How does Nike impact the community?

Over the past five* years, Nike has invested more than $400 million to drive positive impact around the world. We proudly support — and partner with — national and local organizations that focus on education, leadership development, coaching, getting kids active, mentorship and other community-based initiatives.

How does Nike build community?

Building Community | Nike Purpose. We build community through our shared love of sport, and it all begins with the next generation. Our approach focuses on building more equal, inclusive and active communities; investing in the areas where we live and work; and engaging our employees in their communities.

How does Nike make a difference?

By offering more products to more people, in more markets than any other sports company, they are able to capture a far greater market share of the market than any other company. Like most leaders in the market, Nike values the consumer and the importance of providing a quality product.

What impact does Nike want to have on the world?

Nike exists to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world. Our Purpose is to move the world forward through the power of sport – breaking barriers and building community to change the game for all. *If you have a body, you are an athlete.

How does Nike help the environment?

To reduce our water footprint, we’re focusing efforts on the ground, where raw materials are grown. We’re also reducing freshwater use for dyeing and finishing textiles, through manufacturing efficiencies and wastewater recycling.

How does Nike communicate with their community?

Nike communicates its progress to its stakeholders, through its website – nikeresponsibility.com – backgrounders, quarterly electronic newsletters, the 2001 Corporate Responsibility Report and Community Investment Report 2002-2003. Nike held its first formal stakeholder forum in February 2004.

What makes Nike so special?

Nike is good at lots of things: manufacturing high quality and good-looking shoes; designing fashion or professional apparels; sponsoring lots of sports teams; and making tons of money. There is no company doing branding like Nike. Nike dominates the sports gear industry because of their brilliant branding strategies.

How has Nike changed society?

Today Nike is the world’s leading innovator in athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories. Along the way, Nike helped the world’s best athletes win races, games and championships. And the athletes helped Nike design and market the products and brand that changed the face of sports.

How does Nike help the economy?

Nike inc. impacts the economy locally and around the world in a variety of ways: Creates many jobs in the United States and throughout the World. Increases competition in our capitalist system.

How can Nike improve their sustainability?

By minimizing the environmental footprint, improving product innovation, and transforming manufacturing, Nike has repositioned its supply chain to use sustainability as a strategic growth engine. To minimize waste in 2015, Nike used 54 million pounds of factory scrap and transformed it into premium material.

How does Nike use social media to promote its brand?

Nike uses social media to create a lifestyle and sense of community among fans. Its tweets are short, punchy and compelling, and nearly always included the hashtag #justdoit or other community-building hashtags like #nikewomen. Social media is powerful for brands such as Nike because it creates two-way interactions between fans and brands.

What is it like to work at Nike as a designer?

Nike’s cooperative spirit is well known as a company strength, of course, and its expanded community was out in full force in New York. The resources required to research, develop, and produce technologies and products on the level described above are obviously attractive to designers working outside of sportswear – namely in luxury fashion.

What does diversity mean to you at Nike?

At Nike, we believe that diversity fosters creativity and accelerates innovation. No matter where we come from, a love of sport unites us. It teaches us to be competitive, but always collaborative and welcoming. To include different perspectives, because teams win when everyone contributes.

How does Nike make a positive impact on society?

We do that by creating groundbreaking sport innovations, by making our products more sustainably, by building a creative and diverse global team and by making a positive impact in communities where we live and work. Based in Beaverton, Oregon, NIKE, Inc. includes the Nike, Converse, and Jordan brands.