Waitrose

How ethical is Waitrose?

Waitrose is a British supermarket brand which sells bananas sourced from Ecuador. Waitrose has been given a below-benchmark score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Bananas Ratings Table. Although it has not yet met our ethical benchmark, we hope to see Waitrose make progress in future.

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In which areas does Waitrose score well for its ethics?

Waitrose is given a top rating for our Organic and Fair Trade criteria as its bananas are 100% Fairtrade and Soil Association certified. It also gets a top score for its Environmental Report which contains lots of targets. We found no criticisms of Waitrose relating to; GM, Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels, Animal Welfare, Political Donations or Armaments, so it scores well for these criteria.

How can Waitrose improve its ethical rating?

The below-benchmark score that Waitrose is awarded is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria.

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