Fast Company released list of The 100 most creative people in bussiness of 2012. Jessica Alba ranked #17. Congratulations to Jessica, she deserves it!
WIN ON THE BASICS
Consumers often forgive eco-friendly products for small failings, like deodorants that fade by evening. But diapers can’t leak. Honest creates absorbency with a wheat, corn, and wood-fluff mix and did independent testing–finding, it claims, that its diapers achieve up to 35% more total absorption than conventional and other eco-friendly diapers.
SPEAK THROUGH DESIGN
Eco-conscious parents are often young and hip, so you can’t just sell them on an ingredient list. Honest’s product design is influenced by French soap makers and designers like Alexander McQueen. “You spend more time changing your kid’s bum every single day than anything else,” Alba says. “Why not have it be more pleasant?”
PRIORITIZE PROPERLY
The diaper is more than 85% biodegradable, and though Alba relies on her science-minded team for the specifics, her direction is more gut based: She cares most about cleansing the materials that touch babies’ skin. “I do love the planet, but the health of my child comes first,” she says. Now the company is working to green the rest, like the tab that fastens the diaper closed.
HIDE NOTHING
Alba’s consumer expects purity of product, so her website keeps the details honest, too: Paper for fluff comes from certified sustainable forests; its baby wipes are biodegradable. “I wanted a company that’s transparent,” says Alba. “I was sick of people saying, ‘This is our green line, it costs a dollar more,’ but it’s the same stuff that’s in everything else. They deleted one fragrance, but it still has tons of carcinogens. Like, really?”
Source: fastcompany.com