The categories represent the areas we believe are most important to help consumers make informed, ethical choices.
We are almost finished updating our rating system.
Most guides now use new categories, while some still use the old ones.
The score tables in each new guide will always include categories on Climate, Tax and Company Ethos and bespoke columns depending on the market — for example, a Materials column in a clothing guide.
A story outlines exactly how we have rated each company for a specific set of criteria. You can see the category scores at a glance in the magazine version of the tables.
How are scores calculated in the old system?
The scoring is based on 300 categories in 5 main areas:
- animals
- environment
- people
- politics
- product sustainability.
If there is no category heading it means that there are no stories in that category for that brand.
See a full explanation about our Ratings and Categories here.