Workers rights in China

This 2007 investigative report by China Labour Watch reveals workers in Chinese factories endure low wages, no benefits, dangerous work environments and humiliating living conditions. [Listed under information due to age of report]

Source: China Labor Watch (2007)

Workers rights in China

This Dec 2008 report reveals how Hasbro toys are made under abusive sweatshop conditions at the Yongsheng factory in the south of China. Findings include: workers endure 13 ½-hour shifts seven days a week, anyone missing a single overtime shift is docked three days wages, workers are cheated of up to 36 percent of the wages legally due them, and horrible food and sleeping arrangements. [Listed under information due to age of report]

Source: Institute for Global Labour & Human Rights (2008)

Workers rights in China

This 2011 report by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights reveals how workers at a toy factory in China producing toys for Hasbro are housed in filthy, over-crowded dorms, infested with rats and bed bugs. Workers are also underpaid, endure endure excessive hours and three body-searches each day, and some are exposed to dangerous solvents. [Listed under Information due to age of report]

Source: Institute for Global Labour & Human Rights (2011)

Workers rights in China

This 2014 report by China Labour Watch investigates four Chinese factories supplying some of the largest toy brand companies in the world, including this one. The report reveals many labour violations in these factories, including long hours, excessive overtime, dangerous working conditions, low wages, and underpaid workers. [Listed under Information due to age of report]

Source: China Labor Watch (2014)

Workers rights in China

This 2015 investigative report by China Labour Watch found that poor working conditions in Chinese toy factories continue. This company was among those implicated in the report. Labor abuses such as low wages and excessive overtime are still widespread, with very little improvement in working conditions over time.

Source: China Labor Watch (2015)

Excessive CEO pay

As You Sow's 2022 report, 'The 100 Most Overpaid CEOs', reveals the 100 most overpaid CEOs from USA's 500 largest public companies (as determined by the S&P 500 list). This company's CEO, Brian D. Goldner came in at number 63 on the list, having been paid US$16,668,010 in 2021. According to the report, "Most CEOs have come to be grossly overpaid, and that overpayment is harmful to the companies, the shareholders, the customers, the other employees, the economy, and society as a whole."

Source: As You Sow (2022)

CEO Pay Ratio of 110:1

In 2022 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$85,959. The CEO was paid 110 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989.

Source: AFL-CIO (2023)

Cancelled contract with APP

In Nov 2011, Hasbro joined a growing number of companies - including Mattel and Lego - which have acted to cut ties with the Indonesian company Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a group which Greenpeace claims is involved in widespread forest clearance in the region.

Source: Greenpeace (2011)

2013 Environmental Merit Award

Hasbro won a 2013 Environmental Merit Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for progress towards sustainability goals including phasing out PVC, sustainable paper sourcing and reducing materials used in product packaging.

Source: EPA (2013)

Mum-friendly employer

This company was named in Seramount's 100 Best Companies 2022 for being a mum-friendly employer. Listed companies provide inclusive benefits for families, including paid gender-neutral parental leave, phase-back programs, bereavement leave after miscarriage, reimbursement for fertility expenses, and increased mental health benefits for employees.

Source: Seramount (2022)

GC3 member (Green Chemistry)

This company is a member of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3), a business-to-business forum that advances the application of green chemistry and design for environment across supply chains. It provides an open forum for cross-sectoral collaboration to share information and experiences about the challenges to and opportunities for safer chemicals and products.

Source: GC3 (2019)

Responsible Business Alliance member

This company is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition), a non-profit coalition of electronics companies which supports the rights and wellbeing of workers and communities worldwide affected by the global electronics supply chain. RBA members commit and are held accountable to a common Code of Conduct and utilize a range of RBA training and assessment tools to support continuous improvement in the social, environmental and ethical responsibility of their supply chains.

Source: RBA (2022)

Supplier disclosure list

Hasbro published a list of its core suppliers in 2011. Hasbro owns and operates one factory in USA and another in Ireland. The list of third party vendors and factories represents facilities that manufactured approximately 80% of Hasbro's Far East production in 2010. All of these factories are located in China.

Source: company website (2011)

Responsible Minerals Initiative member

This company is a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative), which helps companies address conflict minerals issues in their supply chains. The RMI provides information on conflict-free smelters and refiners, common tools to gather sourcing information, and forums for exchanging best practices on addressing conflict minerals. Membership is open to companies that use or transact in tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold (3TG). Founded in 2008 by members of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative.

Source: RMI (2019)

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)

CDP Forests score of C

In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests score of C.

Source: CDP (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 (2016)

OpenSecrets.org profile

OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more.

Source: Open Secrets (2020)