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Homewares, furniture & appliances

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Last researched 2 November 2026 · 7 sources

French luxury crystal maker selling stemware, decanters and chandeliers.

Baccarat makes its luxury crystal glassware and lighting in its own factories in France, where legal wages are about a living wage.

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Why it's graded On Track

How grades are decided

Good requirements 6 of 7

  • Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in France are about a living wage, not checked at the company
  • Met: Respects worker rights
  • Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneEarlier stages shown
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
  • Met: High-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNone recorded in a major share of its range

Red flags 0

None found.

Stars it would earn as Good:
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Where it's made

From Baccarat's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
FranceRegular violationsAbout a living wageLow

Evidence

What we found

  • No high-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) are recorded in a major share of its range, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good.
  • Owns or runs its own production
  • Shows where its earlier production stages happen (materials and components), and they're in low-risk countries or independently audited

Research notes Baccarat makes its crystal at its own manufacture in the town of Baccarat, France, with about 510 jobs at the site in 2020 and a workforce trained in an in-house school. Staff representatives raised concerns in 2015 about plans to subcontract some production lines, and no list of subcontractors is published. Baccarat publishes no modern slavery statement, social audits or wage data, though French labour law covers its factory workers.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
US Department of Labor goods listsNot listedGlassware from France is not on the US Department of Labor list of goods made with child or forced labour. View

Sources and actions

Sources 7

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  1. Une procédure de droit d'alerte lancée en interne chez Baccarat (Journal du Luxe) · search the archive · Works council concern in 2015 over plans to subcontract some production
  2. Question to the prefect on the Baccarat crystal works (Meurthe-et-Moselle council, 2020) · search the archive · Placed under court administration in September 2020; 510 jobs at the site, about 1,000 worldwide
  3. Baccarat (Palmer & Penn, Double Bay) · search the archive · Palmer & Penn store in Double Bay, Sydney, is Australia's exclusive Baccarat stockist
  4. Baccarat sale process (Mergermarket/ION Analytics, April 2023) · search the archive · Owned since 2020 by Hong Kong-based Tor Investment Management and Sammasan Capital after Fortune Fountain Capital defaulted

Published by Baccarat or its owner

  1. The group of Baccarat artisans (Baccarat) · search the archive · Production in the workshops of the Baccarat Manufacture, with an internal apprentice school
  2. Baccarat FAQ - Where is Baccarat crystal made? · search the archive · Crystal is 'crafted exclusively at the historic Manufacture in the small town of Baccarat', where artisans 'transform raw material' into objects.
  3. Baccarat Hotels - How Baccarat glassware is made, part one · search the archive · Describes mixing sand and potash, melting above 1450 C in always-on furnaces, then blowing, moulding and annealing at the Manufacture.

Company details

Headquarters
France
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Baccarat ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/baccarat, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means

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