Herbivore Botanicals

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 Herbivore Botanicals “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including organic ingredients, but it does not publish an aggregate breakdown of ingredients used.
• It manufactures its products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
• Its product packaging is recyclable.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce water use.
• A high proportion of its palm oil is RSPO-certified.

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 Herbivore Botanicals “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Its final production stage happens in the United States of America.
• There’s no evidence it has a Code of Conduct.
• There’s no evidence it audits its suppliers.
• 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 Herbivore Botanicals “Great”. 

• It states that its entire product range is vegan.
• It's certified by Cruelty Free International's Leaping Bunny Programme.

Based on all the publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Herbivore Botanicals “Good” overall.