Brand owner: Wolverine World Wide Inc.
Head office: Rockford, MI, USA
Sector: Shoes & footwear
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| 1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Wolverine World Wide (brand owner of Hush Puppies) only shortly mentions one policy measure to reduce carbon emissions, namely having purchased renewable energy to power the headquarters. It is not clear what the policy is for the company to further reduce carbon emissions. | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years? |
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See remark for carbon emissions policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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See remark for carbon emissions policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations? |
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See remark for carbon emissions policy question 1. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a policy to substitute leather and synthetic rubber with environmentally friendlier materials? |
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Hush Puppies (or brand owner Wolverine Worldwide) mention any concrete policy to use more environmentally friendlier materials to substitute leather and synthetic rubbers. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) use these environmentally friendlier alternatives for leather and synthetic rubber for more than 25% of the total use of footwear materials? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) use these environmentally friendlier alternatives for leather and synthetic rubber for more than 50% of the total use of footwear materials? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand have a clear and effective policy to avoid the use of leather that originates from cattle farms in deforestated Amazone areas? |
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Hush Puppies (or brand owner Wolverine Worldwide) does not mention a concrete policy to avoid leather that originates from cattle farms in deforested Amazone areas. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) have a clear and effective policy to minimize environmental pollution of chromium and other harmful substances from leather tanning processes, e.g. by waste water treatment or by vegetable tanning? |
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Hush Puppies' brand owner Wolverine Worldwide mentions that the USA tannery is Gold Certified according to the Leather Working Group. However, 80% of the leather comes from China, for which is no clear policy or timeline to minimize the use of chromium and other harmful substances caused by leather tanning processes. | Source |
| 6. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from the whole lifecycle and all production procedures to make the footwear? |
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Hush Puppies (or brand owner Wolverine Worldwide) does not mention a policy to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from any production phase to make the footwear. | Source |
| 7. Does the brand (company) have a clear target to phase out PVC in their products, and has the brand already achieved a PVC phase out level of more than 90%? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 5. | Source |
| 8. Has the brand (company) a clear and effective policy to minimize the use of solvents based chemicals in their shoe production, and has the brand already achieved a level of average max. 40 grams of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emissions per pair of shoes? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 5. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labor, no child labor, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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All standards are mentioned in the Code of Conduct of Wolverine Worldwide (see page 16.) | Source |
| 2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary and paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? |
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"1. Not mentioned; 2. No, maximum working week is 60 hours, but hours of overtime is not specified. 3. No, wages and benefits must meet or exceed the applicable legally mandated minimum requirements." | Source |
| 3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? |
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Freedom of association is mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law (see page 17.). | Source |
| 4. Does this labour conditions policy also apply further down the production chains, at least covering the leather production or the animal farms? |
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Wolverine Worldwide does not make clear if the Code of Conduct and consequent labour conditions policy also applies further down the footwear production chain, such as leather tanning or cattle farms. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
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Neither Hush Puppies nor its brandowner, Wolverine Worldwide provides a significant list of direct suppliers on its website. | Source |
| 6. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labor conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labor conditions? |
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Neither Hush Puppies nor its brandowner, Wolverine Worldwide mentions any membership. | Source |
| 7. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labor unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes? |
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See remark for labour conditions question 6. | Source |
| 8. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labor conditions policy? |
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"Neither Hush Puppies nor its brandowner, Wolverine Worldwide publicly report outcomes or results of its policies to improve labor conditions at its suppliers." | Source |
| 9. Has the brand’s labor conditions policy resulted in a ‘compliance level’ of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a ‘monitored level' of at least 80%? |
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See remark for labor conditions question 8. | Source |