Solutions for Sustainable Consumer Goods

Sustainable products are responsible for more than half of the growth in consumer goods. Embrace the ESG transition to meet today’s sustainability imperative and future-proof your business.

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ESG Transparency Wins with Consumers

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Change Habits

57% of consumers are willing to change their purchasing habits to help reduce negative environmental impact.

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Sales Growth

$140.5B is the annual sales projection for sustainability-marketed consumer goods products by 2023.

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Consumer Preferences

78% of consumers believe it is important that brands offer “clean” products, are sustainable, and verifiably environmentally responsible.

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It’s Time to Build Sustainability into your Business Model

  • Well-known brands have staked out leadership positions in ESG
  • ESG is moving from a qualitative, values-based narrative to a metrics-driven approach
  • Investors, consumers, and key stakeholders are looking critically at environmental impact

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Wherever you are on your sustainability journey, Good.Lab can help you shift to a metrics-driven approach of capturing, assessing, and benchmarking your ESG performance.

Food & Consumer Goods Industries

The problemESG SolutionsOutcomes
Knowledge Gap
  • How do we get started with ESG?
  • Which ESG areas matter most to our business?
  • What are our peers and competitors doing?
  • What goals and targets should we set?
  • What is our plan for taking action?
  • ESG Impact Area Prioritization
  • Materiality Assessment
  • Stakeholder Mapping
  • Industry Benchmarking
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • ESG Roadmap / Action Plan
  • Increased Sales
  • Long Term Business Resilience
Resource Intensive
  • Global production of food and consumer goods accounts for 60% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 80% of water usage.
  • 87% of material used to manufacture clothing ends up as waste.
  • Only 1/3 of suppliers are taking action and engaging with their supply chains — 2% less than in 2019.
  • ESG Value Creation Strategy
  • Product Circularity Strategy
  • Supplier Performance Engagement
  • Higher Quality Products
  • Stronger Customer Relationships
Poor Data Visibility
  • Are we making progress in high priority areas?
  • Are we on track to hit our ESG targets?
  • Are we optimizing our investments, and achieving the right return in improved performance?
  • How can we gather data more efficiently?
  • Are we reporting the right content to customers and stakeholders?
  • ESG Progress Assessment
  • Target & Metric Definition
  • ESG Reporting
  • Target Gap Analysis
  • ESG Metrics Calculation
  • ESG Performance Dashboard
  • Quantifiable Positive Impact
  • Enhanced Consumer Confidence
  • Top ESG Performance

Sustainable Consumer Goods Brands Lead with Quantifiable ESG Targets

Apparel, Footwear & Accessories

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Target: Supplier Performance Management

Target has an ESG target for 100% of its strategic business partners to rate its purchasing practices at 4 stars or above on the Better Buying Supplier Survey.

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Nike: Climate & Energy

Nike has an ESG target to reduce its carbon footprint by 2030 through Science-Based Targets, with an absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 65% and Scope 3 emissions by 30%.

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The North Face: Materials, Waste, & Circularity

The North Face has an ESG target to use only single-use plastic packaging and 100% responsibly sourced apparel fabrics by 2025.

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Food & Beverage

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Chipotle: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Chipotle has an ESG target for its Supplier Diversity program to identify opportunities for minority owned businesses to increase access to sourcing opportunities by 2021 and develop a method to measure amount paid annually to minority-owned businesses by 2022.

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Horizon Organic: Community Relations

Horizon has an ESG target $15 million fund allocated through 2030 to offer low and no-cost loans to community farmers so they can choose the tools, technology, and training that will help them cut carbon footprint on their farms.

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JBS Foods: Biodiversity & Land Use

JBS has an ESG target to achieve zero deforestation across its global supply chain by 2035 and eliminate illegal Amazon deforestation from its supply chain – including the suppliers of its suppliers – by 2025.

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Home Goods & Décor

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IKEA: Materials, Waste, & Circularity

Ikea has an ESG target for all its products to be 100% circular and aims to use only renewable or recycled materials by 2030.

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Avocado Mattress: Materials, Waste, & Circularity

Avocado has an ESG target to achieve Zero Waste to Landfill certification by recycling more than 90% of its waste and to repurpose materials from returned products.

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Brooklinen: Transparency

Brooklinen’s direct-to-consumer business model emphasizes supply chain transparency to reduce carbon emissions and textile waste.

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Consumer Electronics

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Apple: Data Security & Customer Privacy

Apple has an ESG target to keep customers in control of their data and shield them from malware with added layers of security and App Store protections.

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Logitech: Climate & Energy

Logitech has an ESG target to achieve Net Zero by 2030 and will evolve its operations to reduce carbon further, and by 1/2 of its baseline emissions.

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Bose: Ethics & Code of Conduct

Bose has an ESG target to mature its existing program and commitment to the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct, which articulates a set of standards on social, environmental, and ethical practices.

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Cosmetics & Luxury Goods

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Estée Lauder: Biodiversity & Land Use

ELC has an ESG target for at least 90% of its palm-based ingredients (palm oil and its derivatives) certified as sustainable from RSPO physical supply chains by 2025.

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Kao Corporation: Climate & Energy

Kao has an ESG target to be carbon zero by 2040 and carbon negative by 2050 and is transitioning to 100% purchased renewable electric power to accelerate decarbonization.

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Sephora: Product Marketing & Labeling

Sephora has an ESG target to increase the number of products with ingredient information on Sephora.com from 98.0% to 99.8%.

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Good.Lab ESG Areas of Focus

Environmental

  1. Climate & Energy
  2. Materials, Waste, & Circularity
  3. Water
  4. Toxic & Hazardous Materials
  5. Biodiversity & Land Use

Social

  1. Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
  2. Human Rights & Labor Practices
  3. Health, Safety, & Wellbeing
  4. Community Relations
  5. Product Marketing & Labeling

Governance

  1. Corporate Accountability
  2. Risk Management
  3. Supplier Performance Management
  4. Transparency
  5. Ethics & Code of Conduct
  6. Data Security & Customer Privacy
  7. Policy & Advocacy

Additional Features of Good.Lab

Experienced Operators

In-house experience in supply chain, manufacturing, strategy, finance, and sustainability

Quantitative Approach

Focused on measurable performance improvements through business-focused, data-driven methodology

Broad ESG Expertise

On-demand access to SMEs across environmental, social, and governance at leading companies

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