SUPPLIERS AND WORKERS

There are more than 1,100 independent factories employing hundreds of thousands of workers producing goods for the adidas Group. Our Workplace Standards aim to ensure that those workplaces are fair, safe and healthy. We check how well our suppliers comply with our standards and help them to improve.

Direct suppliers

These are suppliers that have a direct contractual relationship with the adidas Group, mostly for the supply of products.

Indirect suppliers

These can be factories that produce for our licensees or for agents. Licensees manage the design, production and distribution of specific products, under license to the adidas Group. Agents are independent companies that act as intermediaries and determine where products are manufactured, manage the manufacturing processes, and sell finished products to the Group.