Boot makers
                                    Established in Tasmania in 1870. While Blundstone still manufactures gumboots in Tasmania, most of their production was moved to Asia in 2007.
                            Company Assessment
            (Last updated Jul 2025)        
        
        
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                Blundstone Australia Pty Ltd
            
                            
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         5/5 for packaging performance
        5/5 for packaging performance
    
    
        This company received the highest packaging performance level of 5 (Beyond Best Practice) in its 2025 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
                                    (2025)
                            
        
    
         20/100 in Ethical Fashion Report
        20/100 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 20/100. The average score was 31.3 and the highest score was 90.
    
            
    
         2/5 on Good On You
        2/5 on Good On You
    
    
        This company owns brands rated 'Not good enough' by Good On You, whose rating system considers the most important social and environmental issues facing the fashion industry to assess a brand's impact on people, the planet and animals. 
    
            Source: Good On You
                                    (2023)
                            
        
    
         Global Sourcing Guidelines
        Global Sourcing Guidelines
    
    
        Follow the link to see this company's stated environmental and social policy
    
            Source: company website
                                    (2012)
                            
        
    
         Leather Working Group member
        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)
                            
        
    
Company Details
Contact Details
                    Address:
                
                
                    Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
                
                                        
                    Phone:
                
                03 6271 2222
                                        
                    Freecall:
                
                1800 258 66
                                        
                    Website:
                
                
                    Products / Brands
Blundstone
                Blundstone
                                Work Boots
                
                                                        
            
             
                    