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SC Johnson

SC Johnson

Evaluation Completed: 
March 6, 2025
Babies
Adults
Bathroom
Bedroom
Cleaning & Laundry
Kitchen
More Affordable
Kids

SC Johnson owns many household brands across a number of product categories. We were pleasantly surprised by what we found during our research and evaluation. The company has some solid safety & sustainability bona fides and a decent foundation to build on in a few specific areas of impact. We look forward to seeing this company improve their accountability and tackle more advanced issues.

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
Governance
Hilde Approved Certifications
Forest Stewardship Council
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Hilde Likes

Efforts to improve raw materials sourcing & supply chain

Focusing on packaging sustainability

Good focus on people issues

Impressive commitment to ingredient transparency

Opportunities for Improvement

Aligning political activities

Transitioning to a more protective ingredient safety approach

Adopting a context-based approach to sustainability

Bolder action on climate impacts

Additional Information
Parent Company:
None
Owned Brands:
Mrs. Meyer's, Glade, Bon Ami, Duck, Drano, Fantastik, Mr Muscle, Pledge, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout, Windex, Off!, Raid, Ziploc, Saran, Kiwi, Babyganics, Ecover, Method
Product Types:
Cleaning, laundry, plumbing care, dish soap, surface cleaning, toilet cleaning, window cleaning, pest control, food storage, baby care, body care, hand soap, shoe care, insect repellent

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

Impressive commitment to ingredient transparency

This company discloses nearly all of the ingredients, including fragrance components, for products across multiple brands and categories

Opportunities for Improvement

Transitioning to a more protective ingredient safety approach

This company has framework for evaluating ingredient safety but we would like to see them move from a risk-based approach to a more precautionary one based on hazard

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

Efforts to improve raw materials sourcing & supply chain

This company appears to effectively identify raw materials that represent a higher risk for impacts to biodiversity like deforestation and take action to address them in their supply chain

Focusing on packaging sustainability

The environmental impact of packaging from some kinds of products is significant but challenging to address and we value that this company is using circular design strategies to help address this issue

Opportunities for Improvement

Bolder action on climate impacts

We think this company should start measuring and reducing Scope 3 emissions along with publishing a decarbonization transition plan

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

Good focus on people issues

This company appears to have a holistic approach to treating people well including a credible responsible sourcing process to help protect human rights for workers in their supply chain

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
None Identified
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

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