Lush

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 Lush “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including organic ingredients.
• It's published a comprehensive environmental sourcing policy on palm oil.
• To reduce its climate impacts, it uses renewable energy in its supply chain.
• It donates unsold products to charity.
• It uses recycled packaging.
• It states that it addresses biodiversity in its supply chain but does not disclose a formal policy.

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

• It traces most of its supply chain. 
• Its Code of Conduct covers ILO principles.
• It provides modern slavery awareness training for its suppliers.
• The brand claims to audit some of its supply chain but doesn’t specify what percentage.
• It has an internal grievance mechanism for workers in its supply chain to anonymously report concerns like harassment and unpaid wages.
• It ensures some workers in the final production stage are paid living wages, though not through its entire 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 Lush “Great”. 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 ingredients.
• It's certified as animal test-free by PETA.

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