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Ecos

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Ecos' Sustainability Rating:

Good

ECOS has a Good rating because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.

ECOS has committed to avoiding many ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, petrochemical-based ingredients, and uncertified palm oil. It offers lower-waste refill options and concentrated formulas for some of its products, which help reduce its shipping emissions and helps minimize packaging. ECOS uses 100% renewable energy for its production and offices, and offsets 110% of operational emissions. It provides further reporting on its water strategy, emissions measurement, emissions data, and emissions reduction targets.


  • Ingredients

    ECOS has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by incorporating bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients, and avoiding parabens, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and uncertified palm oil. While it has made commitments, it still uses some ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including some petrochemical-based ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from EPA Safer Choice and Leaping Bunny.


  • Containers & Packaging

    ECOS offers some of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It appears to still use primarily plastic packaging of an unknown source, but has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its product containers and uses some eco-friendly materials in its packaging.


  • Energy & Water Use

    ECOS uses 100% renewable energy to power its production sites and corporate offices, and has high energy efficiency production sites that are LEED Zero Carbon, LEED Zero Energy, and LEED Zero Waste certified. It has made concerted efforts on water efficiency and has been water neutral since 2016.


  • Refill & Reuse

    ECOS doesn't explicitly encourage reusing its product containers, but it offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for some products.


  • Slow Cleaning

    ECOS offers an evergreen collection, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.


  • Marketing

    Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.


  • Transparency & Reporting

    ECOS has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. It publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting, but its last annual report was published in 2023. ECOS shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.


  • Emissions Tracking

    ECOS measures its company-level emissions in partnership with, or with auditing from, a third party. Its scope 1 and 2 emissions are publicly reported in full detail, but not its scope 3. In ECOS' full 2023 CDP reporting its estimated total footprint was 50,096 t CO2e.


  • Targets & Offsets

    ECOS has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the short-term, but it hasn't reported on its progress within the last year. ECOS makes a climate neutral claim, but Commons couldn't find sufficient evidence to confirm this. ECOS reports offsetting 110% of its corporate operations with VCS projects, but doesn't provide information on the rest of its value chain emissions to support its climate neutral claim.


  • Supply Chain & Labor

    ECOS doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (harmful) to 5 (best). How we rate →

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https://www.ecos.com/the-nasties/

https://www.ecos.com/sustainability/

https://www.ecos.com/safer-cleaning/

https://www.ecos.com/#pillars

https://www.ecos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ECOS-Sustainability-Report-2022FINAL.pdf

https://www.ecos.com/laundry/laundry-detergent-ultra-concentrated-free-clear/

https://www.ecos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ECOS_SustainabilityReport-2023_23Dec2024_HQP.pdf

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Sustainability information was last updated in May 2025.

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