally measures and publicly reports its organization-wide emissions across all brands owned by The Clorox Company, including a breakdown by scope. In 2023 its estimated emissions footprint was 446,104 tons CO2e.


  • Targets & Offsets

    Clorox has science-aligned emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050. It has reported on its progress in the last year and is on track for some of its targets. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.


  • Supply Chain & Labor

    Clorox publishes information about its supply chain partners by sharing its supplier code of conduct, which includes provisions for no forced or coerced labor and ensuring the right to collective bargaining,

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (harmful) to 5 (best). How we rate →

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https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/products-packaging/

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/ghg-emissions/

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/ghg-emissions/ https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/energy/

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/water/

https://www.clorox.com/our-purpose/environmental-commitment/

https://s204.q4cdn.com/178752512/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/Clorox-FY24-Integrated-Annual-Report.pdf

https://clorox.metrio.net/indicators/overview/s_overview/esg_frameworks_and_reports_ind

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/healthy-lives/product-stewardship/ingredient-transparency/

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/clean-world/ghg-emissions/ https://cdn.metrio.net/clients/clorox/TSC_08_CloroxClimateReport_2022_091622.pdf

https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/636155_CRP_BPCOC_English_REV_2021_R1.pdf

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