Nike Company Code of Conduct Handbook — page 1

NIKE CODE OF CONDUCT

July 2025

NIKE

CODE OF

CONDUCT

NIKE CODE OF CONDUCT

At Nike, we believe that while there is no

finish line, there is a clear starting line.

The Nike Code of Conduct (Code) and Code

Leadership Standards (the CLS) lay out the

minimum standards we expect facilities to meet.

These minimum standards are integral to Nike’s

supplier strategies — how we evaluate baseline

performance and determine the suppliers we will

continue to engage with as we grow our business.

We work with suppliers that share our commitment

to the welfare of workers, use natural resources

responsibly and efficiently, manage their businesses

responsibly and sustainably, and seek to move

beyond minimum standards.

We expect all facilities to respect the rights

of workers and advance their welfare,

with particular care for people with unique

vulnerabilities such as women, migrants,

and temporary workers.

To understand and manage human rights risks

and their impacts, Nike looks to the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights, the International

Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental

Principles and Rights at Work, the U.N. Guiding

Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

We also expect suppliers to focus on areas such

as emissions reduction, waste elimination, and

protection of natural resources.

As part of Nike’s growth strategy, we seek facilities

that are building agile and resilient management

systems — enabling them to drive sustainable

business growth, cultivate an engaged and valued

workforce, foster a strong culture of safety, and

minimize their environmental impacts.

Nike recognizes that relationships based

on transparency and mutual respect are

integral to achieving our vision of a more

resilient and responsible supply chain.

This vision requires collaboration and joint action

with facilities, other brands, and all stakeholders

in the shared global supply chain.

We will continue to support facilities as we engage

with civil society, unions, governments, and

other entities to affect systemic change to labor,

health and safety, and environmental conditions

in communities where they operate.

Commitment Is Everything

Our Expectations

Our Vision for Collaboration

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RESPECTED

Employment Is Voluntary

Minimum Working Age Is 16

Facility Does Not Discriminate

Rights to Freedom of Association &

Collective Bargaining Are Respected

FAIR

Harassment & Abuse Are

Not Tolerated

Working Hours Are Not Excessive

Compensation & Benefits

Are Paid on Time

Regular Employment Is Provided

SUSTAINABLE

Air Emissions & Climate Impacts

Are Minimized

Waste Is Minimized & Managed Properly

Nature Is Valued

Chemicals Are Managed Properly

SAFE

Workplace Is Safe

Canteen, Childcare & Dormitory

Facilities Are Healthy and Safe

Buildings Are Fit for Purpose

Occupational Health & Hygiene

Hazards Are Controlled

ACTIVE

Code Is Fully Implemented

Traceability

Environment, Health & Safety

Management System

Environment, Health & Safety

Committee

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CODE LEADERSHIP STANDARDS

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Code Is Fully Implemented

As a condition of doing business with Nike, the

supplier facility must implement and integrate the

Code, accompanying CLSs, and local laws into

its business, including implementing effective

management systems and undergoing verification

and monitoring.

The facility must develop an internal code of conduct

that includes, at a minimum, all requirements in the

Code. The facility must post its code of conduct in

all languages workers understand (native, preferred,

or best understood) on the premises and share

information about its code of conduct in worker

training and orientation.

The facility must have effective grievance mechanism

in place for potential Code and CLS concerns and

make employees and subcontractors providing

services to Nike aware of its existence. Further,

the facility must be familiar with Nike’s Speak Up

Portal and share the portal with employees and

subcontractors providing services to Nike.

Traceability

Nike’s vision for traceability is to know the journey of

every product from field to athlete* and back again.

To this end, the facility must follow Nike traceability

standards.

Tracing all inputs and outputs used in the value

chain to their origins.

Meeting traceability record-keeping requirements.

Staying current with updated Nike traceability

standards when provided.

Environment, Health & Safety

Management System

The facility must develop and implement an

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) management

system to identify and eliminate or reduce risks

associated with operations.

Environment, Health & Safety

Committee

The facility must convene an EHS Committee

tasked with developing and implementing

processes and procedures to improve EHS

conditions in the workplace.

* If you have a body, you are an athlete.

ACTIVE

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Air Emissions & Climate Impacts

Are Minimized

The facility follows all legal requirements and Nike-

accepted industry standards for air emissions and

energy systems management. Requirements for

facilities include:

Routine monitoring and reporting for greenhouse

gases (GHGs), volatile organic compounds

(VOCs), hazardous air pollutants, particulates,

ammonia, ozone-depleting chemicals, and

combustion by-products.

Maintaining all relevant purchasing and

inventory records.

Routine performance monitoring of all emissions-

generating processes and equipment.

Striving to minimize emissions through improved

efficiency and use of renewable energy sources.

Waste Is Minimized & Handled

Properly

The facility properly segregates, manages,

transports, and disposes of all hazardous and solid

waste in compliance with the CLS and local laws

and regulations.

The facility obtains all required permits and verifies

hazardous and solid waste subcontractors are

properly qualified and licensed.

The facility measures and continuously strives

to minimize waste generation.

Nature Is Valued

The facility minimizes freshwater withdrawals

and manages wastewater responsibly to

protect ecosystems, comply with local laws

and regulations, and support Nike’s broader

commitment to nature conservation.

Water stewardship.

Facilities must strive to

understand and mitigate water-related risks

by optimizing water efficiency, reducing

consumption, and verifying wastewater is treated

before discharge. This includes implementing

water reuse strategies where feasible.

