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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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Indicators

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 06-10-2024

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

Stories with associated response requests ? We sought responses from New Balance to the allegations raised in these stories. Find out more about our Company Response Mechanism.

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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