How ethical is St Helen’s Farm?
St Helen’s Farm produces goat’s milk yoghurt and has a below-benchmark score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Yoghurt Ratings Table. Although St Helen’s Farm has not yet met our ethical benchmark, we hope to see the brand make progress in the future.
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What does St Helen’s Farm do?
St Helen’s Farm is a family owned business which makes goat products. These include butter, milk, cheese and yoghurt.
In which areas does St Helen’s Farm perform poorly?
St Helen’s Farm receives a bottom rating for our Organic and Vegetarian criteria due to a lack of certification.
Past Criticisms of St Helen’s Farm’s record
In 2022 St Helen’s Farm was fined for safety breaches following the death of a farm worker at one of its farms in 2018.
In which areas does St Helen’s Farm score well for its ethics?
We found no public record criticisms of St Helen’s Farm relating to Fossil Fuels, Political Donations or Armaments, so it scores well for these criteria. We found no criticisms relating to GM, and St Helen’s Farm does not have a statement about them, so the brand is awarded a middle rating for GMOs.
How can St Helen’s Farm improve its ethical rating?
The below-benchmark score that St Helen’s Farm is awarded with on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Yoghurt Ratings Table is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria.
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Ethical performance in category
GSG score
GSG category benchmark
Ethical Rating
Environment
-
Environmental Report
Good
-
Genetic Modification
Acceptable
-
Organic
Poor
-
Fossil Fuels
Good
Animal
-
Animal Welfare
Good
-
Vegetarian/Vegan Verified
Poor
People
-
Armaments
Good
-
Political Donations
Good
Other
-
Ethical Accreditation
Poor
-
Public Record Criticisms
Acceptable
= GSG Top Rating = GSG Middle Rating = GSG Bottom Rating