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BeefEater

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Homewares, furniture & appliances

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 7 sources

Australian-designed brand of gas barbecues and outdoor kitchen grills.

BeefEater's supply chain was linked to forced labour in 2019, and there's no proof it pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is 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 in high-risk countries and forced or child labour. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
  • It isn't Harm on record: the most serious problem on its record (forced labour link, last recorded in 2019) is more than 5 years old.
  • 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.

How grades are decided

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 rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as China and India, where 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
  • Not 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
  • Met: High-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNone recorded in a major share of its range

Red flags 3

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wageShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
  • Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
  • Red flag: Forced, slave or child labour found in or linked to its supply chain

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

From product labels; BeefEater doesn't say where its products are made. The rest is shown as where homewares and appliances are usually made.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
ChinaNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
VietnamUsual for the industrySystematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
IndiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
PolandUsual for the industryRegular violationsClose to a living wageModerate
IndonesiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate
MalaysiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate

Evidence

What we found

  • No high-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) are recorded in a major share of its range, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good.
  • Modern slavery statement

Research notes BeefEater barbecues are designed in Australia, and Australian retail listings give China as the country of origin for its Bugg and Signature Proline ranges; Electrolux names no BeefEater factories or makers and gives no shares. Electrolux audits higher-risk suppliers and has a living wage benchmark and global union agreement for its own employees, but its group statement does not mention barbecues and it publishes no supplier list.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Australian Modern Slavery RegisterListedElectrolux lodges modern slavery statements on the Australian register, including a 2022 group statement. View
UK Modern Slavery Statement RegistryListedElectrolux's group statement on slavery and human trafficking is lodged on the UK registry. View
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportListedElectrolux was graded B- in Baptist World Aid's 2016 Electronics Industry Report, the last edition of that series; it is in no current Baptist World Aid report. View
Business & Human Rights Resource CentreProblem foundRecords the 2013 dismissal of union members at Electrolux Thailand and Electrolux's listing in ASPI's 2020 Uyghur labour report. View

Confirmed issues 1

Only confirmed problems are listed, and old ones drop off after 10 to 15 years. A problem the company has fully put right no longer counts against it, and nor does one it finds and is fixing itself. How problems are counted

Last recordedWhat happenedMade amends?
2019Link through a supplierThe Australian Strategic Policy Institute named Electrolux among 83 brands linked to Chinese factories using Uyghur workers transferred from Xinjiang in conditions strongly suggesting forced labour (ASPI via BHRRC, 2020). Source · search the archiveNot knownElectrolux told Radio Sweden it has no suppliers in Xinjiang and that the named supplier denied using forced labour; no other action reported.

Sources and actions

Sources 7

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  1. Major brands implicated in report on forced labour beyond Xinjiang (BHRRC, 2020) · search the archive · ASPI 2020 report lists Electrolux among 83 brands
  2. Electrolux acquires Australian BBQ business (Electrolux Group, 2014) · search the archive · Electrolux bought BeefEater, an Australian barbecue business founded in 1984
  3. BeefEater BB722BA Bigg Bugg Mobile BBQ (Appliances Online) · search the archive · Origin China
  4. Beefeater BSL156SA Signature Proline Built-In BBQ (Appliances Online) · search the archive · Origin China
  5. Beefeater Built In BBQs (Bing Lee) · search the archive · BeefEater barbecues sold by a retailer with physical stores and click and collect
  6. Electrolux response on Uyghur forced labour (Sveriges Radio) · search the archive · Electrolux says it has no suppliers in Xinjiang; the accused supplier denies using forced labour

Published by BeefEater or its owner

  1. Electrolux Group Modern Slavery Statement 2022 · search the archive · 40 factories, 51,000 employees; 306 supplier audits in 2022; 3 cases of withheld pay remediated

Company details

Headquarters
Sweden
Employees
About 51,000
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is BeefEater ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/beefeater, 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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