JUST-STYLE MANAGEMENT BRIEFING: MANUFACTURING WINNERS AND LOSERS IN 2012
December 1st, 2012
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WINNERS
Nike
Multinational sporting goods giant Nike made positive moves to shrug the bad PR associated with low cost sourcing, announcing it was "changing the rules of the game" in May, with a new factory rating system - the Sourcing & Manufacturing Sustainability Index. It brings labour and sustainability standards to the forefront when it comes to choosing factories making its products around the world. Earlier in the year, Nike also teamed up with Dutch textile machinery company DyeCoo Textile Systems BV, which claims to have ...
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