To promote the sustainable development of
the industry, Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) today launched a green costume design
tools. Design based on Nike recognised indicators, this tool's publication
aimed at speeding up the collaboration between enterprises, fast track to
sustainable innovation, reduce oil and water, the use of natural resources.
Nike took seven years to invest US $ 6 million for the design and construction
of software-based tools, apparel design environment helps designers to make a
choice in real time, to reduce its environmental impact. This tool recognizes
the natural resources and to the need for low-carbon economic migration is a
fashion design to reduce waste and increase the use of environmentally friendly
materials, and other aspects of scoring, and let the designer can perform
real-time adjustment of utility methods. Nike is committed to the open
innovation, and welcome to the other parties to the construction and
improvement of the tool. Nike Replica Soccer
Jersey sustainable business and
innovation, Vice President of Hannah JonES said: "this tool let designers
in the product development process at the beginning of the most easily make
sustainable choices. In the past four years, the fact that it is invaluable,
Nike has helped us create higher sustainability standard products. ""
By publishing this tool, we want someone else to improve it, hope to promote
further cooperation, to ensure a level playing field to create global industry
standards, encourage industry universal adoption of sustainable development of
design methods, and providing consumers with more sustainable products.
"Nike for 2010 South Africa World Cup national soccer jersey production is the tool to help designers create football history as
one of the most environmentally-friendly idea and most advanced products of the
best examples. Material selection of 100% recycled polyester fibres, is
available from landfill recovery of 1300 million plastic bottles made of. Only
during the past year, Nike recycled polyester fiber usage is doubled from
landfill recycling the 8200 million plastic bottles. If all the clothing
company can be one-third of the polyester fibers for clothing materials for
recycling of polyester fibers, polyester fibers for the recovery of demand will
exceed the annual production of plastic bottles, which requires from landfill
recycling PET bottles.
The world's leading investors and
environmental groups Coalition Ceres President Mindy Lubber said:
"Nike-open the design tools source code is a win-win initiatives because
it leverages significant intellectual capital to benefit the entire industry.
Whether it be sports or automobiles, in all product design into the water,
chemicals, energy and waste considerations are extremely important. If all the
clothing company can use this tool, the impact can be tremendous, from no
longer mountains of landfill areas, to expand our scope of sustainable
materials industry will be affected. "Ceres company is currently working
with Nike and other large companies closely respond to sustainable challenge.
Marks & Spencer sustainability Director Mike Barry has worked with Nike in
sustainability issues closely for many years, he said: "as a company
committed to developing sustainable business company, we welcome this type of
industry collaboration. Nike design tools will help clothing company and
retailers to design more sustainable products. We firmly believe that this sharing
of knowledge can help us accelerate the move to a sustainable future. "In
addition to the environmental protection concept, design tools, Nike will also
publish its in 2011 in footwear design tools, materials, assessment tools and
water assessment tool. Previously, Nike has released earlier this year the
Green X change (GX), this is a Web-based trading market, organizations can
develop cooperation in the market, the sharing of intellectual property rights,
this will lead to new new mexico jerseys business models for sustainable development and innovation. Nike is
committed to providing research for more than 400 GX patents, this indicates
that it believes that the promotion of sustainable innovation of the best way
is to open innovation.