Harvey Norman

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Retail, franchising and property

30% owned by co-founder and chairman, Gerry Harvey. Harvey Norman Holdings grants franchises under three brand names: Harvey Norman, Domayne and Joyce Mayne.

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Harvey Norman Holdings Limited
Australian Packaging Covenant signatory Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. [Source 2017][More on Packaging]	Misleading advertising Harvey Norman was fined $1.25 million for misleading advertising in Dec 2011, following action taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). [Source 2011][More on Irresponsible Marketing] 27/100 SAM Rank This company received a SAM Rank of 27/100 in the Retailing 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]	Breaching advertising codes This company has been criticised for irresponsible advertising. In 2011 the Advertising Standards Bureau upheld complaints about a TV ad by this company on the grounds that it breached advertising codes. The ad was subsequently discontinued or modified. [Source 2011][More on Irresponsible Marketing] Child labour allegations Harvey Norman removed Summit merchandise from all its stores in Oct 2013 in response to allegations that Summit, a supplier of sporting goods was secretly using children to stitch rugby league footballs. [Source 2013][More on Workers Rights] Supply chain sourcing This 2013 report by The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) investigates the labour and human rights risks in supply chain sourcing. This company is identified on page 21 as a company which sources products from countries with known systemic labour and human rights concerns. [Source 2013][More on Human Rights]

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Summit rugby league footballs linked to Indian child slave labour
1st Oct 2013 — Hundreds of children are secretly employed making balls for Australian children the same age, pressed into harmful, backbreaking labour for little more than one dollar a day. One year after Fairfax Media exposed Sherrin Australian rules and Canterbury rugby union balls being made with illegal, under age, pitifully-paid labour, Summit rugby league balls have taken their place in the slums of Jalandhar in northern India. A Fairfax investigation revealed the balls discovered being stitched in India were identical in material, stitching, design and colour to those it bought in Australia. Advertisement The 13-digit barcode used by Summit to identify the ball was the same in both countries, and several stitchers independently told Fairfax Media the balls were being sent to Australia. The balls were found to be on sale at Harvey Norman for just $9, prompting the company's executive director John Slack-Smith to launch an immediate investigation. On Monday afternoon, Mr Slack-Smith said all Summit products were being withdrawn from sale until further notice. ''We have taken a decision today to remove all Summit products from sale until we have further clarification on the allegations made,'' he wrote in a text message.   [source]