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S. C. Johnson is not ethical

S. C. Johnson is an American company that has engaged in false advertising ^[1], price‑fixing ^[2], tax evasion ^[3]^[4]^[5], dismissal of whistleblowers ^[4]^[5]^[6], underpaying of employee pensions ^[7], greenwashing ^[8], and continuing operations in Russia during the conflict ^[9]. The company has sold products that release microplastics into food ^[10] and exceeded air‑pollution limits ^[11], while the founding family has been implicated in paedophilic crimes ^[12]^[13].

Alternatives to Glade

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93 alternative companies tagged: consumer goods

Morrocanoil

consumer goods

43 😐

Morrocanoil is an Israeli cosmetics company that has hid its connections with Israel [1][2] and sold shampoo containing carcinogens [3].

Lush

retail

42 😐

Lush is a British cosmetics company that has underpaid staff [1][2] and maintained unsafe working conditions [3]. The company has also engaged in anti‑union practices [4][5][6] and exploited freelance workers [7].

Haleon

consumer goods

Haleon is an American consumer goods company which has been engaged in price fixing [1] and which was linked to the sale of Zantac, a gastrointestinal drug that led to cases of cancer [2][3].

Advil

consumer goods

Advil is owned by Haleon.

Centrum

consumer goods

Centrum is owned by Haleon.

Nicorette

consumer goods

Nicorette is owned by Haleon.

Aquafresh

consumer goods

Aquafresh is owned by Haleon.

Voltaren

consumer goods

Voltaren is owned by Haleon.

Sensodyne

consumer goods

Sensodyne is owned by Haleon.

10.

Clorox

consumer goods

11.

Burt's Bees

consumer goods

Burt's Bees is owned by Clorox.

12.

Fairy

consumer goods

Fairy is owned by Procter & Gamble.

13.

Old Spice

consumer goods

Old Spice is owned by Procter & Gamble.

14.

Ariel

consumer goods

Ariel is owned by Procter & Gamble.

15.

Herbal Essences

consumer goods

Herbal Essences is owned by Procter & Gamble.

16.

Braun

consumer goods

Braun is owned by Procter & Gamble.

17.

Aussie

consumer goods

Aussie is owned by Procter & Gamble.

18.

Vicks

consumer goods

Vicks is owned by Procter & Gamble.

19.

Tide

consumer goods

Tide is owned by Procter & Gamble.

20.

Pantene

consumer goods

Pantene is owned by Procter & Gamble.

21.

Pampers

consumer goods

Pampers is owned by Procter & Gamble.

22.

Oral-B

consumer goods

Oral-B is owned by Procter & Gamble.

23.

Olay

consumer goods

Olay is owned by Procter & Gamble.

24.

Head & Shoulders

consumer goods

Head & Shoulders is owned by Procter & Gamble.

25.

Gillette

consumer goods

Gillette is owned by Procter & Gamble.

26.

Febreeze

consumer goods

Febreeze is owned by Procter & Gamble.

27.

Procter & Gamble

consumer goods

Procter and Gamble is an American consumer goods company that has profited from child labour in palm oil production [1] and has been named by Ukraine as an international sponsor of war [2]. The company's advertising has addressed issues including police brutality and has won an Emmy award [3][4].

28.

JAB Holding Company

consumer goods

JAB Holding Company is a multinational corporation founded by individuals with Nazi sympathies [1][2]. The company illegally collected employees' fingerprints [3] and failed to maintain safe working conditions, which led to an employee nearly dying trapped in a freezer [4].

29.

Energizer

electronics

Energizer is an American battery company that engaged in false advertising [1], price fixing and monopolistic anti‑competitive practices [2][3], and has poisoned hudreds of its workers with cadmium [4].

30.

Eveready

electronics

Eveready is owned by Energizer.

31.

VARTA

electronics

VARTA is owned by Energizer.

32.

Armor All

electronics

Armor All is owned by Energizer.

33.

S. C. Johnson

consumer goods

S. C. Johnson is an American company that has engaged in false advertising [1], price‑fixing [2], tax evasion [3][4][5], dismissal of whistleblowers [4][5][6], underpaying of employee pensions [7], greenwashing [8], and continuing operations in Russia during the conflict [9]. The company has sold products that release microplastics into food [10] and exceeded air‑pollution limits [11], while the founding family has been implicated in paedophilic crimes [12][13].

34.

Baygon

consumer goods

Baygon is owned by S. C. Johnson.

35.

Drano

consumer goods

Drano is owned by S. C. Johnson.

36.

Fantastik

consumer goods

Fantastik is owned by S. C. Johnson.

37.

Janitor in a Drum

consumer goods

Janitor in a Drum is owned by S. C. Johnson.

38.

Kiwi

consumer goods

Kiwi is owned by S. C. Johnson.

39.

OFF!

consumer goods

OFF! is owned by S. C. Johnson.

40.

Pledge

consumer goods

Pledge is owned by S. C. Johnson.

41.

Raid

consumer goods

Raid is owned by S. C. Johnson.

42.

Saran

consumer goods

Saran is owned by S. C. Johnson.

43.

Scrubbing Bubbles

consumer goods

Scrubbing Bubbles is owned by S. C. Johnson.

44.

