Hausbrandt
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 3 sources
Italian coffee roaster selling espresso blends, pods and capsules.
There's no proof the people who grow its coffee earn more than the legal minimum, which in Brazil is below a living wage, and Hausbrandt has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 5 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 2 red flags: no evidence of a living wage and a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- 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 5
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsSome of its coffee is grown in countries such as Colombia and Honduras, 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
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, partly in countries with poor worker rights
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Hausbrandt's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.
- A product carrying the Fairtrade mark: Good
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Where its coffee is grown
Hausbrandt names some of the countries its coffee comes from: Brazil, Colombia and Honduras. The rest is shown as where coffee is usually grown.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Systematic violations | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Colombia | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Honduras | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndonesiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| EthiopiaUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| PeruUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| UgandaUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| GuatemalaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: coffee is on the US Department of Labor child or forced labour list for over a dozen countries, and farm-gate prices often fall below a living income.
Research notes Hausbrandt names Colombia, Honduras and Brazil only for its single-origin line; the origins of its main blends, which make up most of the roughly 7,000 tonnes it roasts each year, are not disclosed, and no source gives a split, so no shares are shown. It sells some organic blends but publishes no certification share, supplier code, farm audits, human rights due diligence or wage information. Hausbrandt is separate from Massimo Zanetti's Segafredo group.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Fairtrade (incl. FLOCERT and Fairtrade ANZ) | Not listed | No Fairtrade-certified Hausbrandt coffee was found. View |
| US Department of Labor goods lists | Listed | Coffee from Brazil is listed for child and forced labour, and coffee from Colombia and Honduras for child labour. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Unclear | No allegations naming Hausbrandt were found. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 3
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- Arianna Zanetti: «Portiamo la qualità di Hausbrandt nelle case degli italiani» (Il NordEst, 2026) · search the archive · Single origins from Colombia, Honduras and Brazil; organic blends; EUR 105.5m revenue in 2025; Zanetti family; main export markets
- Gruppo Hausbrandt (Forbes Italia, 2026) · search the archive · Owned by Martino Zanetti's group with Theresianer, Col Sandago; Arianna Zanetti CEO; over 7,000 tonnes a year; 95 countries
- Hausbrandt - roastmarket · search the archive · Blends use coffees from different origin countries depending on the blend, not named
Company details
- Headquarters
- Italy
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Hausbrandt ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/hausbrandt, 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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