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Acronyms
AFIRM
Apparel and Footwear International RSL (Restricted Substances List) Management
BICEP
Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy
BOD
Biochemical (biological) oxygen demand
BRAC
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
BSR
Business for Social Responsibility
CAFA
Charities Aid Foundation of America
CAMFED
Campaign for Female Education
CCTF
China Children and Teenagers’ Fund
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CERES/Ceres
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
CLS
Code Leadership Standard
CO2
Carbon dioxide
COC
Code of Conduct
COD
Chemical oxygen demand
CR
Corporate responsibility
EDNA
U.S. Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2009
EHQ
NIKE, Inc’s European Headquarters
EMEA
Europe, Middle East and Africa
EOT
Excessive overtime
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
EPM
Environmentally preferred material
ESH
Environment, safety and health
EU
European Union
FCPA
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FESI
Federation of European Sporting Goods Industry
FFC
Fair Factories Clearinghouse
FLA
Fair Labor Association
FOA
Freedom of association
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council
FY
Fiscal year (Nike’s begins June 1 each year)
G-20
Group of 20
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GHG
Greenhouse gas
GLBT
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
GX
GreenXchange
HR Human resources
HRM
Human resources management
HWC
Homeless World Cup
HVAC
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
IBLF
The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum
ICRW
International Center for Research on Women
IACC
International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition Inc.
IFC
International Finance Committee
IHS
Indian Health Service
ILO
International Labor Organization
IP/IPR
Intellectual Property / Intellectual Property Rights
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IT
Information technology
J-PAL
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
KPI
Key performance indicators
LEED-EB
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings
LEED-CI
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial/Industrial
LEED-NC
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction
LWG
Leather Working Group
kWh
Kilowatt-hour
M-Audit
Management Audit
MAP
Master action plan
MAT
Material Analysis Tool
MAV
Management Audit Verification
MDG
Millennium Development Goals
MFA
Multi Fibre Arrangement
MOU
Memorandum of understanding
MSI
Multi-stakeholder initiatives
MSP
Multi-stakeholder partnership
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MWBE
Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NITC
NOS/Nike Innovation Training Center
NOS
(lean)
NSAP
New Source Approval Process
NSIF
Nike School Innovation Fund
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PAC
Political action committee
PATH
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
PBAS
Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme
PDS
Petroleum-derived solvents (formerly referred to as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs))
PFP
Perfluoropropane
PVC
Polyvinyl chloride
QBPC
Quality Brands Protection Committee
RAS
Reuse-A-Shoe
REC
Renewable Energy Certificate
ROI
Return on investment
RSL
Restricted substances list
SAFI
Sustainable Apparel and Footwear Initiative of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
SAY
Shaping America’s Youth
SB+I
Sustainable Business and Innovation
SF6
Sulfur hexafluoride
SCAP
Sustainable Clothing Action Plan
SHAPE
Safety, Health, Attitude, People and Environment
SKUs
Shop-keeping units
SPARK
Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids
SRI
Socially responsible investment/investor
SUSU
Stand Up Speak Up
TSS
Total suspended solids
UNGC
United National Global Compact
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
USGBC
U.S. Green Building Council
VOC
Volatile organic compound
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WEF
World Economic Forum
WFN
Women’s Funding Network
WFSGI
World Federation Sporting Goods Industry
WHQ
NIKE, Inc’s World Headquarters
WTO
World Trade Organization
WWF World Wildlife Fund
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Terms
Baseline Standard
A measured level of performance, across certain criteria, at a given point in time.
Business Unit A part of the business that performs specific tasks, develops strategies, and
manages performance.
Closed-Loop
Closed-loop products are designed and built for reuse and recycling. Imagine running
shoes made with only environmentally preferred materials that can be disassembled
into their parts, recycled into new materials and used to produce new running shoes.
Nike is extending Closed-Loop thinking to manufacturing and other business processes.
Considered Design
A company-wide design ethos and a team focused on sustainable product innovation,
dedicated to increasing the use of environmentally preferred materials and decreasing
waste and toxics in Nike branded products.
Considered Index
Evaluates Nike product against Considered Design Ethos on five criteria: materials,
waste, materials, garment treatments, innovation
Creative Commons
Nonprofit organization that increases sharing and improves collaboration; NIKE, Inc’s
partner with other businesses in launching GreenXchange
Culture of Empowerment A cornerstone of lean manufacturing, pioneered by Toyota. Model illustrates overlap in
those areas identified for creating a culture of empowerment and those showing the
most need for improvement from factory management audits.
Downstream
Parts of the value chain closer to the end consumer.
Embedded energy
Energy investment in a product; energy used in the work of making a product
Funnel
The Natural Step visual construct demonstrating the transition from today’s economy
to a sustainable economy.
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GreenXchange
New platform for enabling the sharing of intellectual property established by NIKE, Inc,
Creative Commons and partner businesses.
Inside the Lines
NIKE, Inc’s Code of Ethics
Lean
A philosophy of delivering the most value to the customer while consuming the
fewest resources.
Let Me Play
Nike programming for global youth excluded from access to sport.
Making the CaseTM
Measurement and evaluation framework created by the Women’s Funding Network
The Natural Step
A nonprofit environmental education organization working to build an ecologically and
economically sustainable society.
Nike Grind
Material used in sports surfaces, playgrounds and other product made from recycled
shoes through Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program.
North Star
Our aim, defining what sustainable products and a sustainable company would
look like.
Responsible Competitiveness
Increasing business and industry competitiveness through responsible practices across
the supply chain.
Rewire
A Nike-wide review of how we could influence improvements of working conditions in
contracted factories.
ROI2
Business strategies that generate a combination of financial, environmental and/or social
returns on investment.
Scorecard
A mechanism for measuring progress against vision and strategy that provides a
comprehensive view of performance.
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Sustainable Venture
A social or environmental partnership that is self-sustaining financially.
Title IX
1972 U.S. legislation, the Patsy T. Mike Equal Opportunity in Education Act, that opened
the door for female athletes to pursue sport and improve gender equality.
Upstream
Parts of the value chain closer to concept and design.
WE Portal Collaborative digital tool for employees to connect with community organizations and
one another and take on issues that are important to them. It enables employees to
volunteer, donate and give their voice to the organizations and communities they
care about.
Wikinomics
Open-sourced mass collaboration.
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