I. Company Profile
An apparel and equipment company with 900 manufacturing facilities worldwide, Nike operates on six continents. The company's worldwide headquarters is located in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike owns facilities in Oregon, Tennessee, North Carolina and the Netherlands, and operates leased facilities for 15 NikeTowns, over 70 Nike Factory Stores and over 100 sales and administrative offices and employees more than 50,000 people. Nike is the largest sports and fitness company in the world.
II. Management of Overseas Environmental Issues
A. Management issues
Reporting structures, systems, and certifications
Nike currently has a team of 60 people at its worldwide headquarters and in the field that is responsible for managing Nike's supply chain factories and contracted manufacturing facilities. Nike operates with regards to its Code of Conduct, Leadership Code and Standards known as MESH (Management, Environmental, Health and Safety), and local compliance. This environmental team will increase to an estimated 80 people by the end of 2002. The team is responsible for monitoring of contracted facilities. There are four regional areas of operations: North Asia, South Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas. Nike also has functional units, which set standards, infrastructure management, and protocol for Nike's Environmental, Health and Safety systems. At the corporate level, Nike has a Vice President of Compliance. Together, the environmental teams, functional units, and Vice President of Compliance are responsible for 900 facilities worldwide.
In order to facilitate understanding and implementation of its standards, Nike introduced factory-wide training and education programs to its facilities. Nike also prints its cod ...