Adidas Group

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In North America, ISO 14001 certified locations have undergone in-depth energy audits. Each of them developed a plan (including a detailed technical proposal and investment plan) that shows the feasibility of reaching Green Company energy saving targets in North America. Furthermore, other audited North American sites have begun to implement energy saving measures.

A new data management tool for our own sites and for our suppliers was used for the first time for the 2011 reporting period. All data collected is automatically compared with the data reported in previous years. Furthermore, the tool can be used to calculate KPIs and define targets, and it includes a library that features best practice solutions as established by adidas Group entities.

The 2008-2010 reports, including their complete data sets from reporting locations, have been migrated to the new reporting tool. The new reporting tool enables us to:

• Track and evaluate progress of our performance
• Follow up and report on our targets
• Learn from best practice.

In 2011, we reduced the number of sites that are included in the reporting. The original goal of having around 70-80% coverage of all in-house emissions remains unchanged. The locations that have been removed from reporting are sites that were either closing down in 2011, contributed less than 0.5% of total emissions or were located in buildings where the limitations of their tenancy contract meant they could not calculate specific resource use or emissions.

It was scheduled to publish the detailed Green Company performance review highlighting the achievements and progress of the Group’s Green Company programme together with this 2011 Sustainability Progress Report. When reviewing the environmental data sets as submitted by the business entities through the new environmental data reporting tool, we noticed a range of deviations in data sets from previous years that have required us to conduct an accurate analysis to identify the root causes. At the cut-off date for the completion of the 2011 Sustainability Progress Report, this review and analysis was still ongoing. So, the 2011 Green Company performance review will be published at a later date in the year 2012. The review will be posted in the Green Company section of our corporate website.

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The Earth Day event at the adidas Group Headquarters took place in collaboration with the community of Herzogenaurach and other large companies in the area. The Reebok HQ in Canton participated in Earth Day activities as well, and updated their internal communication with new information on Green initiatives, including ISO 14001 and commuter options.

Under the Green Company programme, TaylorMade launched a company-wide recycling campaign and adidas North America in Portland organised an E-waste recycling day which diverted over 2.5 tons of electronic waste from landfills.

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Certifying the adidas Group Headquarters sites in Herzogenaurach in accordance with ISO 14001 has been an important milestone in the history of the Green Company Initiative. More than 3,000 employees work at these locations. The achievement is exceptional because the management system had to accommodate for the new administration building ‘Laces’, which was only opened in mid-2011.

Prior to the actual certification, a series of briefings and announcements about different Green Company topics were launched via various internal communication platforms. This created strong interest, buy-in and engagement among employees.

The project was led by Corporate Facilities and Services and their environmental, health and safety management team.

In North America, the Sports Licensed Division factory in Indianapolis was successfully certified in accordance with the ISO 14001 management standard.

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We issued a Group-wide Green Company car directive which contains incentives for the use of low-carbon vehicles and public transportation. Markets and locations have been asked to follow the guidelines when they set up or amend their car policy.