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OUTDOOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION – ECO INDEX

• COLLABORATIVE

• OPEN SOURCE

• TRANSPARENCY

• SCALABLE

• GLOBAL

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Eco Working Group Voting MembersCurrent as of July 2011

Why one standard?

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• Vendor Fatigue

• High cost

• Results are

ineffective

• Consumer gets

greenwashed

Complimentary with Existing Initiatives

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Product Design Guidelines

Materials Guidelines & Indicators

Packaging

Guidelines &

Indicators

Manufacturing &

Assembly

Guidelines &

Indicators

Transportation

Guidelines &

Indicators

Use & Service

Guidelines &

Indicators

End of Life

Guidelines &

Indicators

Facilities Guidelines & Indicators

CorporateEMS:

Marketing:

CorporateReporting:

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30+ Founding Circle members

� Corporate

� e-NGO

� Government

� Academia

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• adidas• Arvind Ltd• C&A• Esquel• Esprit• Gap Inc.• H&M• Hanes Brands• Intradeco• JC Penney• Kohl’s• Lenzing• Levi Strauss & Co.• Li & Fung

• Marks & Spencer• MEC• New Balance• Nike• Nordstrom• Otto Group• Patagonia• Pentland• REI• TAL Apparel• Target• Timberland• VF Corp• Walmart

• Duke University• Environmental

Defense Fund• U.S. EPA• Verité• Outdoor Industry

Association

for profit members

not for profit members

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Product Index

Structure

Three Building Blocks:

Environmental

Design Tool

OIA Eco Index

Social/Labor Indicators

Sustainable

Apparel Coalition

> 50% of global

apparel production

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Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Declaration Declaration Declaration Declaration water usedwater usedwater usedwater used 14 L14 L14 L14 L

waste waste waste waste 220 grams220 grams220 grams220 grams

toxicity to humanstoxicity to humanstoxicity to humanstoxicity to humans lowlowlowlow

toxicity to toxicity to toxicity to toxicity to environmentenvironmentenvironmentenvironment medmedmedmed

energyenergyenergyenergy 220 kj220 kj220 kj220 kj

GHGGHGGHGGHG 13 kilograms13 kilograms13 kilograms13 kilograms

overall impact score poor

Stakeholder involvement

• As brands pilot the tool this fall – give us your feedback through your customers

• www.Ecoindex-beta.org

• www.Sustainableapparelcoalition.org

• www.nikebiz.com/responsibility/Pages/Documen

ts/MATScoresSummaryExpanded.pdf

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The supply chain that aligns around these

standards now will be the

supply chain that is successful in the future

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Thank you

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