Adidas Implements New Strategies to Lead in Supply Chain Transparency

				July 8, 2013


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	SUPPLY CHAIN Adidas Implements New Strategies to Lead in Supply Chain Transparency
	In a recent interview, Frank Henke, Adidas' Global Director of Social and Environmental Affairs, explained some of the hurdles a company with such a large and tangled supply chain confronts, and shed light on how the company is working to stamp out inefficiencies and ensure working conditions are fair and safe for the company's factory employees around the world. READ MORE


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