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Brand Owner: Levi Strauss & Co
Head Office: San Fransico, CA, USA
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Casual
Free Tags: Basic, Jeans

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Last Updated: 11 November 2011
Last Verified: 11 November 2011

Dockers Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

2 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Levi Strauss & Co (brand owner of Dockers) has several policy measures to achieve carbon neutrality by reducing its energy consumption and moving to the use of 100 percent renewable energy.	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?	For the Levi Strauss & Co footprint: click 'Carbon Disclosure Project' and see pages 6&7. A reduction of 2% is achieved in 2008 since 2007 (click '2008 global energy use and greenhouse gas inventory').	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?	Levi Strauss & Co only sets the ambition of reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in its owned and operated locations by 11% worldwide compared to 2007 levels.	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?	Levi Strauss & Co reduced fuel usage and therefore carbon emissions on US inbound logistics, they also have an information management system that supplies and track their suppliers energy use data. Moreover, they have some programs to reduce their carbon footprint across the supply chain with several NGOs.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

1 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	95% of the raw materials in Levi Strauss & Co supply chain are from cotton. Levi's is a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), which means that cotton is produced with restricted pesticides, fertilizers and water use. However, it is unclear what percentage of the total volume the "better cotton" represent.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	Levi Strauss & Co has a very detailed and clear policy regarding water and chemicals (see water and chemicals in the left box in link).	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

3 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All aspects are mentioned in Levi Strauss & Co (brand owner of Dockers) Social and Environmental Sustainability Guidebook (see pages 5, 7, 27 & 29).	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 paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	1. “Work performed must be on the basis of recognized employment relationships” (p 19) ; 2. Maximum working week is 60 hours, hours of overtime is not defined though overtime is voluntary (see pages 7, 17-18); 3. No, mentioning of minimum, legal and industry wage, not living wage (see pages 19-21).	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?	This right is mentioned, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions (see page 22).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	This list covers all active Levi Strauss & Co suppliers (see link).	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Levi Strauss & Co cooperates with several multi-stakeholder initiatives but it seems that none of them is a partner that assists with improving labour conditions world wide.	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	Levi Strauss & Co cooperates with several multi-stakeholder initiatives but it seems that none of them is a partner that assists with improving labour conditions world wide.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Levi Strauss & Co hire factory assessors to conduct regular assessments of every factory contracted to manufacture its products. However, no report has been published.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	See remark for labor conditions question 7.	SOURCE