Eating the Goober

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate Eating the Goober “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses few lower-impact materials.
• It uses low-waste cutting techniques to maximise fabric use.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.
• There’s no evidence it takes action to minimise its packaging, which is a driver of plastic waste.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assess brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Eating the Goober “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Most of its final production stage happens in Greece, a medium risk country for labour abuse.
• It partly traces its supply chain including the final and some of the second production stages.
• It audits around 50% of its supply chain.
• There’s no evidence it has a Code of Conduct.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.

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 Eating the Goober “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use wool.
• It doesn't appear to use leather, down, fur, angora, exotic animal hair, or exotic animal skin.

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