The Good Fill

The Good Fill has committed to avoid certain ingredients to lower its environmental impact and its products incorporate bio-based and/or biodegradable ingredients. Commons didn't find almost any evidence of environmentally-harmful ingredients such as parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, PFAs, or microplastics in this brand's products. This is difficult for brands to achieve.

The Good Fill doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications.

The Good Fill uses plastic-free packaging and containers for the majority of its products.

It uses environmentally-mindful materials in its product containers, including ones that are recyclable, recycled, and its shipping packaging includes materials that are upcycled, recyclable, recycled, and compostable.

It has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in some of its product containers by offering solid formats and concentrated formats for liquids. It has also made efforts to minimize the volume of material used in its secondary or tertiary shipping packaging.

The Good Fill doesn't share information on its energy strategy. The Good Fill doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. The Good Fill has an unknown production span.

By offering a refillery model, The Good Fill eliminates the need for takeback programs and lowers its waste footprint. However, it does run a takeback program with TerraCycle for its empty refill pouches. It provides recycling and/or disposal guidance for most of its other products. It offers bulk sizes for some products, which may help reduce packaging waste. It helps minimize the end of life impact of its products by choosing packaging materials that are recycled, compostable, or upcycled.

It's unclear if this brand releases new items seasonally or otherwise frequently, which can create excess waste. It takes circularity into account by using a closed-loop approach for production materials for all of its in-house products.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

The Good Fill has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. Like many small brands with limited resources, it doesn't publish an annual sustainability report. The Good Fill shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products on each product page.

Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking. This process can be an expensive undertaking for small brands.

Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

The Good Fill doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. The Good Fill doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.

Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. The Good Fill isn't a member of any key advocacy organizations that are blocking climate policy. It isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists. The Good Fill didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.