Volvic

How ethical and sustainable is Volvic? 

Volvic is a bottled water brand featured on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Bottled Water Ratings Table. Volvic does not reach our Ethical Benchmark to be considered a good, ethical brand and we hope that the brand will make the necessary changes to operate as a more ethical company.

Visit The Good Shopping Guide to Ethical Bottled Water for additional details regarding the value of ethical plastic bottles and bottled water. Compare it to other products in our table of Ethical Bottled Water.

What does Volvic do?

Volvic water sells a range of natural mineral waters including water-based flavoured drinks. Volvic also released a reusable water bottle in 2020 to support access to safe drinking water in Nigeria. Its history began in 1889 as M. Legay-Chevalier undertook the first water research on the Volvic site. Volvic became a part of the Danone group in 1993.

For which criteria does Volvic perform poorly? 

Poor ratings were given to Volvic’s Public Record Criticisms due to its parent company, Danone, having ‘Public Record Criticisms +’ status meaning they have over five valid criticisms in the past five years. Such criticisms include misleading recycling claims on packaging, which you can read about here.

In what areas does Volvic score well for its ethics?
Volvic has not been found to invest in Fossil Fuels, and therefore does not financially benefit from this destructive industry.