Seed Heritage
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Clothing retailer
Founded in Melbourne in 2000. Owned by the Lew family.
Company Ownership
Steambrook Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
BrandBank Group Pty Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Steambrook Pty Ltd |
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Clothing retail Owned by Peter Lew, son of Australian retail magnate, Solomon Lew. Operates Seed Heritage, French Connection, and Thurley stores in Australia. | ||||||
Lew Group ![]() owns 100% of BrandBank Group Pty Ltd |
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Investment conglomerate The Lew family, headed by rag trade tycoon Solomon Lew, owns a swag of Australian clothing retail companies. While Solomon owns Voyager Distributing Co and 42% of Just Group, his three children each control parts of the Lew empire. Peter Lew manages Australian Retail Investments and the Australian licenses for Zara and FCUK, Steven Lew manages Playcorp and Global Retail Brands, while Jacqueline Lew manages Nine West. |
Company Assessment
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Steambrook Pty Ltd | ||||
Stop the Traffik is pressuring this company to sign their Make Fashion Traffik Free Protocol. Fashion companies that sign the Protocol commit to fully tracing their supply chain and to work to ensuring better working conditions. Stop the Traffik has sent 1,000's of postcards as well as letters to CEO Denise Haughey without a response from her.
Source: Stop the Traffik Australia (2016) |
This company is a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, a voluntary program which encourages the adoption of better management practices in cotton cultivation to achieve measurable reductions in key environmental impacts, while improving social and economic benefits for cotton farmers, small and large, worldwide.
Source: Better Cotton Initiative (2019)
C- 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.
Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2019) |
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BrandBank Group Pty Ltd | ||||
No assessment data currently available for BrandBank Group Pty Ltd | ||||
Lew Group | ||||
Wikipedia profile on Lew Group head, Solomon Lew. Includes details of controversial business deals, including the Yannon transaction and the Etiket transaction.
Source: Wikipedia (2014)
Solomon Lew, owner of Premier Investments, struck a deal with Mornington Shire Council in June 2012 to remove a pool he had built on Crown Land without permission and remediate the land in exchange for negligence charges being dropped. Lew is to pay Council's legal fees of $150,000 and a fine of $50,000.
Source: The Age (2012) |
Company Details
No company details currently available for Steambrook Pty Ltd |
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Contact Details
Address | 425 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia |
Freecall | 1800 118 889 |
Website | www.seedheritage.com |
Products / Brands
Seed Heritage
Seed Childrenswear Seed Womens Fashion Seed Babywear |