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Brand Owner: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Head Office: Goleta, CA, USA
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Footwear
Free Tags: Sandals, Flip Flops, Outdoors

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Last Updated: 16 February 2012
Last Verified: 16 February 2012

Teva Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

1 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Deckers (brand owner of Teva) has several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as reducing waste and recycling (see link).	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?	Deckers (brand owner of Teva) has published its carbon footprint, but its footprint increased by 7.4 % from 2009 to 2010 (p. 13).	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?	Deckers (brand owner of Teva) mentions it has a target to reduce their greenhouse emissions, but does not specify the target percentage or the 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?	Deckers (brand owner of Teva) mentions the target to reduce carbon emissions in the supply chain but only gives examples of the reduction in the transportation in the distribution chain (p. 16) practices, but no clear policy found, nor a recent report with tangible results.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

0 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Deckers and Teva mention that they use the Eco Index to evaluate some of their footwear products. However, no clear information is provided about for example the use of preffered raw materials or numbers are provided (p. 17). Sustainability information should be easily accessible for consumers to make responsible choices.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark 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?	Deckers uses a list of restricted substances that goes beyond legislation (see link). In addition, Deckers mention that it will try to conserve water but no clear actions or projects are mentioned (see p. 14 corporate responsability update).	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

2 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 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 paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	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?	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 the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Deckers has published a list of all suppliers and factories. This list covers approximately 90% of all direct suppliers.	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?	Deckers and Teva do not communicate any information on being part of a collective initiative for improving labour rights or their purchases from labour-related accredited suppliers on the websites.	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?	See remark for labour conditions question 5.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	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
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 labour conditions question 7.	SOURCE