Johnstone’s

How ethical is Johnstone’s?

Johnstone’s is a brand of trade paint, woodcare products and other material coatings. The brand is a part of PPG Industries.

Johnstone’s has been given a below-benchmark score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Paint Ratings Table. Although it has not yet met our ethical benchmark, we hope to see Johnstone’s make progress in future.

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In which areas does Johnstone’s perform poorly?

Johnstone’s is given a bottom rating for our Nuclear Power and Fossil Fuels criteria as PPG Industries provides products to these industries. It also gets a bottom score for Animal Welfare as it does test on animals ‘when required by law’ and a middle rating for Armaments as PPG produces coatings used in the aerospace military. Find out more about how we rate by exploring our ethical criteria.

In which areas does Johnstone’s score well for its ethics?

Johnstone’s gets a top score for its Environmental Report as parent company, PPG Industries, has an ESG Report 2021 with targets and evidence of progress.

How can Johnstone’s improve its ethical rating?

The below-benchmark score that Johnstone’s is awarded is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria. To reach our minimum benchmark score and qualify for Ethical Accreditation, Johnstone’s has some issues to resolve including its use of animal testing.

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