Key Findings
- There is no indication that Sally Beauty has made any significant public-facing commitments to address the safety of chemicals used in the products it sells.
Recommendations for Sally Beauty
- Sally Beauty can make progress by developing a public written safer chemicals policy, developing and enforcing a public beyond restricted substance list (BRSL), and setting public quantifiable goals with clear timelines for reducing and eliminating chemicals of high concern (CHCs).
- We urge the company to eliminate and safely replace any per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and phthalates that may be in the products it sells. The company should also eliminate plastics of environmental health concern (PEHCs) from its product and packaging materials, and should take swift action to eliminate and safely replace key chemicals of concern from the beauty products of environmental justice concern that it sells. Sally Beauty should publicly disclose the alternatives used to replace CHCs or PEHCs after eliminating them.
- The company should become a signatory to the Chemical Footprint Project and pilot it with key private label suppliers.
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How does Sally Beauty compare to its competitors?
Analysis of Sally Beauty
Oversight: Established management responsibilities and incentives
Disclosure: Requires suppliers to report use of chemicals in products to retailer
Action: Reduced or eliminated chemicals of high concern (CHCs) or plastics of environmental health concern (PEHCs) within the last three years
Safer Alternatives: Evaluates safer alternatives, avoids regrettable substitutes
Transparency: Demonstrates a commitment to transparency and public disclosure
Third-party Standards: Promotes credible third-party standards for safer products
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Joint Announcement: Public commitment demonstrated through joint announcement
Continuous Improvement: Shows continuous improvement by steadily expanding safer chemicals policy
Collaboration: Actively participates in collaborative process to promote safer chemicals
Impact Investment: Investing financial resources into independent research into safer alternatives and/or green chemistry solutions