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Naturewatch Foundation launched a boycott call against Method in April 2018, over the company's links to companies that test products on animals. In December 2017, Method and its sister company Ecover were purchased by SC Johnson, a US company that openly admits to testing on animals and owns other non Naturewatch-endorsed household cleaning brands such as Duck, Shout, Glade, Pledge and Windex.

In January 2023 campaign manager for Animal Experiments at Naturewatch, Natalie Harney, said:

We commend method and Ecover for their personal commitments to being cruelty free, but sadly they've failed to use their influence on their parent company, SC Johnson. For as long as these - and any other brands - maintain direct or indirect links to animal testing, we'll urge compassionate shoppers to leave their products out of their basket.

The boycott has since seen some success with Ecover and Method committing to use their influence to convince SC Johnson to go cruelty-free. However, SC Johnson is yet to do so, and Naturewatch Foundation is asking compassionate consumers to boycott all SC Johnson brands, including Ecover and Method, until the entire company is cruelty-free. Read more about the Method boycott in our feature article.

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