Canon

Is Canon an ethical printer brand?

Within The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Printers, Scanners & All In Ones sector, Canon is a below-benchmark brand due to its low score.

To find out how other brands within the Ethical Printers, Scanners & All In Ones sector compare against Canon, you can visit the Printers, Scanners & All In Ones Ethical Ratings Table. Our Ratings Table can help you to find out more about the criteria that a brand has to meet to achieve meeting our minimum Ethical Benchmark.

The Good Shopping Guide encourages all brands to follow the example set by our top-rated brands and introduce more sustainable policies before applying for Ethical Accreditation.

What does Canon receive a top rating for?

Canon receives a top score in our Animal Welfare category. Additionally, high ratings were awarded for its Code of Conduct, Conflict Minerals statement and Eco Labels.

What does Canon receive a bottom rating for?

Unfortunately, Canon receives a bottom rating for Human Rights due to allegations of forced labour in Taiwan. As well as this, Canon has received numerous low scores from KnowTheChain, which addresses forced labour in global supply chains.

What can Canon do to improve its score? 

Canon’s score within The Good Shopping Guide is the result of a calculation of multiple ethical criteria.

Improving its approach to Human Rights and forced labour would be an excellent start, but Canon must also address its low scores for Political Donations and Armaments if it wants to see itself rise up the Ethical Printers, Scanners & All-In-Ones Ratings Table.

Could Ethical Accreditation help your brand of printers, scanners, and all-in-ones? The Ethical Printers, Scanners & All-In-Ones Ratings Table in The Good Shopping Guide can show you which other products have earned our ethical and sustainability accreditation. Please get in touch with us or complete a short initial evaluation form if you’d like further information.