Jo Malone

Jo Malone is owned by The Estée Lauder Companies.

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions to wastewater, ingredients' impacts, product circularity, and more. Here we rate Jo Malone “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• There’s no evidence it uses any lower-impact ingredients.
• It uses some recycled packaging.
• It’s set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain but there’s no evidence it is on track.
• It publishes a policy to assess the biodegradability and environmental toxicity of some of its ingredients and formulas.
• All of its palm oil is RSPO-certified.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assesses brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Jo Malone “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Much of its final production stage happens in the United Kingdom, a medium risk country for labour abuse. 
• There’s no evidence it provides financial security to its suppliers, which can result in poor working conditions and wages.
• It audits some of its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
• Its Code of Conduct covers ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms principles.
• It provides a confidential complaints mechanism for workers in its supply chain to report suspected modern slavery.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.

Note that the "People" rating in Good On You’s methodology is defined by labour rights and does not consider consumer health.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products, are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate Jo Malone “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses animal-derived ingredients in its products.
• It appears to use ingredients derived from farmed animals, including lanolin.
• It has not made any public commitments to eliminate animal-derived ingredients.
• It may conduct animal testing when required by law (for instance, in China), either by itself, through its suppliers, or through third parties.

Based on all the publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Jo Malone “Not Good Enough” overall.