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Timberland announces its Q1 2015 CSR performance
STRATHAM, N.H. – June 3, 2015
Highlights from this quarter’s performance are as follows, organized by Timberland’s four CSR Pillars: Factories, Climate, Product, and Service.
More detailed performance data and analysis can be found on the Goals & Progress section of Timberland’s Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) website, http://responsibility.timberland.com.
FACTORIES: Of the 350 active factories at the end of Q1, 31% are rated Accepted, which is slightly lower than our Q4 result. For a complete factory list, visit the factories section of our Responsbility site. For more about VF’s Compliance audit process click here.
In 2015, we will be transitioning the measurement of suppliers’ environmental and social/labor management to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Higg Index, consistent with our parent company, VF Corporation. To have the greatest impact on VF’s supply chain as a whole, the focus will be on the top 250 suppliers across all VF brands. In the coming quarters, we will be reporting on Timberland’s highest producing factories and their scores on the Higg Index.
CLIMATE: Since the transition to our parent company’s energy reporting structure, there is a significant delay in obtaining quarterly data of our greenhouse gas emissions and our use of renewable energy. We therefore are now reporting these numbers externally on a yearly basis, in conjuction with our Q2 reporting.
SERVICE: Timberland employees served 19,148 hours year to date, a 85.6% increase over the same period last year. YTD Hours Utilization Rate (the percentage of employee service hours used compared to the total available hours according to our Path of ServiceTM program) during Q1 2015 increased to 7.6% vs. 4.4% in Q1 2014. Our Benefit Utilization Rate (the percentage of employees who serve at least one hour) YTD increased from 18.1% in Q1 2014 to 34% in Q1 2015.