NIKE provides annual training to those with direct responsibility for supply chain management. The training advances enhanced understanding and compliance with our sustainability policies, our Code of Conduct and Code Leadership Standards, that include our expectations on ethical recruitment. The training curriculum was updated in FY19 and includes a specific highlight on our requirements to prevent risks of forced labor.

NIKE frequently convenes supplier events, or learning communities, designed to share information on NIKE expectations, developments on local policies/legislation, and other sustainability and labor best practices, including those related to management of migrant workers, a challenge that is faced by many of our suppliers and vendors in countries where it is common to recruit workers cross-border

For example, in FY21 we collaborated with ILO Better Work in Jordan in working toward the elimination of pregnancy tests in foreign migrant worker’s home countries and enhancing workers’ awareness on prohibition of pregnancy testing and any form of verbal abuse. In addition, we also supported Better Work in their delivery of several trainings to the workers in our contract factories.

In FY21, NIKE also partnered with the Responsible Labor Initiatives (RLI) to deliver the Responsible Recruitment Due Diligence Toolkit training for all strategic Tier 2 suppliers in Taiwan. This training equips suppliers with knowledge and practical tools to conduct responsible recruitment due diligence.

To support further responsible recruitment capability development, NIKE has engaged with RLI to design post-training consultation and coaching for suppliers.