Jason

Evaluation Completed: 
July 8, 2025
Adults
Bathroom

Jason is owned by the company Hain Celestial Group. 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.

Hain Celestial is a smaller conglomerate company that owns a number of brands in the food & beverage industry as well as a handful of first generation “clean” personal care product brands. Strangely, we really struggled to find any substantive information about their approach to ingredient safety in their website or in their reports. We did note that one of their brands (Avalon Organics) has a number of products that are EWG Verified, a best-in-class ingredient safety certification. Unfortunately not a majority of the products made by the brands this company owns appear to have that certification. The company provided a bit more transparency with respect to their environmental impact reduction efforts. But without more disclosure as well as a more comprehensive approach across their brands, it will be tough for this company to improve their rating.

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
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Hilde Likes

Informed code of conduct

Public disclosure and reporting

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Science-based climate protection goal

Opportunities for Improvement

Strengthening commitment to ethical business

Launching a responsible sourcing program

Crafting a climate transition action plan

Improving ingredient safety substantiation

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

Adopting a context-based approach to sustainability

Formalizing biodiversity protection efforts

Adopting a comprehensive approach to ingredient safety

Additional Information
Parent Company:
Hain Celestial Group
Owned Brands:
None
Product Types:
Hair care, face care, body care, skin care

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
None Identified
Opportunities for Improvement

Adopting a comprehensive approach to ingredient safety

We would like to see this brand adopt a precautionary safer chemicals policy, use a publicly available Restricted Substances List, address sources of contaminants, and use laboratory testing to ensure purity and assess compliance

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

We would like to see this company participate in the Chemical Footprint Policy to help benchmark their policies and practices against other companies publicly share their results

Improving ingredient safety substantiation

We think there is more going on behind the scenes with this company when it comes to ingredient safety and we’d like to have more information on their approach

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

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

This brand reports that their absolute greenhouse gas emissions appear to be declining over time - well done!

Science-based climate protection goal

We’re happy to see that this brand has publicly committed to reducing their carbon footprint in ways that are aligned with the latest science.

Opportunities for Improvement

Crafting a climate transition action plan

Formalizing biodiversity protection efforts

Build on initial efforts related to more sustainable raw materials production by establishing an internal biodiversity protection policy and/or goal

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

Informed code of conduct

This company has a supplier code of conduct that is based on international guidance from credible sources

Opportunities for Improvement

Launching a responsible sourcing program

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

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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