O Boticário

O Boticário is owned by Grupo Boticário.

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

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including biotechnology-derived ingredients, however 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 but there’s no evidence it is on track.
• It recycles product packaging and discloses the amount.
• It publishes a policy to assess the biodegradability and environmental toxicity of all of its ingredients and formulas.

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

• It sources its final production stage from countries with high risk of labour abuse.
• Its Code of Conduct covers some ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms principles.
• It audits some of its supply chain.
• It sources from some suppliers who are audited against the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) Workplace Standard.
• It has an internal grievance mechanism for workers in its supply chain to anonymously report concerns like harassment and unpaid wages.
• 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 O Boticário “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses animal-derived ingredients in its products.
• It has made a public commitment to eliminate animal-derived ingredients from its products within three years, and it is on track to meet this commitment.
• It's certified by Cruelty Free International's Leaping Bunny Programme.

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