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Progress 2008

Progress


We are committed to improving our performance. We know that setting ourselves challenging targets drives us to aim higher and achieve more. Since seven years now we report on the progress we have made against our targets.

We assess how well we have done, scoring our progress as follows:
• 0%: no progress
• 10%: initiated
• 25%: partly complete
• 50%: good progress
• 75%: substantially complete
• 100%: fully complete

In our 2008 Online Report we have expanded on the commentary around each target: why we chose that particular target, how we set about achieving it, and the barriers we encountered along the way. We think this approach will help readers gain a deeper insight into our approach to tackling the challenges we face and how well we have done. Our hope is that this richer content will lead to greater understanding and ultimately increase trust with our stakeholders.

Below please find a list of the progress we have made so far.

The new targets for 2009 can be found in a separate chapter of this website.

Targets 2008 and progress


Targets 2008



STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Target 1 - To build strategic partnerships with international agencies, governments and civil society, with the objective of improving social and environmental conditions in the garment industry in China, El Salvador,
Honduras, India, Mexico and Vietnam.


50%

Target 2 - To enter into a dialogue with Hong Kong’s labour and human rights community and obtain NGO views on issues surrounding the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.


25%

Target 3 - To expand the outreach with North American universities and
collegiate NGOs.


100%

Target 4 - To steer and support the Better Cotton Initiative to influence environmental change in the international cotton industry.


75%

Target 5 - To expand the participation in FLA 3.0 and include El Salvador, Honduras and Turkey.


25%

Target 6 - To complete a feedback report, providing the adidas Group’s
response to the views and suggestions given in the 2007 suppliers
stakeholder dialogue held in Hong Kong.


10%

SUPPLY CHAIN
Systems – Target 1 - To mature and strengthen the efficiency of the external monitoring model for the indirect supply chain used by adidas Group licensees.


50%

Systems – Target 2 - To review and enhance the integrity of the data output from the Fair Factories Clearinghouse database and strengthen the input processes.


50%

Systems – Target 3 - To complete strategic compliance planning for an
additional fourteen critical business entities comprising ten licensees, one
agent, one brand and two business units.


100%

Health & Safety – Target 1 - To extend the safety officer registration and training
to all directly sourced suppliers in Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil and Argentina.


75%

Health & Safety – Target 2 - To develop an e-Learning training platform to
support the roll-out of the revised and updated version of the HSE Guidelines.


0%

Health & Safety – Target 3 - To extend monitoring and reporting of volatile
organic compounds at footwear factories in Brazil and Argentina.


50%

Labour – Target 1 - To review, revise and prepare the launch of updated SEA Employment Guidelines.


50%

Labour – Target 2 - To develop and launch a Human Resources Management System training programme in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.


50%

Labour – Target 3 - To critically review and strengthen the network of confidential reporting channels for worker complaints in all three regions.


75%

ENVIRONMENT
Product – Target 1 - To launch the adidas Better Place programme internally, involving a minimum of 50% of the adidas Sport Performance Business Units in the programme during the first year. Develop a unified approach to the creation
of sustainable products, involving sourcing, materials, innovation, design and product development departments.


100%

Product – Target 2 - To conduct an environmental benchmarking assessment
of factories nominated for the production of Better Place products.


75%

Product – Target 3 - To commission an internationally recognised NGO to
review and verify internal tools for the selection of environmental materials used
in our products.


50%

Production – Target 1 - To identify and engage with appropriate technical, brand and NGO partners to support the reduction of energy, waste and water in our
core supply chain.


50%

Production – Target 2 - To enhance the internalisation of environmental metrics
by core footwear suppliers to drive improvements in their reporting and defining reduction targets.


25%

Production – Target 3 - To run four energy efficiency workshops for our suppliers in Asia and in the EMEA region to further drive the reduction in energy use.


75%

Own sites – Target 1 - To conduct a gap analysis of the environmental performance of the adidas Group’s own production sites.


25%

Own sites – Target 2 - To conduct an in-depth environmental review of the
adidas Group Headquarters facilities in Germany.


100%

Own sites – Target 3 - To evaluate the environmental performance of the adidas Group transport and logistics providers to support our communication on the overall environmental footprint of our business.


75%

OUR EMPLOYEES
Talent and succession management – Target 1 - To substantially improve the activities in identifying, managing and developing internal talents and successors for our management and executive positions on a Group-wide scale.


50%

Talent and succession management – Target 2 - To identify, develop and retain adidas Group talents and place them in management and executive level positions.


75%

World-class recruiter – Target 1 - To implement and roll out Career Scout, our global electronic recruitment system, supporting worldwide hiring in all our operating markets.


75%

World-class recruiter – Target 2 - To implement an employer branding strategy
in all our operating markets.


50%

Employer of choice – Target 1 - To identify, build and foster relationships to key universities around the world.


75%

Employer of choice – Target 2 - To become the employer of choice not only for external potential talents but equally important for all our current employees who carry our brands and business with great passion.


75%


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