Orica
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Mining services
4 divisions - Orica Mining Services, Minova, Orica Chemicals and Orica Consumer Products. Consumer brands include Dulux, British Paints, Berger, Selleys, Yates and Hortico. Orica plans to demerge its Consumer Products division, DuluxGroup, in 2010.
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Company Assessment
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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 A-.
Source: CDP (2023) |
Figures compiled by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW show chemical company Orica has breached its pollution licence 177 times since 2000 at the same industrial site in Sydney's Matraville near Botany Bay.
Source: Nature Conservation Council of NSW (2011)
In 2014 this company was fined $768,000 over a series of chemical spills and safety breaches at two of its sites in New South Wales.
Source: news article (2014)
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 35/100 in the Chemicals category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 23 Sep 2022). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2022) |
Modern slavery disclosure is a critical step in mitigating the risk associated with modern slavery practices in companies' operations and supply chains. The quality of the disclosure signals the level of commitments and efforts that the companies have put in managing these risks. In 2021 the Monash Centre for Financial Studies analysed and ranked the disclosure quality of the modern slavery statements submitted by the 300 largest listed companies on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX300). This company's modern slavery disclosure statement received a grade of C.
Source: Monash University (2021)
According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Jan 2022, this company was one of many local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2019-20. Please note however that companies pay income tax on profits, not revenue (total income). While some companies use tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of tax in Australia, other companies that paid no tax have perfectly legitimate reasons.
Source: ATO (2022) |
Company Details
Type | Public Company |
Revenue | 7.5 billion AUD (2009) |
Employees | 15,140 (2009) |
Aus Manufacturing | Yes |
Contact Details
Address | 1 Nicholson St, Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia |
Phone | 03 9665 7111 |
companyinfo@orica.com | |
Website | www.orica.com.au |