Timberland’s tanneries up to scratch but factories falter
03/09/2014
This represents 99% of its overall total footwear leather volume.
It says its target is for all leather to be from gold or silver-rated tanneries.
The brand employed 17% more in the quarter than it did in the second quarter last year (6,532 versus 5,564).
In terms of its finished goods factories, 34% of suppliers passed its audit as ‘accepted’ – marginally lower than the 37% that hit that level in the first quarter.
Its supply chain consisted of 325 active factories (207 finished goods manufacturers and 118 component suppliers such as tanneries, textile mills, and sundries suppliers).
It admitted: “As the Timberland supplier sustainability team continues to work with factories on their corrective action plans, we expect to see an increase in factories being upgraded from accepted to be upgraded (ATBU) to accepted.”
Timberland owner VF Corp conducted 72 audits of Timberland suppliers in the second quarter: 17 were accepted, 52 were rated ATBU and three were rejected.
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