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Summary of Sprouts grade
Política de salud de los polinizadores
37 de 45 puntos
In December 2025, Sprouts released a pollinator health policy that encourages suppliers to phase out use of nitroguanidine neonicotinoids, glyphosate, and organophosphate pesticides. The policy encourages suppliers to avoid regrettable substitution, or the replacement of one hazardous pesticide with another, and it provides a comprehensive list of potential regrettable substitutes that are acutely toxic to pollinators. The policy encourages use of least-toxic approaches like Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and regenerative agriculture and includes definitions of both approaches. It also states that Sprouts will survey its suppliers on IPM practices. Sprouts reports on its sustainability webpage that 30% of sales are certified organic. The company’s pollinator health policy states a goal to continue to expand organic and Regenerative Organic Certified offerings, as well as to prioritize sourcing from growers with other meaningful third-party certifications, including Certified Regenerative by AGW, Soil & Climate Health Initiative Verified, Rainforest Alliance, Bee Better Certified, Equitable Food Initiative Environmental Standard, Fair Trade International, Red Tomato’s EcoCertified, and the Sustainable Food Group Sustainability Standard.
Compromiso para reducir el uso de pesticidas
7 de 15 puntos
Evitar sustituciones lamentables
5 de 5 puntos
Compromiso con los enfoques menos tóxicos en las cadenas de suministro no orgánicas
10 de 10 puntos
Compromiso con lo orgánico
15 de 15 puntos
Implementación
36.5 out of 90 points
Sprouts reports on its sustainability webpage that 30% of sales are certified organic. Sprouts reported to Friends of the Earth on percent of chocolate certified Fair Trade, which includes meaningful criteria on Integrated Pest Management and restrictions on pesticides of concern. Sprouts supports domestic organic growers by forward contracting for organic produce. Sprouts advocates for public policies that support organic agriculture by actively participating in legislative advocacy led by the Organic Trade Association and providing a representative to the National Organic Standards Board, a volunteer citizen advisory board to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on organic policy.
Sprouts has not taken other discernible actions to reduce use of pesticides of concern to pollinator and human health or expand organic farming and other least-toxic approaches in its supply chains. The actions we evaluated include: 1) tracking use of pesticides in company supply chains, 2) measurably reducing pesticide use in the past three years and publicly reporting on data, 3) supporting farmers in non-organic supply chains to shift to least-toxic approaches such as integrated pest management and regenerative agriculture, 4) measurably expanding organic offerings in the past three years, 5) demonstrating support for U.S. growers to transition to organic farming, and 6) demonstrating advocacy for public policies aimed at reducing agricultural pesticide use, protecting pollinators and supporting the expansion of organic agriculture in the U.S.
Seguimiento del uso de pesticidas en la cadena de suministro
0 de 10 puntos
Reducir de forma significativa el uso de pesticidas
0 de 15 puntos
Priorizar los enfoques menos tóxicos en las cadenas de suministro no orgánicas
1,5 de 20 puntos
Priorizar los productos orgánicos certificados por el USDA
25 de 25 puntos
Apoyar a los productores orgánicos nacionales
5 de 15 puntos
Apoyar las políticas públicas
5 de 5 puntos
Transparencia y rendición de cuentas
18.5 out of 21 points
Sprouts’ pollinator health policy and commitment to expand organic offerings is publicly available. Sprouts includes organic sales as a Key Performance Indicator in annual impact reporting. Sprouts has educational content online about the health and environmental benefits of reducing pesticide use via organic food and agriculture. Sprouts also uses priority placement in its stores to promote Regenerative Organic Certified products.
Hacer públicas las políticas y los compromisos.
6 de 6 puntos
Vigilancia
2,5 de 5 puntos
Educar a los consumidores
10 de 10 puntos
Colaboración
10 de 10 puntos
Sprouts has communicated with Friends of the Earth in the past year and has briefed Friends of the Earth on meaningful action the company has taken on pesticides and pollinator protection in the past three years.
Políticas de hogar y jardín gratuitas
9 de 9 puntos
All flowers sold at Sprouts are Rainforest Alliance certified, which requires integrated pest management and prohibits use of pollinator-toxic pesticides including fipronil and neonics (imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam) and includes requirements to mitigate the risk of 166 pesticides known to pose harm to workers, pollinators, wildlife and aquatic life, including glyphosate, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, and malathion. Sprouts does not sell consumer use pesticides.
Política para productos vivos
4 de 4 puntos
Política para productos pesticidas en estanterías
5 de 5 puntos
Puntos de bonificación
10 out of 40 points
Sprouts reports on its sustainability webpage that 30% of sales are certified organic, earning the company 10 bonus points in the organic sales category.
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