Method Products

Method Products has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, and uncertified palm oil. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including petrochemical-based ingredients, and a portion of its palm oil is not RSPO-certified. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny.

Method Products offers some of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its packaging and has moved to 100% recycled plastic for all clear plastic product containers, but doesn't share details on other materials used in its containers. Its shipping materials include FSC-certified cardboard.

Method Products' parent company, SC Johnson, reports on its energy strategy. It uses renewable energy from solar, wind, and geothermal sources to power 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.

Method Products enables and encourages reusing some of its product containers. It offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for some products.

Method Products offers seasonal scents, which can encourage overconsumption and production of excess inventory.

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Method Products 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 limited, high-level information on initiatives and impact. Its last annual report was published in 2023. Method Products doesn't share a complete list of ingredients used in its products. We hope for more transparency from brands.

Method Products' parent company, 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 Method Products 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 any information about its supply chain partners.