Environmentally-mindful sourcing and stocking commitments?: Yes - clear commitments
Promotes collections that help consumers make conscious decisions?: Yes - offers and promotes
These collections include: vegan, other
Stocks any Commons top-rated sustainable brands? (proportion of rateable categories): Yes - many
Has time-bound targets to improve its sourcing for owned-brand products?: No
Certifications for owned-brands and products?: No
Heavy reliance on virgin petro plastic?: No - data is conclusive
Shares info on ecommerce packaging?: No / not found
Shares info on in-store and upstream packaging?: No / not found
Shares info on own-brand packaging?: Yes - but reporting could be improved
Petro-based plastics in packaging?: Yes - but working to reduce
Recycled plastic?: Partially Recycled
Uses environmentally-mindful materials (non-plastic) in packaging?: Yes
These materials include ones that are: recycled, recyclable.
Targets for improving its packaging materials?: Yes - and reports on progress
Initiatives to reduce packaging volume / intensity?: Yes - vague / limited
Plastic waste reduction through partnerships?: Yes: Pact Collective
Credo Beauty does not share information on its energy strategy.
Efforts to lower shipping emissions (e.g. EVs)?: No / not found
Water conservation measures?: No / not found
Refrigerant management strategy?: N/A - no refrigerated goods sold
Any EPA GreenChill certified stores?: N/A - no food or no stores
Alt models to promote consumer reuse and recycling?: Recycling schemes
Packaging disposal guidance?: Yes
Corporate waste reduction initiatives?: Other (incl general reducing landfill waste)
Corporate waste reporting?: Yes - vague / limited
Food waste reduction initiatives?: N/A
Food waste reporting?: N/A
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. This process can be an expensive undertaking for small brands.
Science-aligned emissions reduction targets?: No
Climate neutral certification?: No
Offsets emissions?: No / not found
Publishes supplier information for owned production?: No
Publishes supplier code of conduct?: Not found
Code of Conduct covers all applicable suppliers (own-production and stocked-brand)?: N/A
Labor certifications in supply chain?: Not found
3rd-party criticisms of supply chain or labor conditions?: No
Credo Beauty doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners.
Discloses all trade association memberships?: Nothing to disclose
Climate-obstructive trade association memberships: None -
Pro-climate advocacy memberships?: No
Employs state lobbyists?: No
Donated more than $100k to any candidates or PACs from 2018-2024?: No
Credo Beauty sources with the environment in mind, and intentionally minimizes its emissions, waste, and harmful ingredients.
Credo Beauty has commitments to carry brands that meet environmentally-mindful criteria, and every brand carried must meet stringent ingredient and packaging requirements. The Credo Clean Standard serves as a benchmark of mindful operations in the industry. Many brands adhere to the standard and use it as a badge of trust.
Credo Beauty has targets and initiatives to improve its packaging materials and reduce its packaging intensity, though we'd like to see more packaging reporting. It also cofounded Pact Collective, which is used industry-wide to reduce waste and increase the circularity of containers and materials that often end up landfilled.
We hope to see Credo Beauty provide information on its renewable energy strategy or emissions measurement and reduction efforts in the future. It's often difficult for smaller organizations to gather this information.
Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (harmful) to 5 (best). How we rate →
https://credobeauty.com/pages/the-credo-clean-standard-1
https://credobeauty.com/collections/vegan https://credobeauty.com/collections/refillable-packaging
https://credobeauty.com/pages/impact?srsltid=AfmBOopyeq6h70VuhaoZthLnIWTl18t7iM8fx870G_SO9D5mYGG_h7Wv
https://credobeauty.com/blogs/credo-journal/setting-a-higher-standard-for-packaging-transparency-safety-and-sustainability?srsltid=AfmBOoqnYKgSDg6UyZX4uKmGHIi1au9CDdc7qQ_1vwwl40A1YDmJkeT-
https://credobeauty.com/pages/the-credo-clean-standard-1 https://credobeauty.com/collections/credo-skincare
https://www.epa.gov/greenchill/greenchill-certified-stores
https://www.climatefriendlysupermarkets.org/scorecard
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0637/6147/files/CB_ImpactReport2025.pdf?v=1743636996
https://fminus.org/lobbyists/
https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/
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