Archive

2012
Takeback programme for sports shoes is a groundbreaking initiative in Brazil
adidas Brazil launched “Sustainable Footprint”, a voluntary take-back-and-recycle programme which intends to minimise the environmental impacts caused by improper disposal of sports shoes.
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2010
Environmental Considerations Present a Great Opportunity for Designers
In an interview, James Carnes, VP Design Vice President Design for adidas Sports Performance explains how his team is responding to the environmental agenda.

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2010
Achieving ISO 14001 certification in North America
Five North American adidas Group sites were certified to the international environmental management system ISO 14001 during 2010 after an intense period of working together for over a year.
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2010
The 24-hour sustainability design challenge
In between product creation seasons, adidas designers volunteer to participate in 24-hour design projects to challenge their creativity, to start them thinking in new ways about a particular subject and to foster innovation and collaboration within the team.
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2010
Recycled Polyester
The adidas Group commissioned the first so-called 'life cycle assessment' of recycled polyester which demonstrated its environmental benefits over virgin polyester.
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2010
Committed to improving performance-Environmental audit at a Tier 2 material supplier
PT Taroko Textiles, a Tier 2 fabric supplier located in Indonesia, was nominated to undergo an environmental audit to determine the potential environmental impacts associated with the manufacturing of woven synthetics.
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2010
Energy audits at Canton and Spartanburg
In 2010, we took part in an Environmental Defense Fund programme where an intern worked with us for ten weeks across the summer. The intern audited the energy we used at two of our North American sites – the Reebok site in Canton and our distribution centre in Spartanburg.
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2009
Waste management at the adidas North America Headquarters in Portland, USA
The adidas North America Headquarters is making ongoing environmental improvements on the site. Total waste was reduced by 25% in the last two years.
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2009
Energy management at the Reebok Headquarters in Canton, USA
Our Reebok headquarters strives to align business and sustainablility goals. Energy, water, paper use and waste are the areas where the potential for improvement exists.
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2009
Best practice: Reduced energy use at Advanced Sporting Goods Factory
Advanced assessed their production premises for energy use to identify opportunities for savings and exceeded their original target in several areas.
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2007
adidas Grün
In 2007 the adidas Group developed an environmentally optimised product concept, the adidas Grün (‘green’) range, which was launched in spring 2008.
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2007
Waste co-processing in Vietnam
With the rapid growth of industralization in Vietnam, each year the country produces more than 15 millions tonnes of waste.
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2006
Evervan factory, China, achieving much and inspiring others
Several initiatives and projects were finalised at the Evervan site, one of our major footwear suppliers in China.
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2005
Environmental management system, China
Besides the high volumes of apparel and footwear products, China has become an important production country for sports equipment, and in particular for footballs.
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2005
Tackling air pollution in football production, Thailand
While the national legislation on health and safety and labour issues is clear, Thailand struggles to implement it. Government agencies tend to focus on the regulation of heavy industries.
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Last update: April 13th, 2012