Ecosystem protection.

Operations must

avoid negative impacts on surrounding water

bodies, wetlands, and watersheds, prioritizing

conservation efforts in sensitive natural areas

and world heritage sites.

Nature-positive approach.

Facilities should

integrate strategies that reduce environmental

degradation, enhance biodiversity, prevent

deforestation, and contribute to long-term

ecosystems resilience.

Chemicals Are Managed

Properly

The facility demonstrates a consistent, effective,

and legally compliant approach to chemicals

management. This approach guides procurement

and the proper handling, storage, use, and disposal

of chemicals to mitigate chemical risk to people

and planet.

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SUSTAINABLE

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Workplace Is Safe

The facility must provide a safe workplace setting

and take the steps necessary to prevent accidents

and injury arising out of, linked with, or occurring in

the course of work or as a result of site operations.

The facility must have systems to detect, avoid,

and respond to potential risks to the safety of

all workers.

Canteen, Childcare & Dormitory

Facilities Are Healthy and Safe

All canteen, childcare, and dormitory areas are safe,

hygienic, and healthy.

Facilities, including childcare, adhere to local law

and regulations and the CLSs that cover building

construction and health and safety.

The facility has robust safety-management systems

in place to reduce or eliminate the health and

safety risks of operating these non-manufacturing/

distribution facilities.

Buildings Are Fit for Purpose

The supplier’s building and load-bearing structures

are constructed according to local laws or

international standards with sign off from certified

civil or structural engineers.

Multi-use occupancies are not allowed.

Fire & Emergency Action Plans

Are in Place

The facility has a fire-prevention and emergency

action plan to protect workers during normal

working operations and emergency situations.

The facility provides fire-detection systems to notify

workers of emergencies, safe exit routes when

workers need to leave the building, and safe shelter

locations when workers are required to remain in

the building during emergencies.

Occupational Health & Hygiene

Hazards Are Controlled

The facility anticipates, recognizes, evaluates, and

controls occupational health and hygiene hazards

in the workplace.

The facility uses routine monitoring and analytical

methods to determine the potential health effects

of hazards that are present in the workplace.

Workers are not exposed to physical, chemical, or

biological hazards above occupational exposure limits.

SAFE

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Employment Is Voluntary

The facility does not engage in any type of modern

slavery, including forced labor (prison, indentured,

bonded, or otherwise) or human trafficking.

The facility is responsible for paying the employment

eligibility fees of all workers, including recruitment

fees and related costs.

The facility complies with all requirements in the

CLSs to address key risks of forced labor, such

as enabling freedom of movement for workers,

prohibiting requirements to post bonds or make

deposits as a condition of employment, and

providing safeguards to workers with unique

vulnerabilities.

Minimum Working Age Is 16

Nike forbids the use of child labor in facilities

contracted to make or move Nike products.

Workers must be at least 16 years of age, over the

age for completion of compulsory education, or the

country legal working age — whichever is higher.

Workers younger than 18 years of age must not be

employed in hazardous conditions, such as working

at night, working with chemicals, or working with

heavy machinery.

Facility Does Not Discriminate

The facility must not subject workers to discrimination

in employment — including in hiring, compensation,

promotion, or discipline, or based on gender,

race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation,

pregnancy or marital status, political opinion, trade

union affiliation, nationality, social or ethnic origin,

caste, or other status protected by local laws.

All workers, regardless of gender, must receive

equal pay for work of equal value.

Rights to Freedom of

Association & Collective

Bargaining Are Respected

The facility recognizes and respects the rights to

freedom of association and collective bargaining.

The facility honors prohibitions on interference

with workers seeking to organize or carry out union

activities, as well as prohibitions on any sort of

activity that seeks to intimidate, harass, or retaliate

against workers for participation in a union or other

representative organization.

Where the right to freedom of association and

collective bargaining is restricted under local law,

the supplier allows the development of parallel

means for independent and free association

and bargaining.

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RESPECTED

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Harassment & Abuse Are

Not Tolerated

Workers are treated with dignity and respect.

The facility does not engage in or tolerate physical,

sexual, psychological, or verbal harassment or abuse.

Working Hours Are Not

Excessive

The facility must not require workers to work more

than the regular and overtime hours allowed by the

law of the country where the workers are employed.

The regular work week must not exceed 48 hours.

The facility must allow workers at least 24

consecutive hours of rest in every seven-day period.

All overtime work must be consensual.

The facility must not request overtime on a regular

basis and must compensate all overtime work at a

premium rate.

Other than in extraordinary circumstances, the sum

of regular and overtime hours in a week must not

exceed 60 hours.

Compensation & Benefits Are

Paid on Time

The facility acknowledges that all workers,

regardless of gender, have a right to compensation

for a regular work week sufficient to meet their

basic needs and provide discretionary income.

When compensation does not meet workers’

basic needs and provide discretionary income, the

facility must develop, implement, and communicate

strategies to progressively realize compensation

that does.

Workers must be paid on time at least the minimum

wage required by local laws or the prevailing wage,

whichever is higher.

The facility must provide legally mandated benefits,

including holidays, leaves, and statutory severance

when employment ends.

Disciplinary deductions from pay are prohibited.

Regular Employment

Is Provided

Work must be performed on the basis of a

recognized employment relationship established

through local law and practice.

The facility must not use any form of home working

arrangement for the manufacturing of Nike product.

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FAIR

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