How ethical is Jordans?
Jordans is a breakfast cereals brand which has a below-benchmark score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Breakfast Cereals Ratings Table. Although Jordans has not yet met our ethical benchmark, we hope to see the brand make progress in the future.
What does Jordans do?
Jordans was started in 1855 as a flour mill in Bedfordshire. In 1972 it started producing granola, which they had discovered whilst in California, and Jordans Cereals was created.
In which areas does Jordans perform poorly?
Jordans was marked down under our criteria for GM as parent company, Associated British Foods, confirms use of GMOs in some cases. Find out more about how we rate by exploring our ethical criteria.
In which areas does Jordans score well for its ethics?
Jordans’ parent company, Associated British Foods, has a number of documents containing targets including packaging, carbon emissions and responsible sourcing, so Jordans gets a top rating for its Environmental Report. Jordans also scores well for our Organic criterion due to having products certified by The Soil Association.
We found no public record criticisms of Jordans relating to Fossil Fuels, Animal Welfare, Political Donations or Armaments so it scores well for these criteria.
How can Jordans improve its ethical rating?
The below-benchmark score that Jordans is awarded with on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Breakfast Cereals Ratings Table is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria.
To reach our minimum ethical benchmark and qualify for Ethical Accreditation, Jordans has some issues to resolve, including its use of GMOs.
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Ethical performance in category
GSG score
GSG category benchmark
Ethical Rating
Environment
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Environmental Report
Good
-
Genetic Modification
Poor
-
Organic
Good
-
Fossil Fuels
Good
-
Palm Oil Free
Poor
Animal
-
Animal Welfare
Good
People
-
Armaments
Good
-
Irresponsible Marketing
Good
-
Political Donations
Good
Other
-
Ethical Accreditation
Poor
-
Public Record Criticisms
Poor
-
Public Record Criticisms+
Poor
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