Labour Lens

Beans & roasters: 105 companies

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.

61Jed's Coffee CoNo living wage evidence · CoffeeSupermarket coffee beans and bagsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified62Juan Valdez CaféNo living wage evidence · CoffeeColombian coffee shops and packaged coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified63Julius MeinlNo living wage evidence · CoffeeViennese coffee beans and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified64KencoNo living wage evidence · CoffeeInstant and ground coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified65KimboNo living wage evidence · CoffeeNeapolitan espresso coffee and capsulesShows little about where or how its products are made.Lacks transparencyLittle disclosed66La ColombeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeUS coffee roaster and canned lattesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified67MelittaNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee, filter papers and machinesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified68Merlo CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeBrisbane coffee roaster and cafesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified69MocconaNo living wage evidence · CoffeeInstant coffee and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified70Mocopan CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee beans and ground coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified71Padre CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeSpecialty coffee roaster and cafesShows little about where or how its products are made.Lacks transparencyLittle disclosed72PauligNo living wage evidence · CoffeeGround and whole bean coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified73Peet's CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee beans, pods and cafesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified74Pellini CaffèNo living wage evidence · CoffeeItalian coffee beans and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified75Robert Harris CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeNZ café chain and packaged coffeeShows little about where or how its products are made.Lacks transparencyLittle disclosed76SaquellaNo living wage evidence · CoffeeItalian espresso beans and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified77Segafredo ZanettiNo living wage evidence · CoffeeItalian espresso beans and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified78Square Mile Coffee RoastersNo living wage evidence · CoffeeSpecialty roasted coffee beansPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified79The Coffee ClubNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCafé chain and coffee blendsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified80Tim HortonsNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee chain and packaged coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly 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