Adidas Group

"adidas recognizes its corporate responsibility to respect human rights and the importance of showing that we are taking the necessary steps to fulfill this social obligation. We do this by striving to operate responsibly along the entire value chain; by safeguarding the rights of our own employees and those of the workers who manufacture our products through our Labor Rights Charter and 'Workplace Standards'; and by applying our influence to affect change wherever human rights issues are linked to our business activities." [....] "Specifically, we expect our business partners to operate workplaces where the following standards and practices are implemented: [...] Forced Labour / Child Labour / Freedom of Association / Discrimination / Abuse" Adidas are also a signatory of the ILO "Participating company. Partnership between the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation to improve social dialog and productivity in supplier factories."

"We follow a holistic approach to uphold women’s rights, ensure gender equality and protect against all forms of gender-based discrimination, internally, and through our business relationships. [...] We have commissioned empowerment projects to support the hiring of women workers – where cultural norms had restricted job opportunities – and training initiatives to build skills for female workers whose employment has been displaced due to the introduction of new technologies."

"Any violation of our Workplace Standards, or any potential, or actual, breach of human rights linked to adidas Group’s operations, products or services can be raised with us through our Third Party Complaint Process [...] Any individual or organization directly affected by an issue, or any organization which represents individuals or communities directly affected, can make a complaint."

"In addition to our own monitoring activities, we value independent and unannounced assessments by independent third parties to demonstrate the credibility of – and provide verified information about – our program to stakeholders. As a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), adidas is subject to external assessment by independent monitors, participation in the FLA third-party complaint system and public reporting. In 2005, our own monitoring program was accredited by the FLA for the first time and re-accreditation took place in 2008 and in 2017. This decision was based on independent factory monitoring and verification reports of supplier facilities and a thorough audit of monitoring protocols, training programs and auditing systems."

"adidas outsources most of its production. Being committed to transparency and public disclosure, we have fully disclosed our global factory lists and published detailed information including the names and locations of suppliers by country since 2007. This extends to primary suppliers, subcontractors, licensees and suppliers where the majority of wet processes are carried out." Adidas provide a list of their processing facilities, but does not provide the locations where they source material from.

"Since 2006, adidas has been an active member of the Leather Working Group (LWG), which is a multi-stakeholder group that promotes sustainable business practices within the leather industry. The LWG has developed stringent standards and audit protocols benchmarked against industry best practices, and checks compliance through independent monitoring. Our participation in the LWG supports the goal to improve the leather manufacturing industry by creating alignment on environmental priorities, bringing greater visibility to best practices and providing guidelines for continual improvement. Hides used for our products are sourced from tanneries audited by the LWG with a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating, and therefore fulfill the highest standards in the industry. The LWG protocol covers 99% of adidas’ leather volume, sourced from tanneries across the globe, including those in Asia, who source hides mainly from South and North America. All of the tanneries we source leather from have achieved at least a Silver rating, and more than 80% of tanneries achieved Gold rating. "

"adidas recognizes its corporate responsibility to respect human rights and the importance of showing that we are taking the necessary steps to fulfill this social obligation. We do this by striving to operate responsibly along the entire value chain; by safeguarding the rights of our own employees and those of the workers who manufacture our products through our Labor Rights Charter and 'Workplace Standards'; and by applying our influence to affect change wherever human rights issues are linked to our business activities." [....] "Specifically, we expect our business partners to operate workplaces where the following standards and practices are implemented: [...] Forced Labour / Child Labour / Freedom of Association / Discrimination / Abuse" Adidas are also a signatory of the ILO "Participating company. Partnership between the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation to improve social dialog and productivity in supplier factories."

"We follow a holistic approach to uphold women’s rights, ensure gender equality and protect against all forms of gender-based discrimination, internally, and through our business relationships. [...] We have commissioned empowerment projects to support the hiring of women workers – where cultural norms had restricted job opportunities – and training initiatives to build skills for female workers whose employment has been displaced due to the introduction of new technologies."

"Any violation of our Workplace Standards, or any potential, or actual, breach of human rights linked to adidas Group’s operations, products or services can be raised with us through our Third Party Complaint Process [...] Any individual or organization directly affected by an issue, or any organization which represents individuals or communities directly affected, can make a complaint."

"In addition to our own monitoring activities, we value independent and unannounced assessments by independent third parties to demonstrate the credibility of – and provide verified information about – our program to stakeholders. As a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), adidas is subject to external assessment by independent monitors, participation in the FLA third-party complaint system and public reporting. In 2005, our own monitoring program was accredited by the FLA for the first time and re-accreditation took place in 2008 and in 2017. This decision was based on independent factory monitoring and verification reports of supplier facilities and a thorough audit of monitoring protocols, training programs and auditing systems."