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ZOTAC

Lacks transparency

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

Electronics

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Last researched 3 November 2026 · 4 sources

Brand of NVIDIA graphics cards and mini PCs.

There's no proof ZOTAC 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.

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 rightsAll its products are made in China and Indonesia, 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

China has the largest share, 97%. Indonesia is next, at 3%.

Where it's made, share by country, and conditions there
CountryShareWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
China97%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
Indonesia3%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate

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 ZOTAC products are made in parent PC Partner's own factories in Dongguan, China (97.5% of 2025 production cost) and Batam, Indonesia (2.5%, opened 2024). PC Partner says it runs internal audits to RBA standards and allows unions, but is not an RBA member, has no independent audits, publishes no supplier or smelter list and gives no wage data. No labour abuse reports were found.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportNot coveredNot rated: Baptist World Aid's Electronics Industry Report ended in 2016 and never assessed this company. View
KnowTheChainNot listedNot among the 45 companies in the 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark. View

Sources and actions

Sources 4

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  1. Scorptec NVIDIA graphics cards · search the archive · Scorptec, with stores in VIC, QLD and NSW, sells ZOTAC NVIDIA cards
  2. Cowcotland: visit to ZOTAC's Batam factory (Aug 2026) · search the archive · ZOTAC production runs at Batam or Dongguan depending on product and market

Published by ZOTAC or its owner

  1. PC Partner Group Sustainability Report 2025 · search the archive · Dongguan 97.5% and Indonesia 2.5% of production cost; 2,979 staff; internal audits to RBA standards; no wage levels given
  2. PC Partner Company Introduction · search the archive · Plants in Dongguan, China and Batam, Indonesia (2024); ZOTAC brand set up in 2006; labour policy follows EICC code

Company details

Headquarters
Singapore
Employees
About 2,979
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is ZOTAC ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/zotac, 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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