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Brand Owner: The Timberland Company & VF Corporation
Head Office: Stratham, New Hampshire, USA
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Sportswear, Casual, Footwear
Free Tags: Sporty, Outdoors, Snow

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Last Updated: 13 December 2011
Last Verified: 13 December 2011

Timberland Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

4 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Timberland's goal, for own facilities and employee travel is to be carbon neutral by 2010. This has been achieved by reducing energy use (38% since 2006) and carbon offsets.	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?	Footprint; See Timberland's Update page 2. See the answer to the former question.	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?	Timberland's goal is to be carbon neutral by 2010 and this has been achieved by reducing (38% since 2006) and carbon offsets.	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?	See Timberland's Update (page 8). Note that these carbon emissions represent 96% of the total carbon footprint in the life cycle of a product. 4% is directly generated by own facilities and employee travels (see remark question 1).	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?	Timberland reports 34% of the overall cotton purchased in 2010 as organic. Additionally, Timberland uses hemp or bamboo viscose as and recycled materials. However, it is unclear what percentage these materials represent in the total production of the brand.	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?	Timberland has a policy to minimize the use of chemicals and reduce the environmental impact of leather tanning. However, no clear rules for water use and water effluent treatments in the production processes found.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

4 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 Timberland Code of Conduct.	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 found; 2. Yes, maximum working week is 48 hours, maximum overtime hours is 12 and voluntary; 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, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions.	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?	See link for a list of active factories as of 31 December 2010.	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?	Timberland does not seem to participate in the initiatives like FLA specially put in place to jointly improve labour conditions (see question 4 in link).	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?	Timberland only participates in multi-brand initiatives.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Yes, Timberland provides detailed information on its assessment results (pp. 14-21 in latest CSR Report). Scroll down for the quarterly results.	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%?	No monitoring in accordance to standards like ETI, FLA, FWF, SA8000 and WRC.	SOURCE