Fashion retail
Australia's oldest luxury fashion company founded in 1938. Today, Oroton sells leather bags and other accessories in boutiques and department stores across Australia, NZ, and some international locations. Previous Australian distributor for Gap and Ralph Lauren. Oroton went into administration in Nov 2017 and was acquired by Will Vicars in July 2018.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Oct 2024)
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OrotonGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd
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3/5 for packaging performance
This company received a packaging performance level of 3 (Advanced) 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)
Leather Working Group member
This company is a member of the Leather Working Group, a multi-stakeholder group who's objective is to develop and maintain a protocol that assesses the compliance and environmental performance of tanners and promotes sustainable and appropriate environmental business practices within the leather industry.
Source: Leather Working Group
(2022)
Some COVID Fashion Commitments
In 2020 Baptist World Aid Australia released The COVID Fashion Report, a special edition of their Ethical Fashion Report. The report is framed around six COVID Fashion Commitments that ask companies to demonstrate the steps and measures they are taking to protect and support the most vulnerable workers in their supply chains. This company showed evidence of actions that cover SOME areas of the COVID Fashion Commitments.
36/100 in Ethical Fashion Report
Baptist World Aid Australia's '2024 Ethical Fashion Report' assessed 120 companies on their efforts to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation in their supply chains, as well as protect the environment from the harmful impacts of the fashion industry. Assessment criteria fall into five main categories: policy & governance, tracing & risk, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental sustainability. This company received a score of 36/100. The average score was 31.3 and the highest score was 90.
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Founded:
1938
Revenue:
70.5 million AUD
(2019)
Employees:
390
(2019)
Contact Details
Address:
58 Victoria St, McMahons Point, NSW, 2060, Australia
Freecall:
1800 061 047
Website:
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