2021 financial stewardship
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$169M
Total revenue in 2021
86%
Total sales were from U.S. markets
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Uganda, United Kingdom
2021 employee statistics
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297
Total employees in the U.S.*
*Includes total # of employees on payroll
(not temps) as of 12/31/2021
48
Managers* hired from within
*Managers were classified as those who have people reporting to them, or an individual that manages a key sector of the business individually.
40
Average age of a Dr. Bronner’s employee
Average tenure (years): 6.5
Average turnover: 3.7%
63%
Employees are BIPOC*
*Black, Indigenous, and people of color
Race & ethnicity of all employees based on EEO-1 Form*
43%
Managers are BIPOC*
*Black, Indigenous, and people of color
Racial & ethnic diversity in management
$22/hr
Starting permanent position rate
Starting temporary position rate: $20/hr
Compared to CA state min. wage*: +57%
Average annual compensation increase with positive job performance: 6.8%
Average supplemental COVID pay per employee: $3,172.29
Average Annual Stipend Pay for those who qualify: $421.18
Compensation Ratio (CEO to avg. worker)
Dr. Bronner’s caps the pay of our highest-paid executives at 5 times that of our lowest-paid fully vested position. According to a 2021 report published by the Economic Policy Institute,** in 2020 the average CEO pay in the U.S. was 351 times that of the average worker.
*Source: CA State $14.00/hr
**Source: Economic Policy Institute, 2021
*Based on the EEO-1 form, data collection mandated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from all employers with more than 100 employees. We present this data here as a work in progress, in the interest of being transparant about the racial and ethnic identities of our employees. Currently, what we have collected is more limited than we would like. Dr. Bronner's is committed to continuously improving and evolving the language we use and the approach we take in striving to implement progressive best practices related to fostering social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in our company, both in general and around this data. We aim to provide more information in future reports, as we become more confident that our employees feel safe and comfortable in their self-reporting and self-identification, especially around sexual orientation, gender, disability, and veteran status, and as we become more competent in collecting this information.
**Non-EEO-1 term
2021 fair trade activity
3,958
Total fair trade oil used by Dr. Bronner’s in 2021 (MT)
$21,372,321
Total value of fair trade material sourced in 2021 (USD)
900
Local jobs created (number of workers)
Male: 622
Female: 278
8,942
Total number of smallholder farmers
Male: 6,522
Female: 2,421
$973,563
Total value (USD) spent on social community projects
Farmer support: $610,517
Health: $120,727
Education: $49,346
Water & Sanitation: $5,173
Infrastructure: $14,894
Other: $172,906
130,589
Total acres under cultivation
Certified Organic: 107,362
Regenerative Organic Certified™: 27,378
In-conversion to organic: 23,227
Number of farmers converted to organic agriculture: 1,343
Acres converted to organic agriculture: 13,719
7,397
Smallholder farmers trained in Dynamic Agroforestry (DAF)
Total farm gate purchases (USD): $32,281,566
Value spent on farmer training: $97,616
889
Dynamic Agroforestry (DAF) acreage installed
Carbon Farming
Number of trees successfully established: 166,701
Compost distributed (MT): 29,493
Percentage of farmers cultivating cover crops: 63%
Percentage of farmers implementing reduced tillage: 30%
2021 U.S. & International Donations: $8,676,560
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Afro Vegan Society
Animal Equality (Mexico)
Animal Justice (Canada)
Animal Outlook (Formerly Compassion Over Killing)
Black Veg Fest
Black Vegans Rock
Compassion in World Farming UK
Compassion in World Farming USA
Earth Species Project
Encompass
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
Farm Forward
Farmed Animal Funders
Good Food Institute
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
La Raza for Liberation
Our Hen House
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
project FANG: Animal Rights Prisoner Support
Reducetarian Foundation
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Sea Shepherd Global
Sistah Vegan Project
SÜPRMARKT (SÜPRSEED)
Transfarmation Project of Mercy for Animals
Vegan Outreach
VINE Sanctuary
Womxn Funders in Animal Rights
YEA Camp -
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) (Shopping Gives)
Building Bridges Haiti
Flex Your Rights Foundation
Gender Blender, a program of Gender Illumination
Gender Illumination
Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)
One Step Closer (OSC2) - JEDI Collaborative
San Diego Pride - She Fest
Trans Lifeline
Dr. Bronner’s Family Foundation: Migration Justice Initiative -
Blessings of the Forest
Burning Man Project
Butte County Local Food Network
City of Vista, Moonlight Amphitheatre
Duwara Consciousness Foundation
Family Giving Plan
Forging Impact
Gentle Barn
Grassroots Aid Partnership
Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art
HOPE Network, Inc.
