Devialet
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources
Paris maker of premium audio, best known for Phantom speakers.
Until Devialet traces its cobalt, gold and tin to the mine, it can't show that the miners who dig them are safe or fairly paid.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace them.
- 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.
Good requirements 1 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 Malaysia, 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
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
Devialet names some of the countries it makes in: France. The rest is shown as where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChinaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| France | Regular violations | About a living wage | Low |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| TaiwanUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| MalaysiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South KoreaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Makes part of its range in its own factories
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Devialet assembles its flagship Phantom speakers in its own French factory, La Manufacture Devialet, and earlier products were built by a French contract maker in Normandy. It describes its range as made in France and abroad but does not say which products are made elsewhere, in which countries or by whom, so the French share is unknown. It publishes no supplier code, factory list, audit results or conflict minerals report.
What independent sources say
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Devialet unveils an ambitious new speaker (TechCrunch, 2018) · search the archive · Phantom Reactor made at a newly built Devialet factory in France
- Devialet unveils Phantom Ultimate (Signé Magazine) · search the archive · Phantom Ultimate assembled at La Manufacture Devialet, the company's own factory; designed in Paris
- Devialet (Marques de France) · search the archive · Flagship products invented, produced and assembled in France; overall origin mixed, made in France and abroad
- A voyage into the heart of French technological excellence (Stereo Times, 2014) · search the archive · Contract maker Seprolec in Vire, Normandy, built and assembled Devialet products in 2014
- Devialet (Wikipedia) · search the archive · Paris HQ, privately held; 2016 funding round with Foxconn, Renault, Sharp among investors
Published by Devialet or its owner
- Sydney Hi-Fi Mona Vale (Devialet store locator) · search the archive · Devialet stockist in Mona Vale, NSW
Company details
- Headquarters
- France
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Devialet ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/devialet, 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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