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CoverGirl is surprisingly sustainable for a brand of its size and price point. Although the beauty giant currently relies on plastic—much of it single-use—to package its products, Coty has ambitious targets for reducing its plastic use, emissions, and waste over the next decade. The company reduced greenhouse gas emissions from operations by 23% and its total energy use by 10% between 2019 and 2021.

Ethical: CoverGirl's parent company publishes regular corporate sustainability reports and is on track to meet ambitious goals by 2030.

CoverGirl's parent company is a signee of the United Nations Global Compact, an initiative that provides businesses a framework for sustainability and corporate responsibility. It has its own code of conduct for business partners that addresses human rights, discrimination, forced labor, "conflict minerals," and more.

Coty has long had a policy of not conducting testing on animals. But to get the "Leaping Bunny'' stamp of approval from Cruelty Free International, a globally recognized standard-bearer, it spent months demonstrating that its hundreds of third-party suppliers also do not perform such testing when creating CoverGirl's thousands of products and ingredients.

CoverGirl has been certified cruelty free by the Leaping Bunny Program since 2015 and Cruelty Free International since 2018. In fact, it's the largest makeup brand in the world to feature Cruelty Free International's logo. Cruelty Free International is considered to be the global gold standard, performing regular supply chain audits to ensure animals aren't being tested even at the manufacturer level.

A California consumer who alleged Coty Inc. and its Noxell Corp. unit misleadingly touted CoverGirl TruBlend Pressed Powder as “safe” or “sustainable” despite the inclusion PFAS has voluntarily dropped her lawsuit, for now.

Yeraldinne Solis alleged the companies misleadingly marketed the powder. The package allegedly said the powder was dermatologically tested and suitable for sensitive skin. Various website statements and a ...

Coty Inc. and its CoverGirl Cosmetics unit deceptively market TruBlend Pressed Powder as “sustainable” and “safe” despite the undisclosed presence of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, a new proposed class action in a federal court in California alleges.

In addition to the affordability of CoverGirl products, people love that they're made responsibly. CoverGirl is certified cruelty free, makes vegan products, and seems to be serious about meeting ambitious sustainability targets.

Vegan: Not fully vegan but has vegan products.

CoverGirl is not 100% vegan, but it does have vegan products. Items included in its Clean Fresh makeup and skin care collections, for example, are all vegan and made without harsh chemicals like sulfates, formaldehyde, phthalates, parabens, and talc. Other vegan items—like the Lash Blast Lash and Brow Serum, Outlast Ultimatte Liquid Lipstick, and Clump Crusher Mascara—are clearly marked.

Since being acquired by Coty Inc. in 2016, the brand has separated itself from some of the criticism aimed at its former parent company, Procter and Gamble, primarily surrounding deforestation. Coty is transparent about its supply chains, ingredients sourcing, and sustainability progress.

April 27 (Reuters) - CoverGirl owner Coty Inc said on Wednesday it would exit its Russia operations, becoming the latest U.S. company to pull out of the country following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Coty Inc. shook off, for now, a proposed class suit alleging it hid the presence of PFAS in CoverGirl mascara, continuing a string of dismissals in cosmetics suits.

Coty Inc. defeated a consumer protection suit alleging purchasers overpaid for two of its mascaras under the CoverGirl Brand due to the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS.