The Winter House

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 The Winter House “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a high proportion of lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
• Its use of lower-impact materials minimises chemicals, water, and wastewater in production.
• It manufactures its products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
• 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 The Winter House “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Its products are made in-house by the owner.
• It traces most of its supply chain.
• Its final and second production stages happens in the UK, a medium risk country for labour abuse.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Since The Winter House makes products that are generally free of animal-derived materials, we’ve not rated its impact on animals. Its overall rating is based on its combined environment and labour scores.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate The Winter House “Great” overall.