Blueland

Waterless cleaning and personal care that's plastic-free

Blueland
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Blueland's Sustainability Rating:

    Materials

    5 / 5

    Slow Consumption

    5 / 5

    Accountability

    4 / 5

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Blueland is a sustainability leader in the cleaning industry. It intentionally minimizes resource use, uses concentrated formulas, and avoids environmentally harmful ingredients, including parabens, phthalates, and most petrochemical-based ingredients. The brand uses concentrated formulas for all of its products, which reduces its shipping emissions and helps minimize packaging, and has 100% plastic-free packaging for its shipping materials. It encourages reusing its containers and offers lower-waste refills for all of its products.

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Materials

5 / 5

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  • Ingredients

    Blueland has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, and most petrochemical-based ingredients. It carries products that have certifications from USDA BioPreferred, Leaping Bunny, EPA Safer Choice, Made Safe, EWG Verified, National Eczema Foundation, and Cradle to Cradle. Blueland also holds the following company-level certifications: B Corp.

  • Containers & Packaging

    Blueland offers all of its products in a concentrated format, which reduces shipping emissions and minimizes packaging use. It uses plastic-free packaging and containers. It uses eco-friendly materials in its product containers, including ones that are compostable, and its shipping packaging includes materials that are FSC-certified.

  • Energy & Water Use

    Blueland shares information on its energy strategy. It uses a majority of renewable energy to power its production sites. Blueland doesn't share targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements water efficiency measures, including holding suppliers to water discharge standards.

Slow Consumption

5 / 5

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  • Refill & Reuse

    Blueland enables and encourages reusing its product containers. Blueland offers bulk sizes or low-waste refill options for all products, which significantly cuts down on waste generated.

  • Slow Cleaning

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

  • Marketing

    Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Accountability

4 / 5

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  • Transparency & Reporting

    Blueland has a prominent sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy. Blueland shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products.

  • Emissions Tracking

    Blueland internally measures and publicly reports its product-level and company-level emissions It includes a breakdown by scope and identifies its top driver of emissions. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 6,400 tons CO2e

  • Targets & Offsets

    Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand, though they do share reduction action commitments through the Change Climate Project. The brand offsets emissions from its full value chain. Blueland is certified Climate Neutral by the Change Climate Project.

  • Supply Chain & Labor

    Blueland publishes some information about its supply chain partners, but doesn't provide details on geography or traceability. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct, but does disclose other policy which requires manufactuers to meet certain audit and certification requirements. Commons couldn't find further information about this brand's supply chain and labor practices.

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