Burt's Bees
Burt's Bees offers 3 products on RevWix across Beauty & Personal Care, Baby & Kids, with an average ethics score of 84.3/10 and recurring certifications including Leaping Bunny, B Corp, Fair Trade.
Standards & certifications
Verified credentials appearing across Burt's Bees's product range.
Ethics breakdown
Average scores across our scoring pillars.
- Animal Welfare96.7/10
- Transparency85.3/10
- Environment82.7/10
- Sourcing82.3/10
- Labor81.7/10
Categories covered
Where Burt's Bees shows up across our directory.
- Beauty & Personal Care2
- Baby & Kids1
What reviewers highlight
Strengths mentioned most often across Burt's Bees's products.
- ✓99% natural
- ✓Cruelty-free
- ✓Pregnancy-safe
- ✓Soothing and hydrating
- ✓Petroleum-free and 100% natural
- ✓Clinically proven to be non-irritating
Sustainability commitments
"Burt's Bees is committed to reducing environmental impact. They use eco-friendly packaging and source their ingredients responsibly."
"Burt's Bees is a CarbonNeutral Certified company; they utilize a Landfill-Free policy and invest in global carbon offset projects."
"Packaged in a rigid plastic jar (recyclable #5 polypropylene in many municipal systems, not universally accepted). Shea butter sourced from fair-trade women's cooperatives in Ghana. The brand publishes an annual sustainability report."
Products from Burt's Bees
Burt's Bees Mama Bee Leg and Foot Cream is a soothing and hydrating cream designed to relief pregnant women's tired and swollen feet. It's formulated with Peppermint and Coconut Oil, and is free from fragrances and synthetic dyes. It's also 99% natural and pregnancy-safe, making it an ethical choice for expecting moms.
The Burt's Bees Baby Multipurpose Ointment is a petroleum-free, plant-based skin barrier designed for infants with sensitive skin or diaper rash. As the best ethical baby ointment for sensitive skin, it utilizes shea butter and coconut oil to provide a natural alternative to traditional mineral oil-based treatments for everyday skin protection.
The Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter is an ethical pregnancy-safe body butter formulated with shea butter and cocoa butter to hydrate and support skin elasticity. Best for budget-conscious moms-to-be who want a natural, Leaping Bunny certified product with a pleasant, light vanilla scent.
How to read Burt's Bees's ethics scores
Each Burt's Bees product on this page carries a 0–100 score built from four checkable inputs: active third-party certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain information, and the brand's watchdog record. Nothing here is based on Burt's Bees's own marketing language.
The spread matters as much as the top score. If Burt's Bees's highest and lowest products sit far apart, verification is being applied to some lines and not others — common when a company certifies a flagship range and leaves the rest undocumented. A narrow spread, even at a moderate average, usually signals a consistent policy.
Scores can move without any editorial change, because certification status is re-checked as pages refresh. A lapsed certificate, a new audit or a recall notice will all show up in the product's certification and notes sections.
Questions worth asking before buying Burt's Bees
Start with ownership: a parent company's testing or sourcing policy can change what a claim on the packaging actually covers. Then check scope — a certification often applies to one fibre, facility or ingredient rather than the whole product.
Finally, compare within the category rather than against Burt's Bees's own range. A mid-scoring product can still be the strongest verified option at its price, and a high-scoring one can be beaten by a cheaper certified alternative.
What each score input covers
| Input | What we check | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Certifications | Active listings in public registers, with scope and expiry | Only externally audited claims can be revoked |
| Ingredients & materials | Full disclosure, hazard flags, recycled or organic content | Comparable without trusting brand narrative |
| Transparency | Named suppliers, factories or audit summaries | Shows whether claims survive scrutiny |
| Record | Recalls, regulator rulings and greenwashing findings | Best short-term signal of quality control |
Buying Burt's Bees with confidence
- Verify the mark, not the adjectiveSearch the certifier's register for the exact product line.
- Check the parent companyOwnership changes what cruelty-free or organic claims cover.
- Compare in-categoryThe same score means different things across categories.
- Read open notes firstAn unresolved recall outweighs a few score points.
Frequently asked
Is Burt's Bees an ethical brand?+
Burt's Bees's standing here is the average of its scored products, built only from verifiable inputs: active certifications, disclosed ingredients or materials, published supply-chain data and its recall or regulator record. Where a claim cannot be checked in a public register, it earns nothing.
Is Burt's Bees certified by third parties?+
Any certification we could confirm appears on the individual product cards above. Marks shown are matched to the certifier's own register; self-declared logos and internal awards are not counted.
Why do Burt's Bees products have different scores?+
Scores are per product, not per brand. Differences usually come from certification scope, ingredient or material disclosure, and packaging — a certified flagship can sit far above an undocumented line from the same company.
Are there better alternatives to Burt's Bees?+
Compare within the category rather than the brand: category rankings list the highest-scoring verified options at each price level, so you can see whether a cheaper certified alternative beats the Burt's Bees product you were considering.