Brentwood Home
Evaluation Completed:
April 15, 2025
Adults
Baby
Kids
New Baby
Moving
Bedroom
Bathroom
Evaluation Summary
Company Insights
Brentwood Home is owned by the company Avocado Green Brands. Hilde evaluates parent companies rather than individual brands. You can read more about why we think this approach is more helpful for consumers on our blog.
Avocado is one of those brands that is consistently included in those “eco-friendly” bed lists. And for good reason, they appear to be doing some things right when it comes to safety and sustainability. The brand has also expanded into other product categories including apparel and personal care. They provide leadership on issues like climate and have a laundry list of Hilde approved certifications including being a Certified B Corporation. Because they have some good pieces in place we see a great opportunity for this company to take the next step by adopting a context-based approach to sustainability.
Ingredient Safety
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Best-in-class ingredient safety certifications
This company makes a significant number of products that have a best-in-class ingredient safety certification
Solid foundation on ingredient safety
This company appears to do a good job covering the basics and is ready to tackle more advanced topics related to ingredient safety
Opportunities for Improvement
None Identified
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.
Environmental Impact
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Taking climate action seriously
This company has a great foundation in place when it comes to climate including measuring all greenhouse gas emissions, setting some near-term targets, and reducing their emissions over time
Using circular design thinking
We appreciate that this company appears to be integrating more circular approaches to designing and making products and packaging to help reduce environmental impacts
Opportunities for Improvement
Formalizing biodiversity protection efforts
We would like to see this company build on their initial efforts related to more sustainable raw materials production by establishing an internal biodiversity protection policy and goal
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.
Worker Fairness
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Commitment to living wages in the supply chain
We respect that this company supports living wages for people who are employed by companies in their supply chain
Paid maternity leave
We appreciate that this company offers this benefit for working mothers in ways that appear to go beyond statutory requirements
Opportunities for Improvement
Formalizing responsible sourcing efforts
This company has the opportunity to formalize their responsible sourcing efforts through a policy and Supplier Code of Conduct they deploy to cover their supply chain, which the brand is in a unique position to do given their direct relationship with many suppliers
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.
Accountability
Foundational Gaps
Solid Baseline
Strong Performance
Hilde Likes
Public disclosure and reporting
This company provides helpful disclosure on their efforts through annual reporting on sustainability or ESG topics for consumers or other stakeholders
Commitment to ethical business practices
We value that this company is a certified B-Corp because it demonstrates a credible commitment to pursuing ethical business practices
Opportunities for Improvement
Adopting a context-based approach to sustainability
We think this company is ready to take a leadership position by measuring and managing performance against planetary boundaries and thresholds to assess true operational sustainability
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.