OPPO Australia
Mobile phones
Launched in Australia in 2014. OPPO is one of the world's largest smartphone brands.

Overall

Owned CHN
Rating F
About the Ratings

Company Ownership

OPPO Mobile Australia Pty Ltd
AUS
OPPO Electronics Corporation
owns 100% of OPPO Mobile Australia Pty Ltd
CHN
Electronics
Founded in 2004, the company designs, develops, manufactures and markets consumer electronics. It entered the smartphone market in 2008 and made its name selling phones in its retail network in rural China with 200,000 stores by 2016. From 2010 it expanded into South East Asia and India. In June 2016, ranked by shipments, it was the second largest smartphone company in China and in the top five globally.
BBK Electronic Corporation Ltd
owns 100% of OPPO Electronics Corporation
CHN
Consumer electronics
Founded by Duan Yong Ping in 1995, the company researches, develops, produces and sells consumer electronics. It has 10 hectares of manufacturing factories, 3 brands of smartphones (OPPO, Vivo and OnePlus) and a new brand IMOO which includes a phone watch for tracking children and a smart phone aimed as the education market. In May 2017, it was the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world with its OPPO and Vivo brands.

Company Assessment

(Last updated Jul 2024)
OPPO Mobile Australia Pty Ltd
Information
This company is a member of MobileMuster, Australia's only not-for-profit, Government accredited mobile recycling program, established and funded by the mobile phone industry since late 1998. The program adopts a product stewardship model based on circular economy principles where they promise to keep old mobiles and accessories out of landfill and recycle them in a safe, secure and ethical way, placing reusable commodities back into the supply stream.
OPPO Electronics Corporation
Praise
In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change score of B-.
Source: CDP (2023)
Criticism
The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, clothing and automotive sectors, including brands owned by this company. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's 2020 report estimates (somewhat conservatively) that more than 80,000 Uyghurs were transferred out of Xinjiang to work in factories across China between 2017 and 2019, and some of them were sent directly from detention camps.
Source: ASPI (2020)
The Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI) evaluates consumer-facing companies that have a sizeable supply chain in China. The evaluation uses government supervision data and public information to assess the environmental management of their supply chains in China. This company received a score of 29.76/100 (retrieved 24 Nov 2023).
Source: IPE (2023)
In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to manage and govern freshwater resources. Responding companies are scored on six key metrics: transparency; governance & strategy; measuring & monitoring; risk assessment; targets & goals; and value chain engagement. This company received a CDP Water Security score of D.
Source: CDP (2023)
A 2023 report by China Labor Watch investigated labour conditions in China's consumer electronics sector using three stages of research: analysis of social media posts, case studies through online research, and in-person factory investigation. Labour abuses in factories supplying this company were identified in multiple social media posts. Labour abuses include excessive working hours, illegal use of student interns, wage theft and wage arrear, high labour intensity, workplace bullying and verbal abuse, deception, and sexual harassment.
In 2022 India's finance ministry, said that Oppo's India unit evaded customs duty of $550 million. The finance ministry said it found evidence that Oppo India "wilfully" wrongly declared description of certain items it imported in the nation, which allowed it to improperly avail duty exemption benefits of $374.3 million. Additionally, Oppo India also made royalty and licence fee payments of more than $176 million to other companies, including some in China, and did not disclose those transactions in the value of goods imported by them, violating the country's Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, the ministry added.
Information
This company received a grade of F in the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics (Oct 2017), which assesses companies from the electronics industry across three impact areas: energy use, resource consumption, and chemical elimination. Of the 17 companies ranked, this company came fifteenth. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
BBK Electronic Corporation Ltd
Criticism
The 2024 Social Benchmark assesses the world's 2,000 most influential companies on their responsibility in meeting society's fundamental expectations towards three measurement areas: respecting human rights, providing decent work, and acting ethically. This company was assessed in 2023 and received a score of 0/20. The average score was an alarmingly low 4.6/20 and the highest score was 15.5/20.
The 2023 Digital Inclusion Benchmark ranks 200 companies on their responsibility to advance a more inclusive digital society. The companies were assessed using four measurement areas: access, skills, use and innovation. This company ranked #198/200, with a total score of 0/100.
Information
Engineers from ifixit.com disassembled and analysed a range of smartphones, tablets and laptops, awarding each a repairability score between one and ten. Ten is the easiest to repair. A device with a perfect score will be relatively inexpensive to repair because it is easy to disassemble and has a service manual available. Points are docked based on the difficulty of opening the device, the types of fasteners found inside, and the complexity involved in replacing major components. Points are awarded for upgradability, use of non-proprietary tools for servicing, and component modularity. Smartphones released by this company between 2016 and 2018 scored between 5 and 7 points.

Company Details

Type:
Wholly-owned subsidiary

Contact Details

Address:
15 Talavera Rd, Macquarie Park, NSW, 2113, Australia
Phone:
1300 00 6776
Website:
www.oppo.com/au

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