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Nike Sustainability Report
Introduction
Issue of sustainability is a paramount factor for modern business organizations, as this factor not only is a legal requirement but an ethical and social responsibility for an organization. In this perspective, the case study of Nike has been analysed to know the relevant practices of the company towards sustainable development. The report outlines initiatives taken by the Nike Company, their outcomes, and the initiatives feasibility in a different context.
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1.1 Identification of the sustainability initiatives by the HR
The initiatives taken by the Nike Company after facing blemishes of poor practices in sweat shops in Bangladesh are mentioned. The first corporate responsibility initiatives introduced by HR is moving the CR team further upstream in corporate decision making ladder. A critical step that company took was making CR division aligned towards strategies of the organization and developing guidance tools to support decision-making process in early stages of product development. Now the corporate responsibility department plays a role of working with product teams and addressing sustainability issues earlier in the design and production of the products. Therefore, the company adopts a proactive role in sustainable development. The company now is able to identify the root causes of the sustainability and labour issues. The new approach assists company to create new business models, innovating the sustainability solutions, and put workers to create supply chain innovation. The workers now are able to develop a close partnership with the business functions of the company.
The second initiatives the Nike company has taken it development of multiple indexes to rate the sustainability practices and the independent contract manufacturers. The Nike Company therefore, focused towards innovation. The innovations are applied to mitigate the challenges the company is facing. The innovation factor creates better results for the factories. Nike has practiced various factor audits to improve health, safety and environment and for this purpose the company has formed a team that conducts factory audits and offers relevant training. The company has offered not only competitive wages to the people, but also empowerment and engagement to them. The company offers various kinds of training and has worked with the factory owners to convey the value of the business to the employees. it is also remarked by Parker, an employee of the Nike company that factory improvement, assistance to the workers and innovation are promoted by such initiatives taken by HR department. The role of FLA is found critical as Nike people claim in to reduce the complexity in processes that factories undertake.
The company has developed Considered Index or CI. It was a kind of index that evaluated products on the basis of environment sustainability and considered chemistry, waste, energy and water impact. This index consisted of various indexes that are mentioned below.
Materials sustainability index rates all materials used by the Nile to manufacture products. The rating offered points to these materials. The footwear sustainability index and apparel sustainability index are used by the company and scores related to solvent use, waste, and energy use are offered. The company...