UpCircle Beauty

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 UpCircle Beauty “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact ingredients including upcycled and organic ingredients.
• It manufactures its products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
• Its product packaging is plastic-free.
• It has published a clear statement that it doesn't use palm oil/palm kernel oil.

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

• Most of its final production stage happens in the United Kingdom.
• There's no evidence it has a Code of Conduct but it has a formal statement covering workers' rights.
• It traces some of its supply chain. 
• The brand claims to audit some of its supply chain but doesn’t specify what percentage.
• 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 UpCircle Beauty “Great”. 

• Its products are certified vegan by the Vegan Society
• It's certified by Cruelty Free International's Leaping Bunny Programme.

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