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Brand Owner: NIKE, Inc.
Head Office: Beaverton, Oregon USA
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Sportswear
Free Tags: Multi-Sports
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Nike Score Report

Questions about Carbon Emissions
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1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? Nike has various policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as reducing its overall carbon footprint by eliminating energy-intensive materials and processes (see page 104 'Product Creation'). SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) published the carbon-footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years? Nike has published a rough carbon footprint of own operations (see page 109). Carbon emissions only increased since 2003. SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its ‘own operations’ carbon footprint by at least 20% before the year 2012? Goal: Nike brand facilities and business travel climate neutral by FY11, NIKE, Inc facilities climate neutral by FY15 (see page 29). Not specified what brand facilities and Nike Inc facilities are, and Nike says to be 'rethinking goal' as part of larger Climate & Energy strategy. So goal is not clear. SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the supply/production chain? See pages 110-112: In 2008 Nike launched a footwear energy efficiency program with five of its largest manufacturing partners. Absolute CO2 footprint was down 6% (despite a 9% increase in production). No clear target set however. SOURCE
Questions about Environmental Policy
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1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume? Nike uses organic cotton, recycled polyester and environmentally preferred rubber (see page 93-94). See page 92: in 2009, 14% of cotton fiber used was organic and 1,6% of total polyester was recycled polyester. However, unclear what total percentages and numbers this represents. SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume? Nike uses organic cotton, recycled polyester and environmentally preferred rubber (see page 93-94). See page 92: in 2009, 14% of cotton fiber used was organic and 1,6% of total polyester was recycled polyester. However, unclear what total percentages and numbers this represents. SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume? Nike uses organic cotton, recycled polyester and environmentally preferred rubber (see page 93-94). See page 92: in 2009, 14% of cotton fiber used was organic and 1,6% of total polyester was recycled polyester. However, unclear what total percentages and numbers this represents. SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) report on its environmental policy related to the 'wet processes' within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics? See pages 121-123 for information about water use and pages 100-101 for information on chemical use. SOURCE
Questions about Labour Conditions/Human Rights
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1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? All standards are mentioned in Nike Code of Conduct. SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? 1. Not found; 2. No, maximum working week is 60 hours, but hours of overtime is not specified and overtime may be mandatory; 3. No, mentioning of minimum and industry wage, not living wage. SOURCE
3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? The right to free association and collective bargaining is mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law. SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? This list covers all active suppliers (see link). SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions? Nike cooperates with different organizations like the Fair Labor Association (FLA) (see page 36). SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes? There are human rights NGO's in the FLA board. SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy? See FLA website, several reports of audits found. It is not clear however what percentage of the total workplaces is audited in 2009. SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%? According to the FLA Nike is in compliance with the FLA code. (See also chapter 3 Workers and Factories, pages 33-77 of NIKE, Inc. Corporate Responsibility Report FY07-09). SOURCE