Asics Will Reduce 10% Of Carbon Emissions And Waste Of Water Resources During Shoemaking.

Japan Sporting goods The leading Asics company expects to reduce carbon emissions and waste of water resources in the production of each pair of shoes as the next five years of sustainable development goals, which will be implemented by its first line footwear supplier.

The target is one of the broad targets of the 2015 base level and a sustainable development strategy for 2020, which also includes a reduction of 5% of carbon dioxide emissions from direct production.

The company is committed to achieving its final goal in 2020, but says its carbon dioxide emissions plan is "scientifically based" and intends to work with suppliers and other stakeholders to achieve the goal.

This "scientifically based" approach, from the results of the CDP, UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute and the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF), helps enterprises to determine the emission reduction targets of two oxy carbon, so as to prevent global climate change from reaching the worst and ensure that the target of "2 degrees C" is limited in the period of industrial revolution.

In general, Asics said, in comparison with the level in 2009, they had successfully reduced 43% of their carbon emissions, 50% of water consumption and 17% of solid waste emissions in each pair of shoes.

This carbon reduction plan is commissioned by the Japanese Ministry of economic and industrial development (METI) My Climate Japan for its suppliers in Kampuchea and Vietnam to find out the best way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and improve energy efficiency.

　　 Jogging shoes Sports shoes and ready-made clothes. Designer And manufacturers will also check their front-line suppliers to see whether they are fully in line with or better than Asics's social responsibility and labor standards under the basic CSR standards.

Asics is the first company to adopt the Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management (AFIRM) limited physical inventory (Restricted Substances List, Restricted). This global standard is used by brands and suppliers to help establish chemical management knowledge, set up basic norms, and provide basis for analysis and testing.

Other milestones in the 2015 sustainability report included the implementation of the Better Work Program (ILO Better) and the Better Factories Cambodia (Better Factories) to continuously improve the safety and ethical standards of the working environment. The action includes the establishment of a Asics supplier review system in the front line of Kampuchea.

The company's "sustainable development strategy for 2020" is consistent with the goal of the 5 year "Asics Asics Growth Plan 2020" in 2020. By 2020, the Asics growth plan will achieve net sales of 750 billion yen (about US $6 billion 570 million) through direct consumer growth, consumer base expansion and new sports related technology investment before 2020.