Coffee: 4 companies
Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank How grades are decided
Ranked by grade, best first. How we rank
Good first, then On Track, then the two poor grades. Within a grade, stronger evidence, fewer problems and lower-risk countries come first, and stars move Good companies up. How grades are decided
115 brands rated so far in Coffee. The main supermarket and capsule brands, the big café chains and a selection of specialty roasters, many of them Australian. Read the Coffee guide for what goes wrong in the industry and what earns each grade. Missing one? Ask us to research it.
Grade
Any grade 41Carte NoireChild labour, last recorded in 2021 · CoffeeFrench ground coffee and capsulesHas recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.Harm on recordPartly verified2LavazzaForced and child labour, last recorded in 2021 · CoffeeItalian coffee beans and capsulesHas recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.Harm on recordPartly verified3NespressoForced labour, last recorded in 2023 · CoffeeCoffee capsules and machinesHas recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.Harm on recordPartly verified4StarbucksForced and child labour, last recorded in 2022 · CoffeeCoffee chain and packaged coffeeHas recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.Harm on recordPartly verified
- Good and goes above and beyond (3 to 6 stars)
- Best available: the strongest in a category with no Good brand yet
- Est. = estimated, nothing found about the company itself
- * = self-reported