Beyond employing its strategy aimed at owned and operated facilities and employee travel, which account for just 4 percent of Timberland's total carbon footprint, the company is also committed to addressing climate impacts and reducing emissions throughout the supply chain. The company will accomplish this by using its proprietary Green Index rating system to design products with fewer climate impacts and by helping its supply chain partners to reduce their own footprints.
Timberland has already been working with its contract factories to help them understand the business case for carbon management and encourage better practices. "This won't be easy, given the lack of direct control we have in our supply chain," states Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz. "But we are committed to doing whatever possible to continually reduce our climate impacts and be a catalyst within and beyond our industry for others to do the same."
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