Good Companies Directory
Good Companies Directory turns evidence about ownership, governance, extraction, labor, and harm into one public score.
worker-owned community-supported kitchen
A Berkeley worker-owned community-supported kitchen selling nutrient-dense prepared foods for pickup and delivery. Three Stone Hearth scores very high because prepared food is tied to worker ownership, local kitchen accountability, ecological practice, and a community-supported model rather than a national subscription funnel.
employee-owned organic food company
An employee-owned organic vegetable-box and food company, with organic sourcing, founder-to-employee ownership transfer, and farming footprint questions. Riverford Organic Farmers scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and the model leaves more value with stakeholders, though toxic or materially harmful products still limit the evaluation.
retailer-owned grocery cooperative
A retailer-owned grocery cooperative behind ShopRite and other supermarket banners, giving independent grocers shared buying and distribution power. Wakefern Food Corp / ShopRite scores well because the model leaves more value with stakeholders and ownership is comparatively aligned, and no current penalty outweighs that structure.
pladis / Yildiz-owned premium chocolate brand
A premium chocolate brand now in the pladis portfolio, selling boxed chocolates, truffles, chocolate gifts, biscuits, and related confectionery. Godiva scores low because luxury branding does not offset conglomerate control, sugar-heavy products, cocoa and dairy supply-chain burdens, and limited public accountability.
public company
A public global food and beverage company with infant-nutrition conduct, cocoa child-labor risk, water extraction, packaging, and nutrition concerns. Nestlé scores low because of documented human harm, ecological harm, and person-dependent governance, with centralized governance and weak stakeholder ownership reinforcing the negative evaluation.
Purpose
For deciding where to buy, work, fund, rely, and organize.
Every listing gets a score, grade, badge, confidence label, and evidence trail.
Ownership, governance, labor, exit treatment, market conduct, scale, and harm all count.
Good conduct matters most when the rules make it durable.
Companies, co-ops, nonprofits, open-source projects, movements, public leaders, and other groups can be compared by the same power lens.
What Makes This Different
We apply one moral stance consistently to every company, across structure, conduct, and harm.
Who has power sets the ceiling; good conduct cannot outrun bad ownership or governance.
Charity, branding, and public image do not make serious harm disappear.
Virtue that depends on current leaders or culture is discounted; durable constraints count more.
We ask how people are treated when they leave or are not hired, not only while they are useful.
Co-ops, nonprofits, open-source projects, movements, governments, public leaders, and firms can be compared by the same power lens.
Use
A high score is not sainthood. A low score is not a substitute for judgment. The point is to make structure, harm, and tradeoffs visible enough to act on.
Research
Company-specific evidence belongs on company pages. Missing listings belong on the directory. Broader batches belong under Research Missions.