Puma response
Sports company PUMA has been made aware of the report "Anti Jeu" by Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, a French member of the Clean Clothes Campaign. The publication states that sports brands lack a commitment to build long-term partnerships with suppliers and are not willing to provide means to improve social and working conditions.
PUMA offers several grievance channels to the workers of our manufacturing partners. For example, our Code of Conduct is displayed in all Tier 1 suppliers worldwide and holds the email addresses and phone numbers of our compliance team, which receives and processes over 100 worker complaints each year...
The publication also mentions that suppliers in Vietnam and Indonesia pay wages below the minimum wages. PUMA has verified the wage records of its suppliers in Vietnam and Indonesia through regular audits. We are not aware of any cases where a PUMA supplier is paying less than the legal minimum wage in these countries...