Active Apparel Group (AAG HoldCo Pty Ltd)
Queensland, Australia
October 2024
Apparel
Manufacturing
Australia,
Canada,
China,
Hong Kong S.A.R.,
Italy,
Singapore,
United States
Active Apparel Group is a leading manufacturer of activewear, outerwear, swimwear, golf, and court sports apparel, serving the leisure, lifestyle, and performance markets. Founded by a fabric and manufacturing expert, our company-owned factories operate to the highest standards, backed by over 35 years of technical expertise. Our mission is to provide partners with strategic, end-to-end solutions in sourcing, development, production, and distribution. Some of the practices that make us a leader in our industry include our commitment to embedding sustainable innovation in our production process including the elimination of toxins through the use of 100% OEKO-TEX certified inks and responsible chemical management practices. Another is our commitment to fair compensation that goes above and beyond legal requirements, by paying all workers the living wage including in our production facility in Ningbo, China. This is an exceptional achievement, as the payment of a living wage remains a rarity in the manufacturing industry in China. We work with industry leading brands and have offices in Brisbane, Los Angeles, New York, Milan and Ningbo. We approach every step through a responsible lens, seeking innovative solutions that benefit our people, our planet, and your business.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 17.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 24.9
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 18.2
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 19.9
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 4.1
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.