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 Nike's Corporate Responsibility Report On Wednesday, April 13 2005 Nike announced it was publicly disclosing the names and addresses of all its supply factories producing Nike brand products around the world. This is exactly what groups like No Sweat have been pressuring for. Companies such as Nike do not own their own factories, instead they buy the clothes from subcontractors. The big brands like Nike have continually argued that they are unable to check back as to where their subcontracted factories are. To get this sort of disclosure of factory locations and standards, no sweat universities have been getting on board with the Fair Labour Association and the Workers Rights Constortium, two groups that independently handle labour complaints and investigate factories owned by the subcontrators that supply to the brands that are in our university clothing stores. When a school has a no sweat policy it means that the people who supply the clothing to the school must get on board with either the FLA or WRC that allow their factories to be checked out. Click here to read through Nike's report and the factory list (as on their website) as well as to share your feedback directly with Nike themselves.
Further reading:
"Spin
to Win: How Nike Profits by Lies and Distortion"
"Nike
ushers in a new age of corporate responsibility"
"Nike
counters labour criticism"
"Nike
reveals abuses at foreign factories"
"Worker rights group asks: If Nike can disclose factory locations,
why can't Canadian retailers?"
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