Parent Company: Dr. Bronner's
Company ownership: family-owned and operated business, based in the USA 🇺🇸
Certifications: Certified B-Corp, USDA Organic, Oregon Tilth Certified Organic, Regenerative Organic Certified, Fair for Life, NSF: Personal Care Products Containing Organic Ingredients, Leaping Bunny, Vegan Action, Non-GMO Project, OK Kosher
People: Dr. Bronner’s demonstrates high standards of its treatment for workers, customers, and communities. In addition to ensuring a socially responsible workplace facility at its manufacturing plant in San Diego, the soap company also provides unique benefits. They contribute to fair trade projects around the world, advocating fair and just treatment or farmers and workers. They are also a donor to many causes promoting positive social change.
Planet: Dr. Bronner’s supports regenerative farming projects such as soil enrichment and tree-planting programs. Although their packaging is not plastic-free, they only use 100% post-consumer recycled plastic packaging, bottle-to-bottle recycling, and they invest in local recycling to avoid overseas shipping. Lastly, through efforts to reduce their footprint, Dr. Bronner’s boasts it is on the way to near-zero waste.
Political: Dr. Bronner’s has not contributed to political campaigns in the last three federal elections (’16, ‘18, ‘20) through its PAC, but 74% of Dr. Bronner's individual employee political contributions (of amounts over $1000, typically from high-level execs) has gone to The Democratic Party.