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Kambrook

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 · 3 sources

Australian budget brand of kettles, toasters and small appliances.

There's no proof Kambrook pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it doesn't name the factories its amfori BSCI audits cover.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 2 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 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 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
  • 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 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

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Accreditations 1

Where it's made

These are Breville Group's countries across all its brands; Kambrook doesn't say where its own 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 Kambrook appliances are made by third-party manufacturers under parent Breville Group's sourcing programme, which its FY24 statement said were predominantly in China; no Kambrook supplier list or production shares are published, and Breville's moves to Mexico and South-East Asia concern US-bound products, not Kambrook's Australian and New Zealand range. Breville commissions SMETA social audits (21 in FY24, targeting suppliers making at least 75% of order volume) and says it does not source from Xinjiang, but publishes no audit findings or remediation cases. Its supplier rules require only legal minimum wages.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Australian Modern Slavery RegisterListedParent Breville Group lodges annual modern slavery statements naming Kambrook among its brands, most recently one approved in November 2025. View

Sources and actions

Sources 3

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  1. Breville Group Modern Slavery Statement FY24 (Australian register) · search the archive · Over 85% of supplier spend with Sedex-connected suppliers under SMETA; non-compliant vendors sanctioned.

Published by Kambrook or its owner

  1. Modern Slavery Act Statement by Breville Group Limited & Subsidiaries (approved 7 November 2025) · search the archive · Names Kambrook; products made by third-party manufacturers predominantly in China; 21 SMETA audits in FY24; no Xinjiang sourcing; minimum wage only.
  2. Breville Group brands · search the archive · Kambrook is a Breville Group brand selling affordable appliances in Australia and New Zealand.

Company details

Headquarters
Australia
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Kambrook ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/kambrook, 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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