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NEEWER

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Shows little about where or how its products are made.

Electronics

Little disclosed: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources

Brand of low-cost photo and video lighting gear.

We couldn't find where NEEWER makes most of its photo and video lighting gear, 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.

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 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

Not confirmed

We couldn't confirm where NEEWER makes most of its products, so this shows where electronics are usually made.

Where it's made, share by country, and conditions there
CountryShareWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
China55%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
Vietnam15%Systematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
Taiwan10%Strong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
Malaysia8%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
South Korea7%No guarantee of rightsClose to a living wageLow
India5%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh

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 NEEWER says it combines design, manufacturing and sales and built its own production base in 2017, and Shenzhen Neewer Technology is named as the manufacturer, but the company does not say where its factories are, how much it makes itself or which contract makers it uses. It publishes no code of conduct, social audit results, modern slavery statement or wage information. No labour abuses linked to NEEWER have been reported.

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. About Neewer (Lazada Brand Wiki) · search the archive · Shenzhen Neewer Technology Co., Ltd., based in Shenzhen, is named as the manufacturer of NEEWER products
  2. Neewer photography lighting at Fotogenic · search the archive · NEEWER lighting is sold online by Australian retailer Fotogenic, with some items shipped from Sydney
  3. OzBargain: Neewer deals · search the archive · NEEWER products are regularly sold to Australian shoppers through online retailers

Published by NEEWER or its owner

  1. About NEEWER · search the archive · NEEWER began in 2011, combines R&D, production and sales, and built a production base and laboratory in 2017
  2. NEEWER About us · search the archive · NEEWER's company page names no factory locations, suppliers, social audits or labour certifications

Company details

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