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BlackBerry Australia

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Smartphones and tablets

Sales and marketing of smartphones and tablets.

Company Ownership

BlackBerry Australia Pty Ltd   AUS     website         twitter
  BlackBerry Ltd   
   owns 100% of BlackBerry Australia Pty Ltd  
CAN     website      facebook   twitter

Mobile communications

Formerly known as Research In Motion, Blackberry launched its first mobile device, an email pager, in 1999. Today they compete in the smartphone and tablet market, as well as make software and hardware for industrial applications.

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Company Assessment

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BlackBerry Australia Pty Ltd
No assessment data currently available for BlackBerry Australia Pty Ltd
BlackBerry Ltd
Social Conflict Minerals Ranking
In 2012 the Enough Project published the Conflict Minerals Company Rankings, which ranked the world's largest electronics companies on their efforts toward using and investing in conflict-free minerals in their products. This company received a 'Green' ranking, signifying it has "taken proactive steps to trace and audit their supply chains, pushed for some aspects of legislation, exercised leadership in industry-wide efforts, started to help Congo develop a clean trade. But they can still dig deeper in their supply chains and outreach."
[Source 2012][More on Human Rights]
Social B- grade at Behind the Barcode
B- grade in the Baptist World Aid Australia's Behind the Barcode 'Ethical Electronics Guide 2016', which grades companies on their efforts to mitigate the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation throughout their supply chains. Assessment criteria fall into four main categories: policies, traceability & transparency, monitoring & training and worker rights.
[Source 2016][More on Workers Rights]
Social Tin sourcing
Milieudefensie and Friends of the Earth have assessed how open manufacturers of smartphones, tablets, laptops and game consoles are about the use of materials, water, land surface area and greenhouse gas emissions. Assessment also covered whether manufacturers are honest about the use of tin from Indonesia and whether they are prepared to address the abuses in the tin mines on Bangka in Indonesia, such as by participating in the IDH project (Sustainable Trade Initiative). This company received a 'green' rating, indicating they provide ample information on the use of raw materials and is helping to improve the situation in the tin mines on Bangka Belitung.
[Source 2015][More on Human Rights]
Social Progress on eliminating toxics
Greenpeace's 2014 report, Green Gadgets, compares companies on their efforts to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their electronics products. This company has met commitment to phase out PVC and BFRs and has all products free from these substances.
[Source 2014][More on Product Safety]
Social Repairability of devices
Engineers from ifixit.com disassembled and analysed a range of smartphones and tablets, awarding each a repairability score between zero and ten. Ten is the easiest to repair. A device with a perfect score will be relatively inexpensive to repair because it is easy to disassemble and has a service manual available. Points are docked based on the difficulty of opening the device, the types of fasteners found inside, and the complexity involved in replacing major components. Points are awarded for upgradability, use of non-proprietary tools for servicing, and component modularity. Products by this company scored 8 points.
[Source 2015][More on Product Safety]
Business Ethics 71/100 SAM Rank
This company received a SAM Rank of 71/100 in the Software category of the 2018 SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment. The index is based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
[Source 2018][More on Sustainability Reporting]
Social Greenwashing
Brands owned by this company are on RankaBrand's Greenwashing Alert list. These are companies that report in some way on sustainability, but the information they provide is either of marginal or no relevance and is not explicit about sustainability performance.
[Source 2014][More on Irresponsible Marketing]
Business Ethics 'D' rating at rankabrand.org
Rank a Brand searches the websites of brands for the answers to carefully targeted questions. From this they calculate sustainability scores based on the themes of environment, climate, labor issues, and transparency. Brands owned by this company received a 'D'.
[Source 2016][More on Sustainability Reporting]
Social Military involvement
This company is a supplier of phones to the US Defense Department and will supply 80% of the phones being used for a new program the military is starting.
[Source 2014][More on Military]
Business Ethics Fined for patent breaches
A US jury in San Francisco has found BlackBerry maker Research in Motion liable for US$147.2m in damages for impinging on patents held by Mformation Technologies.
[Source 2012][More on Finance]
Business Ethics Corporate responsibility claims
This company has corporate responsibility claims on its website, including sustainability and ethics in the supply chain.
[Source 2013][More on Sustainability Reporting]
Business Ethics Responsible Minerals Initiative member
This company is a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative), which helps companies address conflict minerals issues in their supply chains. The RMI provides information on conflict-free smelters and refiners, common tools to gather sourcing information, and forums for exchanging best practices on addressing conflict minerals. Membership is open to companies that use or transact in tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold (3TG). Founded in 2008 by members of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative.
[Source 2019][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]
Environment CDP Climate Change Score of C
In 2018, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change Score of C.
[Source 2018][More on Climate Change]
Social Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
[Source 2018][More on Human Rights]

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Company Details

Company Structure Wholly-owned subsidiary
Revenue US$33.5 million

Contact Details

Address L6, 100 Pacific Highway, North Sydney , NSW, 2060, Australia
Phone 02 9463 7600
Website au.blackberry.com

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