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Type in the name of a company or brand to find it in our database.
There may be many results, including subsidiary or parent companies. The most relevant ones will display first.
If there are no results, try the Story Search tool. If that produces no results, it is likely that we hold no data on the company in question. We can conduct bespoke research via our Company Screenings service.
Detailed information about a company or brand
If you click on the company name, you will be directed to a company details page, where you will be able to see more information about the company.
Brands don’t have their own pages: information on brands can be seen on the company details page for the company that owns the brand.
Ethiscore
The Ethiscore is our own scoring system - a rating out of 100 that we give to companies and brands.
The higher the score, the more ethical the company.
It indicates the severity and/or quantity of ethical criticisms found on an organisation in the last 5 years. The more stories and criticisms there are, the more likely the company will receive a lower score.
How scores are calculated
We are currently updating our scoring system.
Going forward companies will be rated using this new system, but some companies are still rated using the old system.
Regardless of which system is used all companies and brands are now scored out of 100.
The new system
In the new system, companies and brands start with 0 marks and gain or lose marks depending on their policies and practices.
Each company will be rated on Climate, Workers, Animals, Tax and Company Ethos and bespoke categories depending on the markets in which they operate — for example, a Materials category for companies in the clothing sector.
The old system
For companies still scored under the old system, the score displays out of 100, but this will be a percentage score based on its raw score out of 15.
In the old system, we used a negative-based scoring system where a company starts with 14 and then gets marks taken away for unethical practices.
Companies can score 1 positive mark under Company Ethos if they commit to certain things (e.g., all products are Fairtrade or vegan) across their whole company group or if they have a positive trading structure (e.g., is a co-operative).
The scoring is based on five criteria: Environment, People, Politics, Animals and Product Sustainability. Under these categories, 19 sub-categories, are divided into 300 topics. See all the categories here.
We rate companies, brands, and products based on the brand owner, known as the ultimate holding company (UHC). This reflects the fact that the UHC ultimately has power over a subsidiary company's actions.
We are rating companies every day, and scores update every 24 hours.
Company type
UHC indicates the ultimate holding company, at the top of the corporate structure.
Subsidiary Company indicates that the company is majority owned by one or more UHCs.
Brand indicates a brand that is owned by one or more companies.
If you have questions or need further help please contact Alex on 0161 226 2929, or email database@ethicalconsumer.org