Response to request for feedback on PT Kizone case in Indonesia
The salient facts are these:...The factory closed due to bankruptcy in March 2011, 2 months after the owner fled the country and 5 months after the adidas Group shipped its final goods...Bank creditors...forced the factory's closure...The factory premises have been bought, but the new owner has yet to re-open this business...The bankruptcy proceedings will result in some pay-out to workers...Our position is as follows: We do care about the situation facing the former PT Kizone workers and their families and have taken steps to assist [them]. The adidas Group will not...assume the...duties of the former...owner and pay severance to the workers...we have retained the services of a recruitment consultant to assist workers with job placement...We have also engaged with the Indonesian government and the South Korean Embassy regarding the flight of the PT Kizone owner...