Grove Co.

Evaluation Completed: 
March 4, 2025
Adults
Bathroom
Kitchen

Grove Co. is owned by the company Grove Collaborative. 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.

Grove Collaborative is an interesting brand for us to review for a variety of reasons. The company manufactures their own products under the Grove Co. brand (e.g. cleaning & laundry) and has an online retail offering that includes numerous other brands and product categories. In evaluating their ingredient safety & sustainability practices we’re considering their in-house brand and not the policies and practices of the companies that make other brands that Grove Collaborative sells. Our evaluation turned up some solid results across the board, particularly on the people benefits and accountability criteria. We think they offer a great option for families.

Hilde Status:

Avoid

Consider

Recommended

We try to avoid purchasing or using products made by this company or their brands in our homes.
We may decide to purchase or use products made by this company or their brands in our homes when other options are not accessible.
Hilde Ratings
Topic
Rating
Ingredient Safety
Environmental impact
People Benefits
Governance
Hilde Approved Certifications
B-Corp
Forest Stewardship Council
Hilde Likes

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

Commitment to fair wages in the supply chain

Holistic approach to addressing environmental impacts

Leadership in packaging sustainability

Public disclosure and reporting

Robust ethical business practices

Solid responsible sourcing efforts

Top performer on benefits for people

Opportunities for Improvement

Adopting retail ingredient safety standards

Increasing supply chain transparency

Adopting a context-based approach to sustainability

Better claims substantiation on ingredient safety

Additional Information
Parent Company:
Grove Collaborative
Owned Brands:
None
Product Types:
Dish soap, dishwasher detergent, surface cleaning, hand soap, laundry, odor management, toilet paper, paper towels, essential oils, hand sanitizer, kitchen accessories

Evaluation Summary

Basic
Advanced
Leadership
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

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

It is helpful to see that this company has participated in the Chemical Footprint Policy to help benchmark their policies and practices against other companies but they should make the results public

Opportunities for Improvement

Adopting retail ingredient safety standards

Clearly define and disclose ingredient safety standards and approach for all for products made by other brands that the company sells

Better claims substantiation on ingredient safety

More transparency by the company is needed related to ingredient safety topics because we were unable to find sufficient publicly available substantiation for some criteria

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

Holistic approach to addressing environmental impacts

This company is a top performer in their industry when it comes to tackling the most important environmental impacts associated with their business and supply chain

Leadership in packaging sustainability

The environmental impact of packaging from cleaning and personal care products is significant but challenging to address - we respect that this cmpany brings a much needed focus on the issue and a truly comprehensive approach.

Opportunities for Improvement
None Identified
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

Commitment to fair wages in the supply chain

We respect that this company makes a public commitment to providing fair or living wages for people who are employed by companies in their supply chain

Solid responsible sourcing efforts

This company appears to identify the right priorities and have a credible approach to improving the sustainability of their supply chain.

Top performer on benefits for people

This brand goes above and beyond most competitors in their industry or in other industries for that matter when it comes to treating people fairly and ensuring they have an equitable supply chain and responsibly produced raw materials.

Opportunities for Improvement

Increasing supply chain transparency

We believe this company could be providing better transparency about where they source raw materials and where their products are manufactured

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

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

Opportunities for Improvement
None Identified

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