Johnson & Johnson - Quaternium-15 is still an ingredient on Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo sold in the U.S., Canada, China, Indonesia and Australia, but the campaign's research this summer found it's not in the same product sold in at least eight other countries, from the U.K. and Denmark to Japan and South Africa.
The second chemical, 1,4-dioxane, is considered a likely carcinogen. It's a byproduct of a process for making chemicals more soluble and gentler on the skin.
Unilever - As a multinational consumer goods company that owns over 400 brands, Unilever has been misleading consumers that they are a sustainable company for the planet and society. In reality, this is all a bunch of greenwashing. All of their products contain plastic packaging and harmful chemicals that contribute to the exorbitant amount of waste that ends up in landfills and contaminants that harm our lands and waters.
Contributing to the lack of sustainability, 373 out of the approximate 400 brands that Unilever owns are not cruelty-free. Unilever states on their website that “they use a wide range of non-animal approaches to assess the safety of our products” (this does not mean they are cruelty-free). Their Animal Testing Position Statement says, “Across Unilever’s broader portfolio of brands, ingredients that we use still have to be tested by suppliers by law, to comply with regulatory requirements in some markets; and some government authorities test certain products on animals as part of their regulations.”
Nestle - Even after California experienced the worst drought in the past 1,200 years, Nestle refused to move its water bottling facility, with its CEO Tim Brown even saying: “Absolutely not. In fact, if I could increase [water bottling operations], I would”.
In fact, in California’s Strawberry Creek, many of the once-flowing streams and waterfalls are running dry after Nestle siphoned 45 million gallons of water out of the ecosystem.
And as Flint battled a lead-poisoned-water crisis, Nestle was able to pump almost 100,000 of what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles to sell 2 hours away in the town of Evart, paying just $200 a year for this resource.
Instead of diverting water away to help the residents of Flint, water (from a natural resource) was used by a private company for private profits.
Any organisation that voted for Brexit, Dyson, Warburtons, All the filthy Daily Rags, JML, Patisserie Valerie, Next, Pizza Express...list is endless. I struggle to buy anything but still end up spending huge amounts by choosing ethical business, Sigh