Sprouts
Summary of Sprouts grade
Pollinator Health Policy
37 out of 45 points
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.
Commitment to reduce pesticide use
7 out of 15 points
Avoiding regrettable substitutes
5 out of 5 points
Commitment to least-toxic approaches in non-organic supply chains
10 out of 10 points
Commitment to organic
15 out of 15 points
Implementation
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.
Track pesticide use in supply chain
0 out of 10 points
Measurably reduce pesticide use
0 out of 15 points
Prioritize least-toxic approaches in non-organic supply chains
1.5 out of 20 points
Prioritize USDA certified organic
25 out of 25 points
Support domestic organic growers
5 out of 15 points
Support public policies
5 out of 5 points
Transparency & Accountability
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.
Make policies and commitments publicly available
6 out of 6 points
Oversight
2.5 out of 5 points
Educate consumers
10 out of 10 points
Collaboration
10 out of 10 points
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.
Complimentary Home & Garden Policies
9 out of 9 points
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.
Policy for live goods
4 out of 4 points
Policy for on-shelf pesticide products
5 out of 5 points
Bonus Points
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.
121 Points
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