protect the human right by improving SMS worker hotline and cooperating with the governmental organizations such as International Labour Organization (ILO) and non-governmental organizations. Also, Adidas respect the women worker. Secondly, Adidas have contributions to the community by organizing volunteers to help children and refugees. Thirdly, Adidas aims to produce better products to take the responsibility of customers.
For the environmental performance, Adidas put the social and environmental issues into the business process and daily operation management, Adidas has made remarkable achievements. Take a simple example, Adidas carried out close cooperation with our Global Sourcing about the assessment of plant and employment of front-line workers, and Global Sourcing authorized it to the supply chain management of Adidas. In addition, Adidas also actively participate in cotton (BCI) initiative, in order to reduce dosage of chemicals in the manufacturing process. These are product development team and sourcing team’s efforts and they are together to create solutions for sustainable development. In addition, the green initiative makes company become more environmentally friendly.
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