Nellie's
Concentrated household cleaning products with a retro vibe
Nellie's' Sustainability Rating:
Poor
Poor
Nellie's is rated Poor due to a lack of published sustainability information.
Nellie's has committed to avoiding some ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, but it still uses many environmentally-harmful petrochemical-based ingredients, including polyvinyl acohol, which has limited scientific evidence of its biodegradability. It uses concentrated formulas for some of its products, which can help minimize packaging, but it uses plastic packaging of a virgin or undisclosed source, which contributes to waste production and excess energy use.
Nellie's is missing further reporting. It's owned by Batten Industries, which doesn't appear to provide any additional sustainability reporting on emissions, energy strategy, or supply chain practices.
Ingredients
Nellie's has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding SLS and SLES, two petrochemical-based ingredients. However, it still uses many ingredients that pose a significant threat to the climate, including many other petrochemical-based ingredients and PVA, a plastic film with mixed scientific evidence of its biodegradability. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny.
Containers & Packaging
Nellie's offers some of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable or reusable, but it still heavily relies on plastic with undisclosed recycled content and recycling instructions.
Energy & Water Use
Nellie's doesn't share information on its energy strategy or on any of its manufacturing water conservation strategies.
Refill & Reuse
Nellie's enables and encourages reusing its product containers and offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for some products. However, some of these bulk sizes ship in containers that don't appear to be recyclable.
Slow Cleaning
Nellie's offers an evergreen collection, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.
Marketing
Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.
Transparency & Reporting
Commons couldn't find a sustainability page or annual report for this brand. There is some relevant information scattered on pages across its website. Nellie's shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products.
Emissions Tracking
Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking.
Targets & Offsets
Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.
Supply Chain & Labor
Nellie's doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.
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