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.

81Trung Nguyên LegendNo living wage evidence · CoffeeVietnamese instant and ground coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified82UCCNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee, drip bags and canned coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified83Vittoria CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeAustralian coffee beans, capsules, instantPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified84BlendyNo living wage evidence · CoffeeJapanese instant and stick coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified85Byron Bay Coffee CompanyNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee beans and ground coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified86Café PilãoForced labour link, last recorded in 2018 · CoffeeGround coffee and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified87Caffè BorboneNo living wage evidence · CoffeeNeapolitan espresso capsules and beansPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified88DallmayrNo living wage evidence · CoffeeGerman roasted coffee and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified89Eight O'Clock CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeUS supermarket ground and bean coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified90GevaliaNo living wage evidence · CoffeeGround, bean and pod coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified91Grinders CoffeeNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee beans, ground coffee and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified92Kapal ApiNo living wage evidence · CoffeeGround and instant coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified93Maxwell HouseNo living wage evidence · CoffeeGround and instant coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified94OldTown White CoffeeForced labour link, last recorded in 2018 · CoffeeInstant 3-in-1 white coffee mixesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified95Piazza D'OroForced labour link, last recorded in 2018 · CoffeeCafé coffee blendsPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified96Robert TimmsNo living wage evidence · CoffeeSupermarket ground and instant coffeePublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified97TchiboNo living wage evidence · CoffeeCoffee beans, ground coffee and capsulesPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified98The Little MarionetteNo living wage evidence · CoffeeSpecialty coffee roaster, SydneyPublishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.Lacks transparencyPartly verified99illyForced labour, last recorded in 2021 · CoffeePremium espresso coffee and capsulesHas recent confirmed harm to workers that it hasn't put right.Harm on recordPartly verified100Carte 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 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