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
Australian Packaging Covenant signatory Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2020)	C grade in 2021 Ethical Fashion Report C grade in Baptist World Aid Australia's '2021 Ethical Fashion Report', 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: policy & governance, tracing & risk, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental sustainability. Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2021)	Packaging Award 2015 This company won an award in 2015 from the Australian Packaging Covenant, for demonstrating their commitment to environmental sustainability by performing 'above and beyond' in their efforts to minimise waste. This company achieved the highest overall score in their category, small clothing, footwear and fashion company. Source: Australian Packaging Covenant (2015) 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) No tax paid in 2016/7 According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Dec 2018, this company was one of 2,159 local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2016-17. 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 (2018)

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