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New Balance

  • Clothing & textile, Footwear
  • United States of America

  • New Balance Athletics, Inc. is a privately owned company that specialises in the design, manufacture and retail of sports shoes, clothing and accessories.

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Global Framework Agreement ? Company has signed a Global Framework Agreement, negotiated on a global level with a trade union.

Transparency Pledge ? Company has fully aligned or committed to aligning with the Transparency Pledge standard, by publicly disclosing information about their supplier factories.
Indicator last reviewed 26-05-2023

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Global Apparel Facilities on OAR ? Global apparel facilities on Open Apparel Registry
Indicator last reviewed 02-11-2024

Living Wage in Supply Chains ? Fashion Checker found no public evidence that the company’s suppliers are paying workers a living wage.
Indicator last reviewed 26-05-2023

Modern Slavery Legislations actions ?

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New Balance Modern Slavery Legislation Document

New Balance Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://www.newbalance.co.uk/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-newbalance_uk2-Library/default/dw975ee87d/homepage/2017/2016-NB-Modern-Slavery-Signed.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: Nov. 21, 2017, သန်းခေါင်
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Approved By Board

Link on front page

New Balance Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://www.newbalance.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-newbalance_us2-Library/default/dw50966003/pdf/2017%20NB%20Modern%20Slavery%20Signed%20Final.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: Jan. 9, 2019, သန်းခေါင်
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Signed by director

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Approved By Board

Link on front page

New Balance Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://www.newbalance.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-newbalance_us2-Library/default/dwd19696e5/pdf/2018_New%20Balance_Human_Trafficking_and_Modern_Slavery_Statement.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: June 20, 2019, သန်းခေါင်
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Signed by director

Link on front page

Approved By Board

New Balance Modern Slavery Legislation Document

Source: https://www.newbalance.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-newbalance_us2-Library/default/dw5ee045f0/pdf/2019_New_Balance_Human_Trafficking_and_Modern_Slavery_Statement.pdf

Compliance with the requirements as set forth in Sec.54(6) and (7) of the UK Modern Slavery Act was assessed at the time this statement was collected by the Resource Centre.

Snapshot fetched: July 17, 2020, သန်းခေါင်
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Approved By Board

Link on front page

Signed by director

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Benchmark rankings

Fashion Transparency Index 2019
? A review of the some of the world's biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
118 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2020
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
121 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2021
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
105.8 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2022
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. These scores have been rounded to one decimal place.
103.5 / 250
Fashion Transparency Index 2023
? A review of the biggest global fashion brands and retailers ranked according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts.
113.8 / 250

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