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Tramontina

Tramontina

Evaluation Completed: 
October 6, 2025

Tramontina is a large company that makes a diverse range of products that include kitchen products, which are the focus of this evaluation. Despite having a fair amount of information labeled with the right words e.g. “sustainability” it was clear from our research that much of the content lacked substance. We see a wide variety of opportunities for this company to improve across the board and particularly with respect to their ingredient safety efforts. Many of this company’s kitchen products appear to contain PFAS chemicals and the company has recently worked to oppose state policy related to these toxic chemicals in California that would help protect consumers.

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
No Hilde approved certifications included
Hilde Likes

Employee profit sharing

Leadership in producer responsibility

Public disclosure and reporting

Opportunities for Improvement

Linking incentives & sustainability performance

Integrating sustainability into the mission

Securing sustainability data & reporting assurance

Committing to living wages

Launching a responsible sourcing program

Improving ingredient safety substantiation

Benchmarking ingredient safety practices

Committing to a science-based climate goal

Adopting a comprehensive approach to ingredient safety

Launching efforts to protect biodiversity

Bolder action on climate impacts

Additional Information
Parent Company:
None
Owned Brands:
None
Product Types:
Cookware, bakeware, kitchen tools, dinnerware, cutlery

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

Kitchen

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

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

Kitchen

industry

Hilde Likes

Leadership in producer responsibility

This brand appears to be setting an example in their industry through a dedicated product takeback or recovery program. Bravo!

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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

Committing to a science-based climate goal

We would love to see this company build on their existing climate efforts by publicly adopting a greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal aligned with a science-based approach

Launching efforts to protect biodiversity

We would like to see this company take steps to understand and mitigate the impacts their operations, supply chain, or products have on biodiversity, nature, and ecosystems and communicate about them publicly

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

Kitchen

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

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

Kitchen

industry

Hilde Likes

Employee profit sharing

This company appears to share financial success with their employees beyond their salaries through profit sharing

Opportunities for Improvement

Committing to living wages

We think this company has the policies and resources necessary to make a formal commitment to living wages for the people working in their supply chain

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

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

Kitchen

industry

Ranking: Bottom 25%

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

Kitchen

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

Linking incentives & sustainability performance

We think this company should link incentives for key internal stakeholders to performance on sustainability goals and share those metrics publicly to help drive action on these issues

Integrating sustainability into the mission

This company could boost their credibility and accelerate meaningful action on sustainability issues by making it an explicit part of their mission, purpose, or values

‍

Securing sustainability data & reporting assurance

We think this company should strengthen the credibility of the data and information they report related to their sustainability performance by having it audited and assured by an independent external organization

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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