Tackling pollution in the supply chain

We have limited control over the direct environmental impacts of the manufacturing process and how our suppliers act. The best way we can influence the environmental impacts at our suppliers’ factories is to encourage the introduction of environmental management systems, and we have made implementing an environmental management system mandatory for all our core suppliers. Achieving certification to a management system requires factory managers to plan, manage and review their own environmental performance. This encourages them to approach the issue with rigour and the appropriate resources. Environmental management systems commit the supplier to continuous improvement.

An overview of suppliers who obtained certification in accordance with OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 can be found in the Performance data section.

Support for suppliers

The adidas Group’s approach is to help its suppliers reduce the environmental impacts in their factories through advice and support. The company has issued detailed and practical Guidelines on Health, Safety and Environment, which have been complemented by a more specific Guide to Best Environmental Practice. Highlighting best practice both inspires and practically explains how suppliers can improve their performance.

The Guide shows how to address environmental issues in a systematic way and how to obtain economic benefits by taking a pro-active stance in the management of resources, processes and wastes and goes far beyond end-of-pipe solutions.

• The best way we can influence the environmental impacts at our suppliers' factories is to encourage the introduction of environmental management systems.

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