We service every Australian state and territory, and international schools across Asia with a growing team of locally based Sales and Project Consultants.

Our headquarters, manufacturing and supply facility is located in Yandina, Queensland. We maintain distribution centres in Melbourne and Sydney, and showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Townsville.

As at 30 June 2024, BFX Furniture employed 237 people across Australia, peaking at 330 in January.

Addressing the risk of modern slavery practices

The BFX Furniture board and executive team are committed to operating our business in a transparent, environmentally and socially responsible way and to practicing good governance. 

We oppose slavery in all its forms. 

We acknowledge that the risks of modern slavery may be heightened in some of our companies supply chains and operations as a result of the geographical location of some suppliers, our areas of operation, and the source of materials used in products supplied to us. Materials such as
upholstered soft furnishings and steel framework sourced from China has been identified as a product whose production carries with it particular risks of modern slavery. We also acknowledge that, we lack visibility in certain overseas markets, and this carries additional risks of modern slavery
especially in secondary levels of our chain of suppliers and source materials used in our group’s goods and services.

Over the reporting period policies and risk management processes have been implemented and enhanced, to identify and address the risk of modern slavery in our supply chain. This includes compulsory staff training, the implementation of a dedicated modern slavery section in our supplier screening and qualifying process, engaging more with suppliers on modern slavery issues and conducting routine supplier evaluation, and supply chain mapping that encompasses a range of environmental and ethical risks, including modern slavery.

We are monitoring the effectiveness of the processes and procedures to address the modern slavery risks in the business by monitoring the number of suppliers completing our modern slavery questionnaire and by the completion rates of mandatory staff training. We will continually assess the effectiveness of our actions in identifying and managing risks by partnering with suppliers and other external partners and undertaking regular governance and external assurance processes in supplier auditing and visits. Based on the results of these processes we will adapt and strengthen our actions to continually improve our response to modern slavery.

Operations and supply chains

BFX Furniture is committed to the superior design, production and supply of quality products and professional services. With a modern manufacturing and supply facility on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, an international sourcing team, and a specialist delivery and installation service, BFX has a reputation for reliably delivering modern education and office furniture solutions.

Our goal is to forever enhance the social, environmental and economic sustainability of our business and to remain at the forefront of our industry in this endeavour. We achieve this through ethical sourcing and continuous improvement in our use of raw materials, energy and resources, waste
minimisation and recycling, and furniture design that ensures our products are fit-for-purpose and
built to last.

Our starting premise is an unblemished record of compliance with all local, state and federal
legislation and Australian standards.

BFX Furniture’s vertically integrated supply chain includes our own factories, as well as local and
overseas suppliers with whom the business has long-standing supply agreements in place.

Our supply chain is quality assured (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001), and our products independently tested
and certified. We conduct routine supplier evaluation of our third party suppliers and supply chain
mapping that encompasses a range of environmental and ethical risks, including modern slavery. 

Our Queensland manufacturing facility produces custom and made to order furniture, sourcing raw
materials and componentry from tier one suppliers mostly located in Australia. Our assembly
division sources furniture that requires little or no customisation, with raw materials sourced largely
from tier one and two suppliers located in Australia, China, Taiwan and Malaysia.

A supply chain analysis has identified two areas of risk. First, a generally low risk of modern slavery
in the textile sector. Second, some second-tier overseas suppliers have a medium geographic and
entity risk. For example, soft furnishings that are upholstered in textiles using cotton as a raw
material and produced by second tier suppliers located in China where the prevalence of modern
slavery per capita has a CCC rating.

Due Diligence and Remediation Processes

To date, BFX Furniture has had no reported incidents of modern slavery or breaches by its overseas suppliers.

Nevertheless, BFX recognises the inherent risk of slavery and human trafficking within the supply chain and has established internal processes to guide supplier selection and tendering, including:

• Modern slavery awareness training within BFX’s executive, management and procurement teams.
• Consolidation of purchasing within the procurement team.
• Pre-contract supplier assessment, examining the potential supplier’s reputation, ability to supply, integrity, financial strength and compliance with legislation and best practice before a supply contract is awarded.
• Regular review of existing suppliers in line with BFX’s QMS, EMS and GECA requirements.
• Ensuring that BFX Furniture do not purchase materials from suppliers that breach the UN Guiding Principles. If any existing suppliers are found to have breached the UN Guiding Principles, BFX Furniture will take immediate steps to reassess those supply arrangements.

Future commitments

In 2024/25, BFX Furniture’s focus areas are:

• Compulsory training of all management staff on the risks of modern slavery in our supply lines.
• Further centralising and refining our procurement processes.
• Further dedicated training of our procurement team with best practice initiatives.
• Reviewing identified risk areas in the supply chain and reporting to the BFX board annually.

Brad Henderson
Chief Executive Officer

18 March 2025