Through stakeholder engagement, we stay informed and address the social, environmental, and governance topics that are most important for us.
Our key stakeholder groups include shareholders and investors, analysts, customers, consumers, employees, suppliers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). By engaging with our stakeholders, we can identify and prioritize sustainability issues, develop strategies, take actions to address them, and report progress on these topics.
This table outlines our key stakeholder groups, provides examples of how we engage with them, and illustrates how the engagement has impacted on our operations.
Read more about stakeholder engagement in our Sustainability Report 2024.
Partnerships
Together with our brands we partner with several organizations to address sustainability issues in specific areas such as human rights, working conditions, and environmental or product-related topics. These partnerships help advance our sustainability work in social and environmental sustainability efforts by providing guidance, standards, and opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Global Compact
Amer Sports is commitment to
the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, supports businesses in aligning their strategies and operations with Ten Principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, as well as advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Communication on Progress (COP) is a key component of our commitment to the UN Global Compact.
World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)
The cooperation with
World Federation of Sporting Good Industry (WFSGI) allows us to collaborate with industry peers to find common solutions on non-competitive issues, engage with industry leaders, engage and influence the industry direction, stay informed about the trends and news. Focus areas include physical activity, free trade and ethical and sustainable business practices. Our SVP Sustainability,
Anne Larilahti, is also
a Member of the Board of Directors at WFSGI, strengthening our voice and contribution within the federation.
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an international charity that develops and promotes the circular economy to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution.
Our Membership of the Foundation’s Network enables us to participate in open discussions across industries, including with competitors and pioneers, facilitating an exchange of ideas and experiences.
American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)
American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) is an industry association which represents apparel and footwear and other sewn products companies, and their suppliers which compete in the global market. AAFA serves as a public policy voice, driving progress on brand protection, supply chain and sourcing, trade, logistics, and manufacturing.
Fair Labor Association (FLA)
As a participating company in the
Fair Labor Association (FLA), we are committed to its gold standards to improve factory working conditions in our global supply chain.
Membership of the FLA shows our’ commitment to upholding human rights, driving long-term improvements through training and education, worker engagement, and integration into sourcing practices. Amer Sports Supplier Code of Conduct is aligned with FLA standards and we have audit methodology approved by FLA.
Cascale
Cascale is a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to measure and improve social and environmental sustainability performance. Cascale offers various tools to support companies in their sustainability efforts, such as the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) for standardizing environmental performance assessments. Other tools include the Higg Index Product Module (PM) and the Material Sustainability Index (MSI).
bluesign®
The
bluesign® system unites the entire textile value chain to reduce its impact on people and the planet, with a focus on sustainable chemistry. The bluesign® system helps us to find solutions for more sustainable textiles.
Federation of the European Sporting goods Industry (FESI)
Federation of the European Sporting goods Industry (FESI) represents the interests of the sporting goods industry in Europe, advances its members’ priorities and promotes initiatives that benefit the sector and society as a whole. FESI facilitates cooperation of sporting goods companies on shared interests in e.g. trade and sustainability.
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) is a multi-stakeholder organization, which has members from brands, suppliers, chemical suppliers, and different solutions providers that run the Roadmap to Zero Programme in the fashion industry to eliminate harmful chemicals from the global supply chain.
