Bush Medijina

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions to wastewater, ingredients' impacts, product circularity, and more. Here we rate Bush Medijina “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including certified organic ingredients. 
• Its products are made in limited production runs.
• It manufactures its products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
• It could be using palm oil, but it has not disclosed any information regarding responsible sourcing that mitigates environmental impacts.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assesses brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Bush Medijina “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Its products are made in-house by a small team.
• Its final production stage happens in Australia, a low risk country for labour abuse. 
• It provides jobs for workers from disadvantaged communities and has demonstrated its positive impact.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.

Note that the "People" rating in Good On You’s methodology is defined by labour rights and does not consider consumer health.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products, are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate Bush Medijina “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses ingredients derived from insects (eg byproducts of the bee, snail and/or silk industries), but no other animal substances.
• It claims to not test its finished products on animals, but it is not certified.

Based on all the publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Bush Medijina “It's a Start” overall.