Our Place

Evaluation Completed: 
February 11, 2025
Kitchen
Adults

Our Place is one of the direct-to-consumer companies using a hybrid type of ceramic nonstick technology for their cookware. Like a few of their competitors, they got a lot of love on the internet for their design but also their ingredient safety claims of being PFAS-free. For a while that seemed like a big step in the right direction. But we still wanted to know what kinds of chemicals were being used to give their products this kind of performance. Unfortunately, the company is unwilling to disclose that information. That’s a big red flag for us. As a result, the company doesn’t score well on our evaluation criteria. Substantiation related to other elements of sustainability and corporate accountability are lacking and we hope to see more transparency from them in the future.

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
No Hilde approved certifications included
Hilde Likes

Emphasis on some relevant chemicals of concern

Using recycled raw materials

Opportunities for Improvement

Integrating sustainability into the mission

Disclosing chemicals and ingredients

Launching a responsible sourcing program

Launching climate protection efforts

Providing public disclosure and reporting

Establishing programs to address environmental impacts

Filling gaps on people impacts

Better claims substantiation on environmental impacts

Verification of ingredient safety efforts

Adopting a comprehensive approach to ingredient safety

Additional Information
Parent Company:
None
Owned Brands:
None
Product Types:
Cookware, kitchen appliances

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

Emphasis on some relevant chemicals of concern

This brand recognizes that certain kinds or classes of chemicals (e.g. PFAS) should be restricted from the products they make or sell

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

Disclosing chemicals and ingredients

We feel strongly that this company should provide consumers with greater transparency about the chemicals and ingredients present in their products and packaging

Verification of ingredient safety efforts

This company should start using or expand their use of trustworthy certifications that help verify their claims related to ingredient safety

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

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

Better claims substantiation on environmental impacts

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

Establishing programs to address environmental impacts

This company should establish credible efforts to measure and disclose their environmental impacts and create time bound goals to improve performance

Launching climate protection efforts

We would like to see this company take credible actions to measure, reduce, and report on their greenhouse gas emissions

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

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

Filling gaps on people impacts

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

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
None Identified

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