Water treatment programme earns A&E success in Nike sustainability awards
02/05/2013
This is A&E’s second consecutive award in a competition that Nike runs among its suppliers every quarter. A&E won for the third and fourth quarters of 2012. Third parties must certify all data submitted.
Nike runs the competition because it believes that a focus on materials management all the way along the supply chain is a good way for it to control its overall environmental impact. So, for ten years now, it has been working on its MSI to help its design teams make informed decisions about the potential environmental impact of their material choices. The index now calculates scores for more than 80,000 materials available to Nike product creation teams from 1,400 suppliers around the world.
“Nike MSI is one of the most prestigious sustainability programmes and we are incredibly honoured to receive this award,” said John Eapen, A&E vice-president for environmental, health and sustainability. “While others have backed away from environmental efforts, we have broadened our environmental responsibility, the results of which have reinforced our global commitment to creating a better world through responsible corporate actions, an environmentally protective stance, and numerous contributions to the communities in which we operate.”
A&E received perfect scores for its water programme at the Dongmei plant and for water conservation. Participation involved submitting treated wastewater to an independent, certified environmental laboratory, and then uploading the results to a dedicated Nike MSI water website. The results reflect the investment A&E has made at the Dongmei plant (more than $2 million), in a high-tech physical, chemical and biological treatment system, including ultra filtration and reverse osmosis. This allows the facility to meet all required regulatory limits and to recycle more than 50% of the treated wastewater.
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