La Resistencia
LuvWorks
Mad Agriculture
Oceanside Kitchen Collaborative
QueerDome
Reclaim Rent Control
Shopping Gives
Training Education & Resource Institute (TERI)
We Are Family DC
WorldBeat Cultural Center, The Leslie Goldman Enchanted Garden -
Defy Ventures
Essie Justice Group
Fair Shake
Jail Guitar Doors -
Americans for Safe Access
Cascadia
Chacruna Institute
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
CHEM Global Campus Project
Church of the Eagle and Condor
Church of the People for Creator and Mother Earth
Clarity Project
DanceSafe
DRCNet Foundation
Drug Policy Alliance
Emerge Law Group
Enthea
Erowid Center
Fireside Project
Freedom to Operate
Fruiting Bodies Collective
Guardian Grange
Harvard Divinty Project
Healing Advocacy Fund
Health Equity Program
Heffter Research Institute
Helix Consulting Group
Heroic Hearts Project
Horizons PBC
Impact Fund - TBD Nata Partners
Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative (IPCI)
Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas (IRI)
Innertrek
International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service (ICEERS)
LA Equity Fund
Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)
Marijuana Policy Project
McAllister Garfield, P.C
Milo Group
Mimosa
MIND Foundation gmbh
Mintwood Strategies
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Nathan Howard
New Approach Advocacy Fund
New Approach PAC
North Star Project
Nu Leaf Project
One Step Closer (OSC2) - Cannabis Collaborative
Oregon Psilocybin Society
People of Color Psychedelics Collaborative
Plant Medicine Coalition
Plant Medicine Foundation
Porta Sophia (A Program of Usona Institute)
Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative
Rebecca Martinez
Roots to Sky Sanctuary
Sacred Garden Community Church
Sacred Plant Alliance
School of Consciousness Medicine
Sia: The Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative
Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform and Education
Society for Psychedelic Outreach, Reform and Education (SPORE)
Solstice Group (Formerly Somatic Center of Portland)
Spearitwurx
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Sun+Earth Support Venture
Temple Mother Earth
Temple of the Way of Light
UMIYAC - United Indigenous Medics of Yahe Amazon of Colombia
Usona Institute
Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions
Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS)
Veterans of War
Vote Hemp
Zendo Project
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BioSafety Alliance (Soil not Oil Conf.)
Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons
Climate Foundation
Friends of the Arava Institute
Friends of the Earth
Honor the Earth
Protect Our Winters
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
San Diego Food System Alliance
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation
Story of Stuff Project
Surfrider Foundation
Wellspring -
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Fair World Project -
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
Center for Mind Body Medicine
LifeNabled
Lupus Foundation of America -
Cedar Circle Farm and Education Center
Coastal Roots Farm
Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm)
Ecology Center
Grain Place Foundation
Grow Ahead Foundation
HEAL Food Alliance
Humboldt County Growers Alliance
Imlakesh
Indigenous Regeneration
Kiss the Ground
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
OrganicEye, A project of Beyond Pesticides
Origins Council
Real Food Generation (Real Food Challenge)
Real Organic Project
Regenerative Earth Summit
Regenerative Organic Alliance
Sandler Reiff
Slow Food Urban San Diego
Soul Fire Farm Institute
Sun+Earth Certified
U.S. Right to Know -
Barrio Botany
Boys and Girls Club
Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego
Boys to Men
Carlsbad Educational Foundation
Rajepre - Winter Luc
Safe Horizon (Streetwork Project)
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum
2021 environmental Footprint
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45,990,844
Total weight (lbs) of all products shipped
including packaging
Net Packaging Content:
Paper: 1,549,906 (lbs) / 3%
Metal: 34,442 (lbs) / <1%
Plastic: 2,522,210 (lbs) / 5%
Glass: 510,495 (lbs) / 1%
71%
Total packaging from 100% PCR* material
*Post-Consumer Recycled
**By United States recycling standards
1,437,155
Waste Generation Total (lbs)
78%
Fair Trade Certified raw material
75%
Organic Certified raw material
6,750,918
Gallons of water used
75,577 Mt
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Total MT CO2e)†
Scope 1 Direct: 678 (MT CO2e)*
Scope 2 Energy Indirect: 0 (MT CO2e)** Market-based approach
Scope 2 Energy Indirect: 357 (MT CO2e)** Location-based approach
Scope 3 Other Indirect: 74,899 (MT CO2e)***
2,051,407
Electricity (kWh) used
We are proud to be 100% Renewably Powered!
