Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Marston's PLC is a pub operator and brewer, not a financial services company. Consequently, most KPIs related to financial products, lending, or deposit services are not applicable, resulting in a score of 0 where the rubric provides an 'not applicable' tier. While Marston's was found to be in breach of the Pubs Code by misrepresenting beer volumes in casks, leading to publicans (business partners) paying for unsaleable sediment (Article 1), this pertains to business-to-business practices rather than consumer financial products or fees. The company offers a franchise model designed to generate higher profits for licensees (Article 2) and has committed to gifting £430,000 of Apprenticeship Levy to Pub Partners for employee development

. However, these initiatives are for business partners and employees, not direct wealth-building outcomes for customers in the financial sense. Marston's provides free independent financial health advice for employees (Article 0) and offers employee training (Article 2), but these are not customer-facing financial literacy programs. The company's diversity and inclusion initiatives (e.g., Excel program for ex-offenders, Lock Inn Kitchen Academy for prisoners, Women in Leadership) (Articles 0, 4, 5) are employment and HR-focused, not related to financial inclusion through lending or insurance products. For all other KPIs, the company's operations fall outside the scope of financial services, resulting in a score of 0.

Kind to Animals

Marston's sources 91% of eggs used in its products from cage-free systems, with all shell eggs being cage-free since early 2019.

The company has committed to redevelop all own-brand products using eggs as an ingredient to be cage-free by the end of 2025. Marston's has a policy that prohibits any of its products or ingredients from being tested on animals, and requires suppliers to verify this through their own supply chain management processes. As the company does not have animal agriculture operations under its direct control, the animal agriculture ethics KPI is not applicable.

No War, No Weapons

The company's core business as a pub operator and brewer has no direct involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, or conflict facilitation. This is reflected in the absence of evidence for revenue from arms contracts, dual-use technology with military applications, sales to embargoed regimes, defense-related board oversight, exports requiring end-user certificates, defense lobbying, Arms Trade Treaty compliance, AI with military uses, surveillance contracts, weapons red lines, exposure to controversial weapons, war-risk audits, conflict-partner reviews, defense divestment, conflict minerals, peace technology investment, or procurement from conflict zones. The company demonstrates strong ethical procurement practices, adhering to humanitarian standards through its Supplier & Licensee Code of Conduct, Procurement Policy, and Food Supplier Charter. It is a signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2008

and aligns with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, with salient human rights risks identified and refreshed annually with external expert Shift. Human rights due diligence in the supply chain includes quarterly reviews of supply chain due diligence and risk. No percentage compliance rate for ethical red lines is provided.