Natural Grocers

Environmentally-mindful sourcing and stocking commitments?: Yes - clear commitments

Promotes collections that help consumers make conscious decisions?: Yes - offers and promotes

These collections include: organic, vegan

Stocks any Commons top-rated sustainable brands? (proportion of rateable categories): Not analyzed yet

Has time-bound targets to improve its sourcing for owned-brand products?: No

Certifications for owned-brands and products?: Yes

These certifications include: Certified Organic

Heavy reliance on virgin petro plastic?: No - data is conclusive

Shares info on ecommerce packaging?: N/A

Shares info on in-store and upstream packaging?: Yes - provides full details

Shares info on own-brand packaging?: Yes - but reporting could be improved

Petro-based plastics in packaging?: Yes - but working to reduce

Recycled plastic?: Unknown

Uses environmentally-mindful materials (non-plastic) in packaging?: Yes

These materials include ones that are: recyclable, biodegradable, compostable.

Targets for improving its packaging materials?: No / not found

Initiatives to reduce packaging volume / intensity?: Yes - vague / limited

Plastic waste reduction through partnerships?: No / not found:

Uses renewable energy in its supply chain and/or offices?: No / not found -

Uses renewable energy in its stores?: No / not found

Targets for increasing renewable energy?: No / not found

On track for these targets?: N/A

Energy efficiency measures?: Yes - vague / limited

Efforts to lower shipping emissions (e.g. EVs)?: N/A - brick and mortar only

Water conservation measures?: Yes - nonspecific

Refrigerant management strategy?: No / not found

Any EPA GreenChill certified stores?: No / not found

Alt models to promote consumer reuse and recycling?: No / not found

Packaging disposal guidance?: No / not found

Corporate waste reduction initiatives?: Reusing to-store packaging

Corporate waste reporting?: No / not found

Food waste reduction initiatives?: Yes - vague / limited

Food waste reporting?: Yes - vague / limited

Promotes overconsumption?: No

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Sustainability page on consumer site?: Yes - header

Voluntary annual sustainability report?: Yes

Last published: 2024

Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking. We expect large brands with the largest emissions footprint to track and report their data publicly.

Emissions intensity compared to industry / competitor average: Emissions intensity not found

Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Larger brands have an outsized impact and responsibility to reduce their emissions.

Climate neutral certification?: No

Offsets emissions?: No / not found

Publishes supplier information for owned production?: Yes - names & locations

Publishes supplier code of conduct?: No

Code of Conduct covers all applicable suppliers (own-production and stocked-brand)?: N/A

Labor certifications in supply chain?: No

3rd-party criticisms of supply chain or labor conditions?: No

Discloses all trade association memberships?: Nothing to disclose

Climate-obstructive trade association memberships: None -

Pro-climate advocacy memberships?: No

Employs state lobbyists?: Yes

Percentage of lobbyists that are fossil-fuel aligned: None

Donated more than $100k to any candidates or PACs from 2018-2024?: No