General Pants
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Youth apparel retailer
Established 30 years ago.
Company Ownership
General Pants Co Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Victor Smorgon Group ![]() owns 100% of General Pants Co Pty Ltd |
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Investment company Founded 1995. Its subsidiaries are involved in biofuels, agricultural products, clothes, and recycling paper, glass, steel and plastics. |
Company Assessment
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General Pants Co Pty Ltd | ||||
B 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)
This company has signed the Cotton Pledge with the Responsible Sourcing Network, signifying a public commitment to not knowingly source Uzbek cotton for the manufacturing of any of their products until the Government of Uzbekistan ends the practice of forced labor in its cotton sector. The Uzbek government uses local government officials, hospital directors, and school presidents to mobilize workers; and detains and tortures human rights defenders seeking to monitor the harvests. This company has also signed the Turkmenistan Cotton Pledge, where systemic use of forced labour in cotton production also occurs.
Source: As You Sow (2019) |
This company has taken angora items off the shelves and promised not to use angora again, following a PETA campaign launched in Dec 2013 which revealed the cruelty inflicted on angora rabbits in Chinese factory farms, where 90% of the world's angora is produced.
Source: PETA (2018)
This company is a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, a voluntary initiative 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) |
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Victor Smorgon Group | ||||
No assessment data currently available for Victor Smorgon Group |
Company Details
Type | Private company |
Contact Details
Address | 25/30-32 Beaconsfield St, Alexandria, NSW, 2015, Australia |
Phone | 02 9290 0800 |
Fax | 02 9262 9993 |
Freecall | 1300 191 468 |
Website | www.generalpants.com.au |
Products / Brands
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