Footwear retailer
Founded over 120 years ago and still owned by the founding family. Betts does not manufacture any of its products. Brands include Betts, Airflex and Zu. Operates over 100 stores throughout Australia.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jun 2024)
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Betts Group 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)
D grade in 2019 Ethical Fashion Report
D grade in the Baptist World Aid Australia's 'Ethical Fashion Report 2019', which grades companies, from A to F, on the strength of their systems 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: policies, transparency and traceability, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental management.
Fined over worker safety
In 2013 the Industrial Court fined this company $33,000 after an incident involving a worker, a mesh cage, a broom handle and the wearing of socks.
Source: news article
(2013)
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.
Company Details
Type:
Family-owned private company
Revenue:
74 million AUD
(2019)
Employees:
1050
(2018)
Contact Details
Products / Brands
Betts
Airflex
Womens Shoes
Airflex
Mens Shoes
Betts
Womens Shoes
Betts
Mens Shoes
Zu
Womens Shoes
Zu
Mens Shoes