Palm oil scorecard - WWF

The 2024 WWF Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard evaluates the progress and performance of 285 major retailers and manufacturer companies, focusing on actions companies have taken to ensure their own palm oil supply chain is sustainable and free of deforestation, natural ecosystem conversion, and human rights abuse. This company failed to respond to WWF's requests for information.

Source: WWF Palm Oil Scorecard (2024)

Adverse reactions to eating Quorn

USA based Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has been campaigning against the sale of Quorn in the USA since 2002. By 2011 CSPI had received 1,700 reports of adverse reactions to eating Quorn, ranging from nausea to severe vomiting, diarrhoea, hives, and anaphylaxis. CSPI claims about 5% of adults who eat Quorn experience adverse reactions. Despite numerous complaints by CSPI to the US Food and Drug Administration, Quorn's main ingredient, mycoprotein, is still accepted as 'generally recognised as safe' by the FDA.

Source: CSPI (2011)

Misleading marketing

Quorn had numerous complaints filed against it for deceptive marketing in 2002. At the time Quorn was labelled as 'mushroom based'. Quorn is made of mycoprotein, a vat-grown mould that is not a type of mushroom at all. Scientists also expressed concerns that mycoprotein was not adequately tested, and that it could cause allergic reactions in some people.

Source: news article (2002)

Protein Challenge 2040 member

This company is a member of The Protein Challenge 2040, a global coalition exploring how we feed nine billion people enough protein in a way which is affordable, healthy and good for the environment.

Source: Forum for the Future (2016)

Product carbon footprint label

This company has products that are certified by the Carbon Trust, signifying that the carbon footprint of selected products has been measured, managed and reduced. A life cycle product carbon footprint is determined by calculating the total greenhouse gas emissions generated by a product, from extraction of raw-materials, to end-of-life.

Source: Carbon Trust (2021)

VegSoc approved products

This company has products which carry the Vegetarian Society Seeding Symbol, the only legally registered trademark for vegetarian accreditation.

Source: VegSoc (2019)

Non-GMO products in USA

This company has products that have been verified as compliant with the Non-GMO Project Standard, North America's only independent verification for products made according to best practices for GMO avoidance.

Source: Non-GMO Project (2021)

How2Recycle member

This company is a member of How2Recycle. The How2Recycle Label is a voluntary, standardized labeling system that clearly communicates recycling instructions to the public. It involves a coalition of forward thinking brands who want their packaging to be recycled and are empowering consumers through smart packaging labels. Companies must be a member of the program to use the How2Recycle Label.

Source: How2Recycle (2023)

Modern Slavery statement

California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.

Source: company website (2018)

Labour dispute in the Philippines

In 2018 members of Monde Nissin Labor Association built a protest camp outside one of this company's manufacturing plants in the Philippines, demanding the regularization of employees and reinstatement of dismissed workers.

Source: Bulatlat (2018)

Sustainability claims

This company has a number of Sustainability claims on its website. Follow the link for details.

Source: company website (2021)