Vista, CA
www.drbronners.com

Sales: $190 million

Founded in 1948, Dr. Bronner’s is the top-selling natural brand of soap in North America. The family-owned company produces a variety of natural body care and food products and is committed to honoring the vision of Founder Emanuel Bronner by making socially and environmentally responsible products and by dedicating profits to help make a better world.

The firm’s commitment to social justice, environmental sustainability, and progressive business practices is part of the its mission to put into practice the “All-One” philosophy printed on the company’s iconic soap labels. Dr. Bronner’s caps executive salaries at five times its lowest paid fully-vested position and donates all profits not needed for business development to causes and charities it believes in.

Dr. Bronner’s donated 40% of its profits to activist and charitable efforts, totaling 8.6% of its 2020 revenue.

If you are sweet on this company’s commitments, be sure to pick up its newest product line: chocolate! The company will offer organic, fair trade and vegan chocolate bars made with 70% dark chocolate from cocoa beans grown using regenerative organic practices and sweetened with lower-glycemic coconut sugar. Magic All-One Chocolate, expected out next month, is on track to become Regenerative Organic Certified in 2022.

Vista, CA
www.drbronners.com
Sales: $129 million

According to the company, 78% of Dr. Bronner’s products’ raw materials are certified organic and 74% are certified Fair Trade. This year, the company succeeded in meeting one of its goals: it now sources 100% of its organic hemp seed oil used in its body care products from US. farmers, a total of approximately 30 metric tons annually.

When it comes to what its products are packaged in, the company supports the California Plastics Free Initiative and has pledged to donate $50,000 to support a ballot initiative that would grant the state the authority to regulate disposable materials, reduce the volume of these materials that come into the state, and would place up to a one cent fee on single use packaging. Revenues from this fee would be used to support the development of recycling and composting infrastructure and to scale climate resilience and carbon sequestration in parks, wildlands and agriculture. Leading ocean and environmental groups already support including The Nature Conservancy, Oceana, Surfrider, CalCAN and the Plant Based Products Council. Dr. Bronner’s is rallying industry allies to endorse and financially support this effort.

Vista, CA
www.drbronner.com
Sales: $122 million

Sales: $122 million (estimated).

A company that has long been focused on the being kind to the Earth, serving the greater good, and, of course, soap making, Dr. Bronner’s recorded $122.5 million in net revenues in 2018.  But other numbers show just how much the former issues matter to this family-run firm. Last year, Bronner’s gave away $8.8 million to more than 164 activist and charitable causes, and its minimum wage was $18.71 per hour for permanent positions, compared to California $11.00 per hour. In addition, Dr. Bronner’s planted 250,000+ oil and coconut palms sequestering approximately 16,000 MT of atmospherics CO2 offsetting 36% of Dr. Bronner’s 2018 Scope 3 emissions from agricultural production and processing. Plus, it is also 100% renewably powered through onsite solar and renewable energy certificates, and Dr. Bronner’s provides electric charging stations with free charges to employees along with a $1,000 incentive for staff who purchase electric vehicles. It is no wonder why Dr. Bronner’s has been recognized by Certified B Corp as one of the “Best for the World.” The firm scored a 177.8 in 2018—the third highest score ever received by a Certified B Corp.

In April, Dr. Bronner’s debuted a new short documentary film called “Journey to Pavitramenthe.” The second in the company’s “Journey” series—which documents the people and the stories behind the organic and fair trade supply chains for Dr. Bronner’s products—the film features Dr. Bronner’s partners in Bareilly, India, where more than 1,500 small-scale farmers use regenerative organic agriculture practices on farms that average less than 2 acres each in size.

According to the company’s estimates, 20% of its revenues come from international markets. Among its newest products is a peppermint hand sanitizing spray.