Swarfega

consumer goods

Swarfega is owned by S. C. Johnson.

45.

Toilet Duck

consumer goods

Toilet Duck is owned by S. C. Johnson.

46.

Windex

consumer goods

Windex is owned by S. C. Johnson.

47.

Ziploc

consumer goods

Ziploc is owned by S. C. Johnson.

48.

Ecover

consumer goods

Ecover is owned by S. C. Johnson.

49.

Mr Muscle

consumer goods

Mr Muscle is owned by S. C. Johnson.

50.

L'Occitane

consumer goods

30 😡

L'Occitane is a French cosmetics company that has faced accusations of false advertising [1][2][3], greenwashing [4], and underfilling its products' packaging. L'Occitane initially continued operations in Russia during the war [5] and has also been implicated in child labour within its supply chain [6].

51.

Melvita

consumer goods

30 😡

Melvita is owned by L'Occitane.

52.

Sol de Janeiro

consumer goods

30 😡

Sol de Janeiro is owned by L'Occitane.

53.

Colgate-Palmolive

consumer goods

Colgate-Palmolive is an American consumer goods company that has engaged in price fixing [1][2], sold contaminated products including toothpaste with heavy metals [3], cleaning products with bacteria [4], and unsafe dog food [5], and sells toothpaste with racist branding in China [6]. The company has been linked to illegal deforestation [7] and child labour in its supply chain [8], and conducted exploitative toothpaste trials using Chinese schoolchildren [9].

54.

Ajax

consumer goods

55.

Darlie

consumer goods

56.

Sanex

consumer goods

57.

L'Oréal

consumer goods

L'Oréal is a French cosmetics company that sells skin‑lightening creams [1], engages in anti‑competitive price‑fixing [2], and has been accused of false advertising, including airbrushing pictures of models [3][4][5]. The company has also fired a transgender model who spoke against racism [6], employed racist hiring and model selection practices [7], engaged in greenwashing [8], supplied giveaways to the Israeli military [9], and its supply chain is marred by child labour [10][11], human rights violations and environmental damage [12], while its headquarters occupy land taken from Holocaust victims [13] and the company's founder was a known Nazi [14][15].

58.

CeraVe

consumer goods

CeraVe is owned by L'Oréal.

59.

Aesop

consumer goods

Aesop is owned by L'Oréal.

60.

Garnier

consumer goods

Garnier is owned by L'Oréal.

61.

Kiehl's

consumer goods

Kiehl's is owned by L'Oréal.

62.

Lancôme

consumer goods

Lancôme is owned by L'Oréal.

63.

Maybelline

consumer goods

Maybelline is owned by L'Oréal.

64.

NYX

consumer goods

NYX is owned by L'Oréal.

65.

Estee Lauder

consumer goods

Estee Lauder is an American cosmetics company whose founding family has expressed pro-Israel Zionist views [1], donated $5 million to Donald Trump [2], and suggested the U.S. purchase Greenland [3]. The company has underpaid employees [4], engaged in price fixing [5], sourced from factories using child labour [6][7][8], and seen sexual abuse of women on its palm oil farms [9].

66.

Jo Malone

consumer goods

Jo Malone is owned by Estee Lauder.

67.

DECIEM

consumer goods

DECIEM is owned by Estee Lauder.

68.

The Abnormal Beauty Company

consumer goods

The Abnormal Beauty Company is owned by Estee Lauder.

69.

Bobbi Brown

consumer goods

Bobbi Brown is owned by Estee Lauder.

70.

Clinique

consumer goods

Clinique is owned by Estee Lauder.

71.

MAC Cosmetics

consumer goods

MAC Cosmetics is owned by Estee Lauder.

72.

The Ordinary

consumer goods

The Ordinary is owned by Estee Lauder.

73.

Too Faced

consumer goods

Too Faced is owned by Estee Lauder.

74.

Air Wick

consumer goods

6 👺

Air Wick is owned by Reckitt.

75.

Cif

consumer goods

Cif is owned by Unilever.

76.

Persil

consumer goods

Persil is owned by Unilever.

77.

Surf

consumer goods

Surf is owned by Unilever.

78.

LYNX

consumer goods

LYNX is owned by Unilever.

79.

Radox

consumer goods

Radox is owned by Unilever.

80.

Dove

consumer goods

Dove is owned by Unilever.

81.

Toni & Guy

consumer goods

Toni & Guy is owned by Unilever.

82.

TRESemmé

consumer goods

TRESemmé is owned by Unilever.

83.

Glow & Lovely

consumer goods

Glow & Lovely is owned by Unilever.

84.

Unilever

food

Unilever is a British food and beverage and consumer products conglomerate that has been named by Ukraine as a sponsor of war [1], continued selling Ben & Jerry's in Israeli settlements depite the brand's intent to withdraw [2], hired security that assaulted peaceful protestors [3], aggressively pushed skin lightening products [4], engaged in price fixing [5], opposed legislation against single-use plastic [6], caused deforestation [7] and sourced palm oil from a supplier that used child labour [8].

85.

Vaseline

consumer goods

Vaseline is owned by Unilever.

86.

Domestos

consumer goods

Domestos is owned by Unilever.

87.

GSK

pharmaceuticals