Labour Lens

Degrenne

Lacks transparency

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

Homewares, furniture & appliances

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources

French tableware company selling cutlery, porcelain and glassware.

We couldn't confirm where it makes the rest, and most homewares and appliances are made in countries such as China and Vietnam, where the legal minimum is below a living wage.

See better cookware and tableware options

Know something we've missed? Send evidence. Represent Degrenne? Send a right of reply.

Compare Degrenne with another brand

Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 2 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 2 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as China and India, 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
  • Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
  • 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: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

Degrenne names some of the countries it makes in: France and Hungary. 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
ChinaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
FranceRegular violationsAbout a living wageLow
HungarySystematic violationsClose to 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.

Research notes Degrenne makes its stainless steel cutlery at its own factory in Vire, Normandy (about 300 staff), Limoges porcelain in France and some porcelain and stoneware ranges at its manufacture in Hungary. It also says the products it sells are of mixed origin, made in France and abroad, without naming the other countries or giving shares. It has a supplier charter, but publishes no supplier list, audit results or wage information. No labour issues were found.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportNot coveredNot assessed in Baptist World Aid's Ethical Fashion or Electronics reports, which do not cover tableware brands. View

Sources and actions

Sources 5

Show all 5 sources
  1. Degrenne, l'acier fait de la résistance (Gault&Millau) · search the archive · Vire factory with about 300 staff and 53 presses; Philippe Spruch majority shareholder since 2014
  2. Degrenne (France Éclat) · search the archive · Cutlery made in Vire; Limoges porcelain made in its manufacture; Bahia and Cocotte ranges made in its manufacture in Hungary
  3. Degrenne (Marques de France) · search the archive · Sites in Vire and near Limoges; products sold are of mixed origin, made in France and abroad
  4. Degrenne (Businesscoot) · search the archive · Diversita, Philippe Spruch's holding, owns over 90% of Degrenne

Published by Degrenne or its owner

  1. Degrenne official site · search the archive · Euro-priced French online shop; Vire manufactory; supplier charter; no Australian stockists or delivery listed

Company details

Headquarters
France
Employees
About 300
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Degrenne ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/degrenne, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

Better-graded cookware and tableware

Mud AustraliaHomewares, furniture & appliancesHandmade porcelain tablewareMakes its products in its own factories in Australia, where legal wages are close to a living wage.GoodPartly verifiedBormioli RoccoHomewares, furniture & appliancesItalian glass tableware and storage jarsMakes its products in its own factories in Italy, where legal wages are close to a living wage.GoodGoes Above and Beyond: Open supply chain3 starsRosenthalMissing: where its earlier stages happen · Homewares, furniture & appliancesGerman porcelain dinnerware and giftsPays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.On TrackPartly verified

See every cookware and tableware brand

Something missing or wrong?

Grades are opinions based on the evidence listed here. Send us evidence, or a right of reply if you represent Degrenne.

Send evidenceSend a right of reply