Audio Pro
Lacks transparency. Shows little about where or how its products are made.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources
Swedish maker of wireless multiroom and Bluetooth speakers.
We couldn't find where Audio Pro makes most of its wireless multiroom home speakers, a certification covering its range or a list of its suppliers.
Also worth knowing
Most electronics are made in countries such as China and Vietnam, where pay is usually below a living wage.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production, probably in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsWhere electronics are usually made, such as China and Malaysia, unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Probably made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
We couldn't confirm where Audio Pro makes most of its products, so this shows where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Share | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 55% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Vietnam | 15% | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Taiwan | 10% | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| Malaysia | 8% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South Korea | 7% | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
| India | 5% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Audio Pro does not say where its speakers are made; a 2007 Swedish report said they were made in China, with production handled outside the company. It publishes no supplier list, supplier code of conduct, audit results or modern slavery statement, and makes no living wage commitment. Its sustainability work covers repairing and reselling returned speakers, not factory working conditions.
What independent sources say
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Audio Pro clarifies communication regarding naming (press release, 2025) · search the archive · Swedish company designing speakers since 1978, sold in 55+ countries; Nils Ankarcrona is CEO.
- Audio Pro – med ljudet i blodet (M3, 2007) · search the archive · In 2007 the speakers were made in China; company based in Linköping with production handled externally.
- Audio Pro preferred retailers (StereoNET Australia) · search the archive · Australian retailers include Selby Acoustics, which has a shop in Hallam, Victoria.
Published by Audio Pro or its owner
- Audio Pro taken over by a duo from Zound Industries (Audio Pro, 2018) · search the archive · Jens Henriksen and Nils Ankarcrona took over Audio Pro from founder Stefan Pantzar on 1 July 2018.
- Audio Pro: our story · search the archive · Company history; sustainability limited to reconditioning and reselling returned speakers.
Company details
- Owned by
- Privately owned by managers Nils Ankarcrona (CEO) and Jens Henriksen since 2018
- Headquarters
- Sweden
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Audio Pro ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/audio-pro, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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