Adidas has cut VOCs by more than 80%
22/11/2011
In 1999, the company’s athletic shoes contained, on average, 140 grammes of VOCs per pair, mostly as a result of the adhesives used in their construction. Adidas launched an initiaitive specifically to reduce this figure in 2000 and by 2010 the VOC content per pair had fallen by more than 82% to 25 grammes per pair.
Adidas released the figure as part of an “individual roadmap” towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals that it has released in parallel with the joint statement it made with five other companies on November 21. It said: “We support in principle Greenpeace’s aspiration for a world that is free of hazardous chemicals. However, while we are committed to being part of the solution, we have to acknowledge that the management of chemicals in multi-tiered supply chains is a complex challenge, requiring many actors to play a role in achieving this goal. The adidas group works with more than 1,200 contract factories in 69 countries around the world.”
It went on to outline progress it has made in recent years in its own supply chain, including the VOC example.
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