Labour Lens

Fissler

On Track

On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.

Homewares, furniture & appliances

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources

Family-owned German maker of stainless pots and pressure cookers.

Fissler makes its pressure cookers, pots and pans in its own factories in Germany, where labour laws are strong and 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 Germany are about a living wage, not checked at the company
  • Met: Respects worker rights
  • Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standardsPresumed from where it's made, not audited
  • Not met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneA "Made in" claim can cover only the final stage. Earlier stages to show: materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics
  • 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:
StarAwarded for
Open supply chain

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Where it's made

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

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
GermanyStrong protectionsAbout 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
  • "Made in Germany" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good. Source

Research notes Fissler says its cookware is made in its own production facilities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, including a pan-coating plant in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, and Australian listings give Germany as the country of origin. Some accessories such as woks are reported by buyers to be made in China, but the company names no other production countries. Fissler publishes no supplier list, supplier code, audit results or living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportNot coveredBaptist World Aid does not rate cookware brands. View

Sources and actions

Sources 5

Show all 5 sources
  1. Fissler Vitavit Premium pressure cooker (Appliances Online) · search the archive · Country of origin listed as Germany
  2. Fissler Vitavit steamer inset (BuyWisely) · search the archive · Sold online in Australia by Amazon AU, Appliances Online and Myer

Published by Fissler or its owner

  1. Fissler: Made in Germany · search the archive · Cookware made in Germany in own production facilities in Rhineland-Palatinate
  2. Fissler: About us · search the archive · Family business in sixth generation, founded 1845 in Idar-Oberstein
  3. Fissler focuses on water-based coatings (press release) · search the archive · Production site in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach; non-stick pans and woks made in Germany

Company details

Headquarters
Germany
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Fissler ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/fissler, 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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