Fer à Cheval

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 Fer à Cheval “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including certified organic ingredients, but it does not publish an aggregate breakdown of ingredients used.
• It offers multi-use products.
• It manufactures its products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
• It sells waterless products.
• Some 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 Fer à Cheval “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Its final production stage happens in France.
• It traces some 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.

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 Fer à Cheval “Not Good Enough”. 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 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 Fer à Cheval “It's a Start” overall.