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Grove Collaborative

Grove Collaborative

Evaluation Completed: 
March 4, 2025
Adults
Bathroom
Kitchen

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.
We regularly try to purchase and use products made by this company or their brands in our homes.
Hilde Ratings
Topic
Rating
Ingredient Safety
Environmental impact
People Benefits
Accountability
Hilde Approved Certifications
B-Corp
Forest Stewardship Council
Hilde Likes

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

Commitment to living 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:
None
Owned Brands:
Grove Co.
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

Company Insights

Category Description

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.

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.

Criteria included in this category include but are not limited to goals, policies, practices and outcomes for the following topics:

Product & Packaging Circularity
Climate Protection, Biodiversity Protection
Goals & Metrics
Impact Reduction
High Quality Certifications
Other Topics
Ranking: Top 25%

Company ranks in the top 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

Company ranks in the bottom 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

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

We respect the industry-leading efforts this company is making to reduce the impacts of their packaging

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Opportunities for Improvement
None Identified
Category Description

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.

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.

Criteria included in this category include but are not limited to goals, policies, practices and outcomes for the following topics:

Responsible Sourcing
Living Wages
Paid Maternity Leave
Supply Chain Transparency
High Quality Certifications
Other Topics
Ranking: Top 25%

Company ranks in the top 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

Company ranks in the bottom 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

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

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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.

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Top performer on benefits for people

This brand goes above and beyond the status quo 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

Category Description

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.

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.

Criteria included in this category include but are not limited to goals, policies, practices and outcomes for the following topics:

Mission Integration
Advocacy
Public Reporting & Disclosure
Performance Incentives
Ethical AI
High Quality Certifications
Ranking: Top 25%

Company ranks in the top 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

Company ranks in the bottom 25% of companies currently rated by Hilde in the

Cleaning & Laundry

industry

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

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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 Description

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.

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