More About: 'Sustainable'
Why Thrive Market Invests in Carbon Offsets
As we work to ship healthy groceries across the country, Thrive Market inevitably creates emissions. Despite our best efforts toward sustainability, packing and shipping have an impact on the environment — and that’s something we need to hold ourselves accountable for. At Thrive Market, we are committed to reducing our environmental impact. While we’ve made ...
What Are the Main Pillars of Sustainability?
At Thrive Market, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s one of the core values that shapes everything we do, from the products we carry to how they’re packaged and shipped. But sustainability is more than just eco-friendly practices; it’s a broader commitment to supporting the health of people, communities, and the planet. This is often framed ...
In India, We Saw the Plastic Problem Firsthand — And an Inspiring Path Forward
How do you even begin to comprehend a global issue as large as plastic pollution? Caleb Hulsey, Thrive Market’s Senior Category Manager, has always had an interest in helping to solve the plastic problem. He cut down on his own day-to-day plastic use, instituted a 52-week challenge for co-workers to address their footprint, and he ...
Best Sustainable Kids & Baby Brands at Thrive Market
As parents, we want the best for our little ones—safe, nourishing, and eco-conscious products that support a healthy future for both our children and the planet. Fortunately, many brands are dedicated to sustainable sourcing, responsible packaging, and clean ingredients. At Thrive Market, we carefully curate products that align with these values, offering families sustainable choices ...
10 Examples of Sustainable Agriculture & Farming Techniques
This article was written with help from AI and edited by Thrive Market’s talented team of human writers. Sustainable agriculture focuses on producing food while preserving the environment, ensuring economic profitability, and promoting social well-being. To accomplish this, farmers rely on eco-friendly farming practices like crop rotation, no-till farming, and agroforestry to help maintain soil ...
How Thrive Market and rePurpose Global Are Encouraging Brands to Reduce Their Plastic Use
Even the most well-intentioned brands have issues addressing their plastic use. Plastic is an incredibly common, affordable, and practical material for things like packaging and shipping. Unfortunately, it’s also polluting our planet at a rate that recycling alone cannot begin to address. Thanks to our partnership with rePurpose Global, the world’s leading plastic action platform, ...
The Best Sustainable Hacks & Habits from Thrive Market Employees
When we set out to share some tips for how to develop more sustainable habits this Earth Month, we turned to some of our favorite sustainability pros: our very own employees. Aside from working to provide healthy, organic groceries to our members, many Thrive Market employees also make it a point to live low-waste or ...
The Best Sustainable & Organic Wines to Try Now
Buying a bottle of wine is often daunting, and when you go for natural and organic wines, you open up a whole new world of wine terminology to muddle through. Organic? Biodynamic? Cabernet? Pinot Grigio? The language of wine can feel like a lot to learn, so it’s understandable why many people think that when ...
What is Sustainable Packaging? Here’s What It Means at Thrive Market
These days, you can get pretty much anything shipped directly to your door. And while that convenience is tough to beat, it often comes with a steep cost to the planet: no sustainable packaging.
Challenge Yourself to a Plastic-Free July
This month isn’t just July — it’s Plastic-Free July, a time to challenge yourself to cut back on (or eliminate!) your plastic use. The Plastic Free Foundation started this global initiative to invite people to “be part of the solution to plastic pollution” by giving up single-use plastics for the month. Want to challenge yourself ...
Here’s How to Reduce Waste in Every Room in Your Home
As you make your way through your home throughout the day, those little wasteful moments start to add up. You toss out a takeout container here, a pile of junk mail there; you use single-use plastic for your load of laundry and your shower routine; you may even leave the water running while you do ...
Meet Some of Thrive Market’s Sustainability Superstars
On our journey to becoming the world’s first climate-positive grocery store, there have been many milestones: becoming a B Corp, receiving TRUE Certification for Zero Waste at our fulfillment centers, and being Plastic Neutral Certified. Behind each of those labels is a lot of work—and none of it would happen without people.