Chanel

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 Chanel “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients, but it does not publish an aggregate breakdown of ingredients used.
• It’s set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain, and it claims it’s on track.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce water use.
• It has no policy to evaluate the biodegradability and environmental toxicity of its ingredients.
• All of its palm oil is certified by RSPO.

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 Chanel “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It doesn't disclose where all of its final production stage occurs.
• It partly traces its supply chain including some of the second and first production stages.
• It claims it has a Code of Conduct but does not publicly disclose it.
• The brand claims to audit some of its supply chain but doesn’t specify what percentage.
• It claims to have a program to improve wages but there’s no evidence it ensures its workers are paid living wages in most of 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 Chanel “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses animal-derived ingredients in its products.
• It has not made any public commitments to eliminate animal-derived ingredients.
• It does not have a certification, policy, or statement against the use of animal testing in its supply chain.

Based on all the publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Chanel “Not Good Enough” overall.