Youth to the People

Youth to the People makes some ingredient commitments regarding parabens and phthalates at the brand-level, though these commitments are hard to locate. Its parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, makes some commitments across all owned brands, including to avoid or reduce phthalates, uncertified palm oil, microplastics, and other petrochemical-based ingredients. Choice of ingredients is a strong determinant of environmental impact, and Youth to the People still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including petrochemical-based ingredients. Its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny, and it's a member of 1% for the Planet.

Youth to the People has made efforts to reduce virgin plastic in its product containers, but its parent company's most recent update shows slow progress towards its overall goals. Youth to the People also uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers and shipping materials, including ones that are recyclable or FSC-certified.

Youth to the People's parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, shares information on its overall energy strategy. It uses a majority of renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices, and has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy to 100% by 2025. L'Oreal Groupe implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites and corporate offices. It implements water conservation measures, including working to increase its water recycling and wastewater quality. Youth to the People has a global production span, which is standard for the industry.

Youth to the People only appears to offer lower-waste refills for one product. It offers recycling guidelines, but these are difficult to find. It doesn't offer any take back programs for its product containers. It offers bulk sizes for a few products, which may help reduce packaging waste.

Youth to the People doesn't frequently release seasonal or new products, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Youth to the People has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. Its parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2024. Youth to the People shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.

Youth to the People's parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions in partnership with, or with auditing from, a third party. It includes a breakdown by scope and shares select product-level LCAs. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 8,173,101 tons CO2e.

Youth to the People's parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years), long-term (10+ years). It has reported on its progress within the past year, and is on track for some of its targets, but is off track for its scope 3 target. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Youth to the People's parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, publishes limited information about its supply chain partners and is working on tracing some of its supply chain. L'Oreal Groupe publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, establishes grievance mechanisms, and disallows unauthorized subcontracting. Its code of conduct doesn't ensure the right to collective bargaining where not allowed by law, ensure a living wage, or include environmental clauses. It has a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners, which can mitigate human and environmental risks.

Youth to the People's parent company, L'Oreal Groupe, doesn't openly disclose its climate-obstructive trade association memberships. L'Oreal Groupe is member of 1 large climate-obstructive trade association: Personal Care Products Council, and belongs to some pro-climate advocacy orgs, including: Ceres. It employs state lobbyists with few fossil fuel aligned clients. It didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.