7th Gen Blog

When you buy Seventh Generation products, you help make a difference for the world we live in.

Our products are manufactured in the most sustainable way possible, and we use only those ingredients that do not pose chronic health risks and that are safe for the environment. We use only recycled paper in our paper products, primarily post-consumer materials, and we never use chlorine bleach. We disclose all ingredients for all of our cleaning products.

Each year, some 20,000,000 premature and low-birth-weight babies are born, many of them in developing countries without access to innovations in neo-natal care. One of the biggest problems these babies face is hypothermia. Because they are unable to regulate their body temperature, they cannot stay warm -- room temperature feels freezing. Four million of these infants die within the first month of life. Those who do survive often develop lifelong problems, including heart disease, low IQ and early onset diabetes. 

As a company that uses ingredients that come from plants, not petroleum, it is only natural that we would have close ties to our local farming community. The Intervale, a fertile strip of land along the banks of the Winooski River, just 2 miles from our office in Burlington, VT, is home to more than a dozen locally owned and operated farms. Intervale farmers grow organic produce found in many local restaurants, schools, and business cafeterias. Local families, including several Seventh Generation employees, enjoy weekly deliveries of produce from the farmers there.

We believe everyone has the right to a healthy start in life. That means more than a non-toxic home and a clean environment. It also means making sure all children receives the education they need to achieve their full potential.
Teach for America (TFA) shares that goal. Together we have created a new partnership dedicated to strengthening schools and cultivating minds in places where resources are scarce.