Bower Collective ❀
Bower Collective is a favourite refillable cleaning company for handwashes, cleaning products, washing liquid and more. Green Salon loves them for design, scent and ease of use. Plus you never need to lug bottles home again, as they send you refills whenever you need them.
Check out their Bower Limescale Remover, proven to be over twice as effective at removing limescale as the industry leader Viakal, yet made with 100% naturally derived ingredients.
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PLANET
Bower Collective is B Corp certified and have been certified carbon negative by Planet Mark, but we would like to see a comprehensive breakdown of their emission scopes in their next impact report. Over 90% of their products are made in the UK to minimise carbon emissions and they are off-setting their carbon emissions through partnerships with the Marine Conservation Society and CleanHub. To date, the Bower Collective have saved over 106,000 kgs of plastic waste from landfill and incineration, the equivalent of more than 7.5 million single use plastic bottles, and are aiming to save a further 10,000 kgs this year. We’d love to see Bower Collective share more details on their plans as to how they will arrive at Net Zero and over what time frame.
PEOPLE
Bower Collective ensure that their supply chain is both ethical and transparent. Their suppliers all meet the Ethical Trade Initiative Code which, among many things, ensures fair working conditions and wages for its workers. 40% of the Bower Collective team are women, many of them occupying senior positions.
ANIMALS
Their products are predominantly vegan, with the exception of some products that contain beeswax, collagen and silk powder, which are clearly listed on their products page. However, while they claim that all their products are cruelty-free and never tested on animals, going forward we would like to see them obtain the recognised certification.
BUSINESS
Bower Collective are B Corp certified and work to create completely circular products. They have thrice won a Marie Claire Sustainability Award. According to their Life Cycle Analysis, 10 reuses of Bower Collective packaging is 90% more carbon efficient than single-use alternatives. 2023 saw the rollout of their BowerPack™ reusable packaging system, improving the circularity of their business and packaging. We love that they have an annual impact report which measures their impact and are working hard to be completely transparent and to carry on improving their sustainability policies and practices. We’d like to see a more granular breakdown measuring their Scope 1, 2 and 3
Assessed: June 2024
