1. What are the working conditions like in PUMA’s partner factories?
The working conditions in PUMA’s partner factories around the globe are closely monitored for compliance with national and international standards.
As a minimum requirement, all supplier factories have to ensure a safe and healthy working environment, payment of at least national minimum wages including all benefits such as overtime premium payments, annual leave and maternity leave benefits and adherence to local working time legislation.
Where PUMA’s Code of Conduct requirements are higher than local legislation, the provisions of our Code of Conduct will apply.
2. Is child labour used for PUMA products?
Our experience from over 2000 Audits during the past years as well as feedback from our stakeholders clearly indicate that child labour is no longer an issue at PUMA’s supplier factories. PUMA follows a strict zero tolerance policy on child labor.
3. Who is responsible at PUMA for the social and environmental policy?
In order to better coordinate PUMA's social and environmental activities, the PUMA S.A.F.E. Team was created. This team is responsible for the implementation and evolution of PUMA’s social and environmental goals and strategy. The offices of our 13 S.A.F.E. Team members are located in Herzogenaurach (Germany), Istanbul (Turkey), China (Guangzhou), Manila (Philippines) and Delhi (India).
4. How do you monitor compliance with your Code of Conduct in your supplier factories?
The compliance is monitored by our S.A.F.E.-Team conducting internal monitoring visits (audits). Our S.A.F.E. – Team conducts about 300 audits per year since 2002. Combined with earlier audits, nearly 100% of all direct PUMA suppliers have been covered. However, S.A.F.E. Team does not only audit for compliance, but tries to support factories in building their own sustainable management systems.
In addition to our internal monitoring efforts, PUMA is a member of the Fair Labor Association, which conducts independent, external and unannounced audits of 5% of PUMA’s supplier base annually.
5. Where are the PUMA products made?
The PUMA products are made in independent supplier factories. These are located in 43 countries worldwide. Main sourcing countries are in Asia, Turkey, Europe as well as South America, but there are also suppliers located in Africa and the Middle East.
In line with the S.A.F.E principle of transparency, PUMA’s supplier list is publicly available via the FLA (Fair Labor Association).
6. Are PUMA’s supplier factories also externally monitored?
To make sure that social and environmental compliance is really implemented in a transparent way, PUMA agreed to an external monitoring through membership in the Fair Labor Association (FLA). Yearly about 5% of PUMA’s contracted factories are audited by independent and external FLA monitors unannounced. The results of these external audits serve our company also as a benchmark for our internal audit process.
7. What is done to implement environmental management in the supplier factories?
Compliance with basic environmental standards is monitored as part of our S.A.F.E. audit process. The S.A.F.E. team supports factories in implementing their own environmental management systems.
Furthermore, PUMA has initiated several projects: We eliminated PVC from our products and we joined the industry-wide call against restricted substances through the RSL Steering Group.
Please refer to our section on Environment
8. Is PUMA engaged in any humanitarian aid projects?
Since September 2007 PUMA supports Peace One Day. In 2001 Peace One Day achieved its primary objective; having the UN general assembly adopt a resolution by all UN member states to formally establish an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. This International Day of Peace is September 21st. To help raise awareness of Peace One Day, PUMA anounced its long-termpartnership with the organization at a major gala event at London’s Royal Albert Hall in September 2007. PUMA has a proven track record in fundraising initiatives such as supporting the United for Africa charity during the World Cup 2006. Peace One Day is another important charity organization that PUMA can help by offering its expertise in Sportlifestyle and creating desirable products to benefit the cause.
Besides PUMA’s engagement, PUMA employees founded in 2004 Charity Cat – a volunteer organisation. The members of Charity Cat are committed to different charitable projects worldwide. For more information, please have a look at Charity Cat’s website.
9. Are you publishing your internal audit results?
The summary results of our audits are published in PUMA’s sustainability reports.
10. Is PUMA member of any institutions or organisations in the social or environmental field?
PUMA is a member of the UN Global Compact, the Fair Labor Association, JO-IN, the German Round Table on Codes of Conduct, the CSR Group of the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry and the Apparel and footwear International Restricted Substances Management Working Group (AFIRM).
