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Bialetti

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Homewares, furniture & appliances

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Last researched 3 November 2026 · 7 sources

Italian maker of stovetop moka pots, cookware and coffee.

There's no proof Bialetti pays more than the legal minimum, which in Romania and Türkiye is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Holds the grade back: It doesn't show that workers are paid a living wage, and isn't certified as working towards one. On Track needs at least one of these.
  • It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
  • Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 3 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsSome of its products are made in countries such as Türkiye and China, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
  • Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • 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 2

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
  • Red flag: Made partly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain

Stars it would earn as Good

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Where it's made

From press and retailer reports. Bialetti makes its products in its own factories, but we haven't recorded its countries from it yet. The rest is shown as where homewares and appliances are usually made.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
ItalyStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
RomaniaRegular violationsBelow a living wageModerate
TürkiyeNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageVery high
ChinaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
VietnamUsual for the industrySystematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
IndiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
PolandUsual for the industryRegular violationsClose to a living wageModerate
IndonesiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate
MalaysiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate

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

Research notes Bialetti closed its Crusinallo moka pot plant in Italy in 2010 and moved moka production to Eastern Europe. Its own subsidiaries make products in Romania (Bialetti Stainless Steel) and Turkey (Cem Bialetti), with final assembly in Italy, but it gives no split by country and does not say what share comes from outside suppliers. Union members at the Turkish plant struck over wages in 2016 and again in 2021, when the union said some workers earned under 3,000 lira a month. Bialetti publishes no supplier list, audit results, modern slavery statement or living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportNot coveredBaptist World Aid's ethical reports cover fashion and (until 2016) electronics, not cookware brands such as Bialetti. View
UK Modern Slavery Statement RegistryUnclearNo UK modern slavery statement from Bialetti was found; it may fall below the UK reporting threshold. View

Sources and actions

Sources 7

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  1. Strike at Cem-Bialetti (IndustriAll Europe, 2016) · search the archive · Birleşik Metal-İş union called an indefinite strike at Cem-Bialetti, Kocaeli, Turkey, in October 2016 over a wage agreement
  2. Bialetti, la Cina e il declino (Gambero Rosso, 2025) · search the archive · Nuo Capital buying 78.567%; production in Romania (Bialetti Stainless Steel) and Turkey (Cem Bialetti), final assembly in Italy
  3. Bialetti chiude lo storico stabilimento (Libero, 2010) · search the archive · Crusinallo moka plant closed in 2010, moka production to move to Eastern Europe; R&D centralised at Coccaglio
  4. Bialetti debutta oltreconfine coi suoi negozi (ItaliaOggi, 2026) · search the archive · Bialetti controlled by investment holding Nuo since April 2025; headquarters in Coccaglio, Italy
  5. We've gone on strike as employer didn't change stance (Bianet, 2016) · search the archive · 130 union members struck after the employer offered a 3% raise against an 18% demand
  6. Turchia, gli operai Bialetti sono in sciopero (Pressenza, 2021) · search the archive · 61 union workers at Cem Bialetti, Kocaeli, struck in March 2021 over pay; union said some earned under 3,000 lira a month
  7. Bialetti Moka Induction 4 cup (Myer) · search the archive · Bialetti moka pots are sold by Myer in Australia

Company details

Headquarters
Italy
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Bialetti ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/bialetti, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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