Harvey Beef
Beef producer and exporter
Founded in 1919. Western Australia's largest beef producer. Owned by private equity firm Harmony Capital Management from 2006 to 2014, before being bought by WA mining billionaire Andrew Forrest through his Minderoo Group (renamed Tattarang in 2020).

Overall

Owned AUS
Rating C
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Company Ownership

Harvey Industries Group Pty Ltd
AUS
Harvest Road Group
owns 100% of Harvey Industries Group Pty Ltd
AUS
Agricultural investment
Western Australian agribusiness operating in three areas: beef, aquaculture and horticulture.
Tattarang Pty Ltd
owns 100% of Harvest Road Group
AUS
Holding company
Holding company for the Forrest family's private business interests. Their investment portfolio spans across agri-food, energy, resources, property, hospitality, sport and entertainment. Formerly known as Minderoo Group.

Company Assessment

(Last updated Jun 2024)
Harvey Industries Group Pty Ltd
Praise
4/5 for packaging performance
This company received a packaging performance level of 4 (Leading) in its 2024 APCO Annual Report. Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia. Each year, APCO Members are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and Action Plan, which includes an overall performance level from 1 (Getting Started) to 5 (Beyond Best Practice).
Source: APCO (2024)
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Organic products
Company retails, manufactures or distributes products that are certified organic under the Australian Certified Organic label.
Source: ACO (2022)
Harvest Road Group
Criticism
Feedlot operations
This company runs Western Australia's largest feedlot. A feedlot is an intensive confinement animal feeding operation (CAFO) for cattle, much like a factory for 'battery chickens'. Each animal has 5 to 10 square metres of space in a pen of 50 to 200 cattle. The cattle are forced to stand and sleep in their own dung and urine, and endure extremes of weather (especially heat). Close confinement means a much higher risk of disease so antibiotic drugs are routinely used. Grain feed commonly causes their digestive systems to be acidic. Cattle spend up to a year in feedlots, where they are fattened up before slaughter.
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Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website that all their food is 100% traceable, sustainable and ethically produced.
Tattarang Pty Ltd
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Giving Pledge signatory
In February 2013, Andrew and Nicola Forrest were the first Australasian signatories to join the Giving Pledge - a commitment by some of the world's wealthiest individuals and families to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. The campaign has founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2009. The pledge is a moral commitment to give, not a legal contract.
Minderoo Foundation
Minderoo Foundation is independent, forward thinking and seeks effective, scalable solutions. Based in Australia, they are one of Asia's largest philanthropies, with $2 billion committed to a range of global initiatives.
Climate policy claims
This company has a climate policy on its website which claims to be assessing emissions from investments, activities and operations to provide data for action.
Modern Slavery disclosure quality
Human Rights Law Centre's 2022 report, "Broken Promises: Two years of corporate reporting under Australia's Modern Slavery Act", examines statements submitted to the Government's Modern Slavery Register by 92 companies sourcing from four sectors with known risks of modern slavery: garments from China, rubber gloves from Malaysia, seafood from Thailand and fresh produce from Australia. Modern slavery statements are analysed to see if they comply with the mandatory reporting requirements, identify or disclose obvious modern slavery risks, and demonstrate effective actions to address risks. This company's modern slavery disclosure statement received a rating in the 41-60% range. The average score was 44% and the highest score was 89%.
Live export aspirations
A spokesman from this company said in 2014 that Minderoo "would also like to expand into the live export trade, but was mindful of animal welfare concerns."
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Company Details

Type:
Wholly-owned subsidiary
Revenue:
145 million AUD (2012)
Employees:
300 (2012)

Contact Details

Address:
Seventh St, Harvey, WA, 6220, Australia
Phone:
08 9729 0000
Website:
www.harveybeef.com.au

Products / Brands

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