Northface, Walmart
| Company | HUMAN RIGHTS | ENVIRONMENT | ANIMAL PROTECTION | COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT |
| NORTHFACE | 1/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| Wal-Mart | 1/5 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/5 | 3/5 |
Northface
Environment
Pros: Northface has announced a new energy efficient line of products. Northface has announced it will offset 100 percent of all North American facilities energy use.
Cons: None
August 6, 2008
North Face Plans Solar Energy System
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/08/06/north-face-plans-solar-energy-system/
Human Rights
Pros: None
Cons: Women are paid just 94 cents for each $165 North Face jacket they sew, which means that there wages amount to less than six-tenths of one percent of the jackets retail price. Some people are forced to work 47 hours overtime a week, and sometimes even some all-night 22-26 hour shifts.
Women are paid just 94 cents for each $165 North Face jacket they sew, which means that there wages amount to less than six-tenths of one percent of the jackets retail price. The workers and their families could climb out of misery and at least into poverty if the U.S. companies would pay a base wage of just $1.49 an hour. Forced Overtime: During the peak season, some workers are forced to 86 cents an hour.
Animal Protection
Pros: They do have some varieties of clothing for your animals. The North Face has not shown a significant source towards animal cruelty or animal protection! The north face company does not sell fur made products so it is a good choice to buy your clothing if your animal protesters ect.
CONS: NONE
Community Involvement
Pros: The community is involved with the north face because without the community there would be no sales. And the north face is working for the community by making clothing and winter gear for the community. It is a very popular company it has many different locations of the store all across Canada. It has very good advertisement.
Cons: None
WAL-MART
Human Rights
Pros: None
Cons: Human rights-wal mart does not allow employees to form unions and if they do so they will be punished and reported to the company headquarters. Since wal-mart is an international corporation it matters how they treat their employees. Even though wal marts human right history is horrific the general public continues to support them.
US: Wal-Mart Denies Workers Basic Rights
Weak Labor Laws Perpetuate Abuses
April 30, 2007
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2007/04/30/us-wal-mart-denies-workers-basic-rights
Environment
Pros: None
Cons: WAL-MART approximately open one store for every two business days. They don’t clean their construction sites properly so that causes silt and chemicals to flow into rivers and streams, which kills plant and animal life. It also contaminates our drinking water. The Connecticut department of environmental protection has sued WAL-MART for dumping fertilizer in the lakes and rivers.
Wal-Mart and the Environment
Lindsay Robinson
http://publici.ucimc.org/aug2001/082001_5.htm
Animal Rights
Pros: None
Cons: Wal-Mart uses inhuman glue traps and pellet guns to kill and injure unwanted animals that come into their storage rooms. Some of these animals are: birds, mice, and rats.
http://wakeupwalmart.com/news/article.html?article=1291
Community Involvement
Pros: Every weekend Wal-Mart hosts a charity fundraiser for the Red Cross across Canada.
Cons: None