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Batchelors

Is Batchelors an ethical and sustainable soup brand? 

Founded in Sheffield, Batchelors is a well-known UK soup brand. Unfortunately, Batchelors does not reach the minimum ethical benchmark within The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Soup sector and cannot yet be classed as an ethical soup brand.

Are you interested in finding out how other brands rank against Batchelors within the Ethical Soup sector? Have a look at the Soup Ethical Ratings Table. The Good Shopping Guide’s Ratings Tables can help you to gain further insight into the criteria that a brand needs to fulfil to be awarded with a top score.

The Good Shopping Guide suggests that all brands begin introducing more ethical and sustainable policies like our top-rated brands.

In which areas does Batchelors score well?

Batchelors’ parent company Premier Foods has an ESG Strategy Overview, which contains several environmental targets that demonstrate its commitment to improving its environmental record. As a result, Batchelors receives a top rating in the Environmental Report category.

In which areas does Batchelors score poorly?

Unfortunately, Batchelors receives a bottom rating for our Organic category, as it does not have any organic-certified products.

Additionally, the company receives a middle rating for Vegetarian/vegan category, as although it has products labelled as ‘suitable for vegetarians’, it does not have independent certification to verify this.

What can Batchelors do to improve its score? 

The below benchmark score that Batchelors receives on The Good Shopping Guide’s Soup Ethical Ratings Table is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria.

To improve its overall GSG score, Batchelors should improve in the areas of Organic, Vegetarian/vegan and Public Record Criticisms.

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Ethical performance in category

0

GSG score

71
72

GSG category benchmark

100

Ethical Rating

Environment

  • Environmental Report

    Good

  • Genetic Modification

    Good

  • Organic

    Poor

  • Nuclear Power

    Good

  • Fossil Fuels

    Good

Animal

  • Animal Welfare

    Good

  • Vegetarian/Vegan Verified

    Acceptable

People

  • Armaments

    Good

  • Political Donations

    Good

Other

  • Ethical Accreditation

    Poor

  • Public Record Criticisms

    Acceptable

= GSG Top Rating = GSG Middle Rating = GSG Bottom Rating