Jackery
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources
Chinese maker of portable power stations and solar panels.
There's no proof Jackery 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 2 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 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 2 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 Malaysia, 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
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- 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: 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
From Jackery's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories. Its list covers only part of its range. The rest is shown as where electronics are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| TaiwanUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| MalaysiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| South KoreaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Close to a living wage | Low |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | 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.
- Owns or runs its own production
- 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 Jackery's owner, Hello Tech, says it designs and makes its products itself on its own production lines in China; its 2025 annual report says it raised its in-house share and cut outsourced processing that year. Its ESG reports mention its own production bases, a supplier code of conduct focused on bribery and competition law, and support for the UN Global Compact, but give no supplier labour audit results, supplier list, conflict-minerals or smelter report, or living wage commitment. It is not named in ASPI's 2020 or TBIJ's 2025 Uyghur labour transfer reports, and no labour abuse findings have been reported at its factories.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report | Not covered | Not rated: Baptist World Aid's Electronics Industry Report series ended in 2016, and the brand was not in it. View |
| KnowTheChain | Not covered | Not among the 45 large companies assessed in the 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark. View |
| Australian Modern Slavery Register | Unclear | No modern slavery statement from Jackery or Hello Tech's Australian business was found on the Australian register. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Uyghurs for sale (ASPI, 2020) · search the archive · ASPI's report on Uyghur labour transfers to factories across China; this brand is not among the brands named
- 华宝新能 IPO profile (Jiemian) · search the archive · Prospectus: products designed, developed and made by the company itself; own lines moved to portable power stations in 2019
- Hello Tech company information · search the archive · Shenzhen HQ; owns Jackery; offices in Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Düsseldorf and Melbourne; listed on ChiNext in 2022
- Jackery debuts at 43 Bunnings Warehouse stores · search the archive · Jackery power stations sold in Bunnings Warehouse stores in Australia
Published by Jackery or its owner
- Hello Tech ESG Report 2025 · search the archive · 1,776 employees; own production bases; supplier code covers bribery and competition; UN Global Compact
- Hello Tech (华宝新能) 2025 Annual Report · search the archive · Make-to-order production; in 2025 it raised its in-house production share and cut outsourced processing; 330 R&D staff (18.58%)
Company details
- Headquarters
- China
- Employees
- About 1,776
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Jackery ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/jackery, 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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