OrotonGroup

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Fashion retail

Founded in 1938 in Sydney, Australia. Today, Oroton sells bags, jewellery, ties, knitwear, lingerie, men's underwear and shoes in Oroton boutiques and departments across Australia, NZ, and Malaysia. Distributed the Gap brand (Aust & NZ) from 2013 to 2018. Began a joint venture with Brooks Brothers in 2013, which it ended in 2015. Oroton went into administration in April 2018 and is now wholly owned by Manderrah, a business associated with major Oroton shareholder Will J Vicars.

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OrotonGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd
3/5 for packaging performance This company received a packaging performance level of 3 (Advanced) in its 2022 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 (2022)	27/100 in 2022 Ethical Fashion Report Baptist World Aid Australia's '2022 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 27/100. Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2022)	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) Some COVID Fashion Commitments In 2020 Baptist World Aid Australia released The COVID Fashion Report, a special edition of their Ethical Fashion Report. The report is framed around six COVID Fashion Commitments that ask companies to demonstrate the steps and measures they are taking to protect and support the most vulnerable workers in their supply chains. This company showed evidence of actions that cover SOME areas of the COVID Fashion Commitments. Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2020)

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