Third, independent factories gather the raw materials. The various materials for each shoe are shipped to the contracted factories across the world. The largest amount is in China, and none have ever been in the United States. Nike has been recently focused on its efforts to disclose the contracted factories information. Its social impacts for the workers have been positive because they hire only credible and responsible factories.
“In 2005, we were the first company in our industry to disclose the names and addresses of contract factories producing Nike product,. We’ve now furthered our commitment to transparency by disclosing the factories worldwide that manufacture all NIKE, Inc.” (Nike).