Brand owner: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Head office: Goleta, CA, USA
Sector: Shoes & footwear
Categories :
Free Tags: Uggs
| 1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) has several policy measures to 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) has published its carbon footprint, but its footprint increased by 7.4 % from 2009 to 2010 (p. 13) due to business expansion. | 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) mentions there is a goal to reduce their greenhouse emissions, but Deckers does not specify any target percentage or target year. | 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) mentions that 'In 2012, we plan to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of our first tier factories'. Deckers also mentions that designers use Eco Design strategy to reduce environmental impacts from the life cycle. However, no results are reported by Deckers so far. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a policy to substitute leather and synthetic rubber with environmentally friendlier materials? |
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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) mentions that designers use Eco Design strategy to reduce environmental impacts from the life cycle. It is not clear if this led to a policy to substitute leather and rubbers by more eco-friendly materials. | 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 to environment 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 to environment 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) does not make clear where the leather originates from, nor what the policy is on this issue. | 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) has not made public a policy that is related to the environmental impacts of leather tanning. | 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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Deckers (brand owner of UGG Australia) has not made public a policy to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from the life cycle of 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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PVC is on the List of Restricted Substances (RSL) of Deckers, the brand owner of Ugg Australia. | 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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The List of Restricted Substances (RSL) of Deckers restrics many types VOC's, beyond legislations, however, it is not clear what level of VOC emissions have been achieved per pair of shoes produced. | 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 Deckers Ethical Supply Chain Guidelines (see link). | 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 and overtime may be mandatory; 3. No, mentioning of minimum wage, not living wage. | 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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This right is mentioned, but in situations where these rights are restricted under law, parallel means for the representation of workers are only encouraged (no obligation to facilitate parallel means). | 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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| 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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Deckers has published a list of all suppliers and factories. This list covers approximately 90% of all direct suppliers. | 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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Deckers and Ugg Australia do not communicate about a membership to an Multi Stakeholder Initiative on their websites. | 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 5. | Source |
| 8. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labor conditions policy? |
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Although Deckers reports on the auditing of factories, no detailed information is provided about how a factory scores on each aspect of its code of conduct e.g. labor conditions (p.8-9). | 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 labour conditions question 7. | Source |