Freedom Furniture

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

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources

Australian and NZ furniture and homewares retailer.

There's no proof Freedom Furniture pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
Holds the grade back: It doesn't show that workers are paid a living wage, and isn't certified as working towards one. On Track needs at least one of these.
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.

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
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: High-risk raw materials (leather and timber) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: timber

Red flags 2

Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain

Stars it would earn as Good

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

Where it's made

Freedom Furniture names some of the countries it makes in: Australia, China, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Türkiye. The rest is shown as where homewares and appliances are usually made.

Where it's made, and conditions there
Country	Worker rights	Legal minimum wage	Forced labour risk
China	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
India	No guarantee of rights	Well below a living wage	High
Malaysia	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
Australia	Strong protections	About a living wage	Low
New Zealand	Strong protections	About a living wage	Low
Türkiye	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Very high
VietnamUsual for the industry	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate
PolandUsual for the industry	Regular violations	Close to a living wage	Moderate
IndonesiaUsual for the industry	No guarantee of rights	Well below a living wage	Moderate

Evidence

What we found

Modern slavery statement
Doesn't show where its timber comes from. Timber is linked to illegal logging linked to forced labour, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
Uses leather in only a few products and doesn't show where it comes from. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.

Research notes Freedom owns no factories: it has 87 trade suppliers, including some in Australia and New Zealand, and its key sourcing countries are China, Malaysia, India and Turkey, with earlier stages in countries including Vietnam and Pakistan. It publishes no supplier list or country shares. Sourcing agent BlueRock ran 426 factory audits in FY2025 and 52 suppliers held third-party social audits; Freedom reports no confirmed modern slavery cases but little visibility beyond first-tier suppliers. It names timber as a risk but discloses no timber or leather origins or certification, and makes no living wage commitment.

What independent sources say

Source	Result	Details
Australian Modern Slavery Register	Listed	Freedom Furniture Australia's FY2025 modern slavery statement (to September 2025) names its main sourcing countries but no factories or shares, and reports no confirmed cases. View

Sources and actions

Sources 6

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Freedom Furniture sold to Amart (ChannelNews, 2025) · search the archive · Greenlit Brands sold Freedom to Quadrant-backed Amart in June 2025
Freedom sustainability profile (SustainabilityTracker) · search the archive · Responsible sourcing policy for furniture materials under the Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (timber)

Published by Freedom Furniture or its owner

Freedom Furniture Australia Modern Slavery Statement FY2025 · search the archive · Owned by BBQSAM; 87 trade suppliers incl. AU and NZ; key sourcing China, Malaysia, India, Turkey; 426 BlueRock audits; no cases; ~900 staff
Freedom Furniture Australia Modern Slavery Statement FY2023 · search the archive · FY2023: no own factories; sourcing from AU, NZ, CN, MY, IN, VN, TR via BlueRock
Freedom Modern Slavery Policy · search the archive · Policy covers Freedom AU and NZ; BlueRock named as offshore compliance partner; SpeakUp reporting channel
Freedom leather sofas · search the archive · Leather sofas sold as one range among fabric sofas and other furniture

Company details

Owned by: BBQSAM (Amart Furniture, backed by Quadrant Private Equity) since 2025; previously Greenlit Brands
Headquarters: Australia
Employees: About 899
Last researched: 3 November 2026
Cite this page: Labour Lens, "Is Freedom Furniture ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/freedom-furniture, 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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