Household cleaning products in garden-inspired scents
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Mrs. Meyer's is rated Fair because it has started to improve its products and packaging, but still has room to grow.
Mrs. Meyer's has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil, and PFAS. It has reduced its waste and emissions by using concentrated formulas for some of its products, encouraging reusing its containers, offering lower-waste refills for most of its products, and reducing its packaging plastic use. However, while Mrs. Meyer's has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including petrochemical-based ingredients. Mrs. Meyer's uses primarily plastic packaging of a virgin or undisclosed source, which contributes greatly to waste production and excess energy use.
Mrs. Meyer's is owned by SC Johnson.
Mrs. Meyer's has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, petrochemical-based ingredients, uncertified palm oil, and PFAS. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including some petrochemical-based ingredients. Its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients and upcycled materials. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny.
Mrs. Meyer's offers some of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable.
Mrs. Meyer's parent company, SC Johnson, reports on its energy strategy. It uses renewable energy sourced from solar, wind, and geothermal sources in some of its corporate offices. It also implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices by building to LEED-Platinum certification. It doesn't report on any water efficiency measures.
Mrs. Meyer's enables and encourages reusing its product containers. Mrs. Meyer's offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for most products.
Mrs. Meyer's offers seasonal scents, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.
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Mrs. Meyer's has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its site. Its parent company, SC Johnson, publishes annual reports with high-level information on initiatives and impact. Mrs. Meyer's shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products.
The parent company of Mrs. Meyer's, SC Johnson, measures its emissions on an organization-wide level but doesn't transparently report its data to the public. Its annual reports leave out scope 3, and Commons could only find scope 1 and 2 represented proportionally in charts, without quantifiable core values to analyze.
Commons couldn't find evidence that Mrs. Meyer's or its parent company, SC Johnson, has emissions reduction targets or offsets.
Its parent company, SC Johnson, reports generally on labor conditions, sharing that its supplier code of conduct includes a provision for no forced labor. Commons couldn't find its full code of conduct or information about its supply chain partners.
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