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Nike's Strategy to Improve Conditions in its Global Supply Chain – A Case Study

Nike's Strategy to Improve Conditions in its Global Supply Chain – A Case Study

By
Angharad Porteous, Sonali Rammohan
Stanford Initiative for the Study of Supply Chain Responsibility (SISSCR). November
2013

Nike’s approach to managing supplier responsibility has greatly evolved since the 1990s, when the media uncovered claims of child labor, underpaid workers, and poor working conditions in several Asian countries. This report explores how Nike’s approach to improving social and environmental conditions in its global supply chain has evolved through integrated management of sustainability and innovation, increased supplier incentives, and systems innovations intended to prevent problems before they arise.