Aspen Clean
Evaluation Completed:
October 28, 2025
Evaluation Summary
Company Insights
The cleaning & laundry product category has some tough competition when it comes to ingredient safety and sustainability. There are a number of companies that score very well on our ratings. Aspen Clean has a decent foundation in place when it comes to ingredient safety. We always like to see an assortment-wide commitment to the EWG Verified certification. If you’re buying exclusively on ingredient safety then this is one to consider. We hope the company will expand their ethical business efforts moving forward.
Ingredient Safety
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Avoiding known problem chemicals and materials
This company appears to take a good first step by restricting the use of toxic chemicals and/or higher-risk materials that are common to their product categories
Verified ingredient safety efforts
This company makes a significant number of products that have at least one high-quality ingredient safety certification
Opportunities for Improvement
Tackling advanced ingredient safety issues
We would like to see this company build on their existing efforts by including laboratory testing focused on ingredient safety that goes beyond traditional quality testing as well as a process for addressing contaminants
Category Definition
Our ingredient safety evaluation criteria are designed to help us determine how a company measures, manages, and discloses, the use of chemicals of concern that may be present in raw materials, ingredients, manufacturing processes, and finished products.
Foundational Gaps
The company does not meet sufficient baseline criteria for this category and has many opportunities for improvement.
Solid Baseline
The company meets most of our basic criteria and sometimes demonstrates a deeper commitment than other companies on issues in this category.
Strong Performance:
The company appears to be a top performer in this evaluation category and exhibits leadership on one or more of the issues we evaluate.
Hilde Likes
Avoiding known problem chemicals and materials
Verified ingredient safety efforts
Opportunities for Improvement
Tackling advanced ingredient safety issues
Environmental Impact
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Using recycled raw materials
Using recycled materials (e.g. aluminum, glass, plastic) for products or packaging often means lower environmental impacts across the lifecycle than virgin raw materials
Opportunities for Improvement
Setting packaging sustainability targets
We think this company should start to set time-bound goals for reducing the environmental impacts of their packaging and publicly report on their progress towards them
Start addressing sources of climate pollution
We think this company needs to start taking credible actions to measure, reduce, and publicly report on their greenhouse gas emissions
Category Definition
Our environmental impact reduction evaluation criteria are designed to help us determine how a company measures, manages, and discloses information about the impacts that their operations, products, and supply chain may have on our air, land, water, and ecosystems.
Foundational Gaps
The company does not meet sufficient baseline criteria for this category and has many opportunities for improvement.
Solid Baseline
The company meets most of our basic criteria and sometimes demonstrates a deeper commitment than other companies on issues in this category.
Strong Performance:
The company appears to be a top performer in this evaluation category and exhibits leadership on one or more of the issues we evaluate.
Hilde Likes
Using recycled raw materials
Opportunities for Improvement
Setting packaging sustainability targets
Start addressing sources of climate pollution
Worker Fairness
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
None Identified
Opportunities for Improvement
Start sourcing raw materials and products responsibly
We would like this company to launch a responsible sourcing program that includes an internal policy, defines higher-risk raw materials, and their process for mitigating impacts to people & the planet
Improving worker treatment & fairness
We believe this company should put credible efforts in place to ensure that their employees are treated fairly, that human rights are protected for people in their supply chain, raw materials are sourced responsibly, and publicly share info about their work
Category Definition
Our worker fairness evaluation criteria are designed to help us determine how a company measures, manages, and discloses information about the way they treat their employees, workers in their supply chain, and other stakeholders.
Foundational Gaps
The company does not meet sufficient baseline criteria for this category and has many opportunities for improvement.
Solid Baseline
The company meets most of our basic criteria and sometimes demonstrates a deeper commitment than other companies on issues in this category.
Strong Performance:
The company appears to be a top performer in this evaluation category and exhibits leadership on one or more of the issues we evaluate.
Hilde Likes
None Identified
Opportunities for Improvement
Start sourcing raw materials and products responsibly
Improving worker treatment & fairness
Accountability
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Mission alignment with sustainability
We appreciate that this company has included safety and sustainability as part of their mission
Opportunities for Improvement
Sharing accurate information about impacts on nature and people
We think this company should start providing information about their use of our shared resources and impact on people by publishing regular annual reports on sustainability or ESG topics for consumers or other stakeholders and maintain a publicly available archive of past reports
Category Defition
Our corporate accountability evaluation criteria are designed to help us determine how a company integrates sustainability across their organization to help govern decision making and engage with external stakeholders in socially responsible ways.
Foundational Gaps
The company does not meet sufficient baseline criteria for this category and has many opportunities for improvement.
Solid Baseline
The company meets most of our basic criteria and sometimes demonstrates a deeper commitment than other companies on issues in this category.
Strong Performance:
The company appears to be a top performer in this evaluation category and exhibits leadership on one or more of the issues we evaluate.
Hilde Likes
Mission alignment with sustainability
Opportunities for Improvement
Sharing accurate information about impacts on nature and people