Oriental Merchant
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Wholesaling, distributing and marketing of Asian groceries
In 1990, Hong Oriental merged with Chinese state-owned company China Merchant to form Oriental Merchant. Today Oriental Merchant is the major Asian food supplier to Australian supermarkets and Asian grocery retailers.
Company Ownership
Oriental Merchant Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
China Merchants Group ![]() owns 100% of Oriental Merchant Pty Ltd |
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Transportation, finance and property The main businesses of China Merchants Group (the Group) cover three core sectors of transportation and related infrastructure (ports, toll roads, energy transportation and logistics), financial investment and asset management, as well as property development and management. | ||||||
Government of the People's Republic of China ![]() owns 100% of China Merchants Group |
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Communist government All power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Chinese Communist Party, State Council, and the People's Liberation Army. In recent years China has been consolidating it's state-owned assets and inviting private investors to invest (often family members of high ranking government officials), however in most cases the government retains control and majority ownership. We have listed State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) simply as subsidiaries of China's government, although in reality company ownership is often more complex. |
Company Assessment
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This company received a packaging performance level of 3 (Advanced) in its 2023 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 (2023) |
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The 2018 update to the report entitled "Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions" identifies 88 banks and other financial institutions with significant financial links to cluster munitions producers. This bank is listed in the report's Hall of Shame for having investments in one or more of the 7 cluster munitions producers named in the report.
Source: Cluster Munition Coalition (2018) |
This bank is the world's 90th largest provider of loans and underwriting for single-use plastic polymer production, according to Minderoo Foundation's 2021 Plastic Waste Makers Index. Institutional asset managers and global banks are providing billions of dollars to companies that produce polymers from fossil fuels, as much as 100 times more than they provide to companies trying to shift to a circular economy. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest, most urgent threats facing our planet and our health.
Source: Minderoo Foundation (2021)
This Chinese state-owned enterprise is managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), which oversees over 100 large centrally-owned companies.
Source: SASAC (2011)
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the banking sector and the activities they finance. BankTrack aims to promote fundamental changes in the banking sector so that banks adopt just and sustainable business practices. Follow the link to see a profile on this company's banking subsidiary, China Merchants Bank.
Source: BankTrack (2018) |
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This company is the world's 2th largest equity owner of companies producing single-use plastic waste, according to Minderoo Foundation's 2021 Plastic Waste Makers Index. Institutional asset managers and global banks are providing billions of dollars to companies that produce polymers from fossil fuels, as much as 100 times more than they provide to companies trying to shift to a circular economy. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest, most urgent threats facing our planet and our health.
Source: Minderoo Foundation (2021)
According to Human Rights Watch: "China's one-party authoritarian state under the Chinese Communist Party systemically curbs fundamental rights. Under President Xi Jinping, in power since 2013, the government has deepened repression at home and sought to muzzle critics abroad. It has arbitrarily detained human rights defenders and lawyers, tightened control over civil society, media, and the internet, and deployed invasive mass surveillance technology. The government imposes particularly heavy-handed control in the ethnic minority regions of Xinjiang and Tibet. The government's cultural persecution and arbitrary detention of a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims since 2017 constitute crimes against humanity. In Hong Kong, the government imposed draconian national security legislation in 2020 and systematically curbed the city's freedoms. The government initially covered up the Covid-19 outbreak and later hindered international efforts to investigate the virus's origin."
Source: Human Rights Watch (2021)
Amnesty International's 2020 report on China states "The year was marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights defenders and people perceived to be dissidents, as well as the systematic repression of ethnic minorities. The beginning of the year saw the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, which killed more than 4,600 people in China. People demanded freedom of expression and transparency after authorities reprimanded health professionals for warning about the virus. At the UN, China was strongly criticized and urged to allow immediate, meaningful and unfettered access to Xinjiang. Stringent restrictions on freedom of expression continued unabated. Foreign journalists faced detention and expulsion, as well as systematic delays to and refusals of visa renewals. Chinese and other tech firms operating outside China blocked what the government deemed politically sensitive content, extending its censorship standards internationally. China enacted its first Civil Code, which received thousands of submissions by the public calling for legalization of same-sex marriage. Hong Kongâs National Security Law led to a clampdown on freedom of expression." Follow the link for further details.
Source: Amnesty Intl (2021)
Amnesty International's 2021 report 'Like We Were Enemies in a War', outlines how Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region face systematic state-organized mass imprisonment, torture and persecution amounting to crimes against humanity. Muslim ethnic groups are being forced to abandon their religious traditions, cultural practices and local languages.
Source: Amnesty Intl (2021) |
Follow the link to see Wikipedia's article on the government of the People's Republic of China.
Source: Wikipedia (2021) |
Company Details
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Contact Details
Address | 10 Westgate Drv, Laverton North, VIC, 3026, Australia |
Phone | 03 9250 8133 |
Freecall | 1800 806 842 |
omweb@oriental.com.au | |
Website | www.oriental.com.au |
Products / Brands
Oriental Merchant
Bika Yeko Asian Chef's World Noodles Cocon Noodles Dainty Asian Double Phoenix Noodles Double Phoenix Asian Dragon & Phoenix Asian Dragon & Phoenix Noodles Erawan Noodles Erawan Asian Gold Pearl Noodles Hikari Asian Indo Mie Noodles Indofood Asian Jade Phoenix Asian Jade Phoenix Noodles Jeeny's Asian Jinmaling Noodles Kewpie Soy/Asian Sauce Koh-Kae Asian Kokita Asian Lee Kum Kee Asian Lee Kum Kee Soy/Asian Sauce Lingham's Asian |
Mae Ploy Asian Mae Ploy Soy/Asian Sauce Nissin Noodles Nissin Asian Nong Shim Noodles Nong Shim Asian Obento Asian Obento Noodles Ong's Asian Ong's Soy/Asian Sauce Poonsin Asian S & B Asian Savour Asian Six Fortune Asian Smiling Fish Asian Squid Asian TCC Asian UFC Asian Valcom Asian Wai Wai Noodles Yeo's Asian Yeo's Soy/Asian Sauce |