Prove it

Well, with Nike at least appearing to be doing an awesome job in the fight to save the environment and cracking down on labor abuses, it seems that the way Nike is causing change when it comes to other companies is by leading by example.  Being at the forefront of the industry, other companies look up to Nike and are constantly compared to them.  Other companies that rely on perverse tactics to generate substantial profits will have to produce some similar efforts to keep up or be left in the dust.  Nike has set the bar pretty high, but I feel that this may induce a race to be the most environmentally safe and labor abuse free company.  They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and these other companies will need some great ideas to be able to compete with the way Nike is handling this situation.  Hopefully this kind of competition does incite some great new ways of puting an end to these problems. I am mainly interested in the ways they might keep the factories in other companies in check – making sure that they do as they say.  Right now I don’t have all too much faith in the methods of taking factories’ words or interviewing workers. These sources can lie.  If any shoe companies are listening, I’ll buy your shoes if your company is having its shoes made under good labor practices and you have to be able to PROVE IT.  America is going green very fast, and there is a huge amount of consumers that would agree. Lets get this competition going.