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Little Valley

Is Little Valley an ethical beer, lager and cider brand?

Within The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Beer, Lager and Cider sector, Little Valley is an above-benchmark brand due to its high score.

As a result, it is one of The Good Shopping Guide’s most ethical brands of beer and is eligible for Ethical Accreditation. In order to be awarded with our Ethical Mark, all Little Valley needs to do is apply so that we can provide it with an assessment and some tips on how to make some minor improvements.

To see how other brands within the Ethical Beer, Lager and Cider sector rank against Little Valley, you can visit the Beer, Lager and Cider Ethical Ratings Table. The Good Shopping Guide’s Ratings Table can help you to find out more about the criteria that a brand has to meet to reach our minimum Ethical Benchmark.

All brands are encouraged to follow in the footsteps of our top-rated companies and incorporate more ethical practices.

What makes Little Valley one of our most ethical beer brands?

Little Valley receives a top score from The Good Shopping Guide for our Organic and Genetic Modification research categories. Little Valley is 100% Organic, (which also rules out any Genetic Modification by the brand) and is certified by the Soil Association.

What does Little Valley receive a bottom rating for?

Unfortunately, Little Valley receives a bottom rating for our Environmental Report category. Other than mentioning being organic and vegan, no other environmental information was found.

What can Little Valley do to improve its score? 

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

We recommend that Little Valley improves upon its bottom score for our Environmental Report category to see its position rise higher on the Beer, Lager and Cider Ethical Ratings Table. However, as it already has an above-benchmark score in the Ethical Beer, Lager and Cider sector, all Little Valley needs to do to receive our logo is apply for Ethical Accreditation. If it applied, The Good Shopping Guide would give Little Valley some tips on how to work on its bottom scores before awarding it with our ethics and sustainability certification.

Your Beer, Lager and Cider could brand benefit from Ethical Accreditation. The Good Shopping Guide’s Ratings Tables can show you which other brands within the Ethical Beer, Lager and Cider sector proudly display our ethics and sustainability certification. If you would like some more information on Ethical Accreditation, please get in touch or fill out a rapid initial sustainability assessment form to get your certification process started.

Ethical performance in category

0

GSG score

90
63

GSG category benchmark

100

Ethical Rating

Environment

  • Environmental Report

    Poor

  • 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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