Other energy used:
Natural Gas (therms): 79,819
Fuels Used for Vehicles (gal): 19,937
Propane (gal): 1,773
Greenhouse gas emissions are calculated in three “scopes”
*Scope 1 emissions are those from cources we directly own or control (e.g., our vehicles).
**Scope 2 emissions are from the electricity used at our factory. For Scope 2 emissions, we report both market-based and location-based figures following the GHG Protocol. Location-based emissions (357 MT CO2e) reflect the non-renewable electricity we used from the local grid. Market-based emissions (0 MT CO2e) reflect the renewable energy certificates (RECs) that Dr. Bronner’s purchases from Midwestern pollinator-friendly solar projects through our partnership with Organic Valley and OneEnergy, We are proud to be 100% Renewably Powered!
***Scope 3 emissions are from our activities related to sources outside of our direct control (e.g., supply chain emissions, shipping, travel).
† Total based on market-based approach
2021 B Impact assessment
178
Dr. Bronner’s B Impact Score
As a benefit corporation, we are committed to measuring our social and environmental performance according to an independent third-party standard. We’ve selected the B Impact Assessment standard developed by the nonprofit B Lab for its rigor and integrity. The assessment results demonstrate that we are exceeding our benefit corporation goals by rigorous measures. Additionally, B Lab's Best for the World™ recognizes the B Corps globally whose B Impact Assessment scores rank in the top five percent of their company size track across one or more of the five impact areas evaluated on the Assessment—community, customers, environment, governance, and workers. In 2021, we were honored as both “Best for the World: Community” and “Best for the World: Environment”.
Environment
Median Score*: 12
Dr. Bronner’s Score: 65
Workers
Median Score*: 24
Dr. Bronner’s Score: 29
Customers
Median Score*: 8
Dr. Bronner’s Score: 0
Community
Median Score*: 27
Dr. Bronner’s Score: 69
Governance
Median Score*: 13
Dr. Bronner’s Score: 15
*The median B Impact Assessment score for businesses in 2021
2021 International giving
Localized mission-aligned brand activism is a priority for Dr. Bronner’s and our distributors in the countries we sell our products in outside of the United States. We dedicate at least 1% of sales to international markets to this program annually across three categories: Social Justice, Environment, and Animal Advocacy.
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Funds from US budget and Dr. Bronner’s Germany are not included in the individual country totals or overall total.
Medical Volunteers International**
(Social Justice)Nepada Wildlife**
(Animal Advocacy/Environment)Sauti Kuu Foundation**
(Social Justice)Sea Shepherd Global*
(Animal Advocacy/Environment)*Funded through US Animal Advocacy budget
**Funded through Dr. Bronner’s Germany -
Eat Up
(Social Justice)Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network
(Environment)Voiceless
(Animal Advocacy) -
Animal Justice*
(Animal Advocacy)Black Lives Matter Canada
(Social Justice)Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund
(Social Justice)Indigenous Climate Action
(Environment)Regeneration Canada
(Environment)Rivershed Society of BC
(Environment) -
Assietes Vegetales
(Animal Advocacy)La Vie Active
(Social Justice) -
People, People, People
(Social Justice)PROVIEH
(Animal Advocacy)Together for Future
(Environment)Transformation Haus & Feld
(Environment) -
Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary
(Animal Advocacy)VOICE Ireland
(Environment) -
Berbagi Sarapan
(Social Justice) -
Freedom Farm Sanctuary
(Animal Advocacy)The Arava Institute
(Environment) -
Homedoor
(Social Justice)National Organic Agriculture
Promotion Council
(Environment)Shizen
(Environment)
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G Foundation
(Social Justice)Korean Animal Rights Advocates
(Animal Advocacy)Korean Animal Welfare Association
(Animal Advocacy)Korean Federation for
Environmental Movement
(Environment) -
Animal Equality (Mexico)*
(Animal Advocacy)Hurakaan
(Environment)Reinserta
(Social Justice)Sbelal Kuxlejalil
(Social Justice) -
Costa Recicla
(Environment)Prospera
(Social Justice) -
Centre for a Responsible Future
(Animal Advocacy)Kampung Senang
(Environment)Oogachaga
(Social Justice) -
Djurens Rätt
(Animal Advocacy)Plogga
(Environment) -
Hof Narr
(Animal Advocacy) -
Taiwan Environmental Information Association
(Environment)Taiwan Animal Equality Association
(Animal Advocacy) -
S.P.E.A.K
(Social Justice) -
Ecohustler
(Environment)Emmaus Brighton & Hove
(Social Justice)Less Plastic UK
(Environment)Surge
(Animal Advocacy)
In all we do, let us be generous, fair & loving to Spaceship Earth and all its inhabitants. For we're All-One or None!
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