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Suma

How ethical is Suma?

Suma is included in The Good Shopping Guide’s Soup Ethical Ratings Table. In our Ratings Table, the brand obtains a satisfactory Good Shopping Guide ethical score and thereby passes our ethical criteria as a good ethical brand. We encourage other Soup companies to follow Suma’s lead and implement more ethical rules and procedures.

Are you interested in seeing how Suma rates against other brands within the Ethical Soup Sector? Visit the Soup Ethical Ratings Table. From The Good Shopping Guide’s Ratings Tables, you can learn more about the criteria that our top-rated brands have fulfilled.

What does Suma do?

Suma is a wholefood collective that began in 1977. Suma now delivers over 7000 vegetarian, natural and responsibly sourced products to businesses in the UK and Internationally. The brand sells a large range of products such as soup, baking items, cereal, coffee, milk alternatives and many more. The brands range of soups include Tomato, Tuscan bran, Rustic Vegetable and Spicy Lentil soup as well as many more.

In what areas does Suma perform well?

Suma excels in a variety of business sectors. The business also emphasises being a co-op, which ensures that all employees have equal pay and a voice. As a result, the company has achieved a top rating in our Ethical Innovator criterion.

Suma is vegan, plant-based and cruelty-free, and therefore receives a top rating in the Animal Welfare and Vegetarian/vegan categories.

How could Suma rate higher on our Soup Ethical Ratings Table? 

Suma is eligible for Ethical Accreditation due to its satisfactory score, this is examined by looking at The Environment, Animals and People within a company and how much the brand considers this. Learn more about how we rate.

Ethical Accreditation boosts customer trust in a brand and serves as a certification for businesses to demonstrate that they meet an ethical standard.

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Ethical performance in category

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GSG score

98
72

GSG category benchmark

100

Ethical Rating

Environment

  • Environmental Report

    Good

  • Genetic Modification

    Good

  • Organic

    Good

  • Nuclear Power

    Good

  • Fossil Fuels

    Good

Animal

  • Animal Welfare

    Good

  • Vegetarian/Vegan Verified

    Good

People

  • Armaments

    Good

  • Political Donations

    Good

Other

  • Ethical Accreditation

    Poor

  • Public Record Criticisms

    Good

  • Ethical Innovator

    Good

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