Personal Care Products
Clinique
Clinique is rated Fair because it has started to improve its products and packaging, but still has room to grow.
Clinique has committed to avoiding select ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, other petrochemical-based ingredients, and uncertified palm oil or palm oil-derived ingredients. However, it still uses some that pose a significant threat to the climate, including other petrochemical-based ingredients and harmful sun care ingredients, including octinoxate. Clinique has made some efforts to decrease its plastic use, but it appears to still use primarily virgin-plastic packaging, which contributes greatly to waste production and excess energy use.
Its parent company reports on its renewable energy strategy and emissions measurement and reduction efforts, including its SBTi-approved targets and offsets. Its supplier and labor policies are less stringent than we'd hope for a company its size.
We have not yet evaluated the ingredients and packaging of Clinique's beauty products.
Clinique is owned by Estee Lauder Companies.
