Fair Labor

As a global brand and corporate citizen, we work in partnership with our contract factories to ensure that our products are produced in workplaces that are fair, safe, and non-discriminatory. We annually audit 100% of our production facilities according to some of the strictest social and environmental guidelines. We strive to work exclusively with factories that share the same high standards we do.  We believe that economic development, social progress, and environmental sustainability can only be realized if basic living standards are preserved or improved globally, and we believe we have a shared responsibility for the social and ethical conditions involved in sourcing the products that are manufactured in our name.

Although all of our products are designed in the USA, depending on the season GoLite sources goods from over 10 countries, including the USA.  In addition, products assembled both in and outside of the USA contain parts and/or materials manufactured both in and outside of the USA.

GoLite has adopted The Timberland Company®’s Code of Conduct. This is a Human Rights Standards program for doing good worldwide which takes the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions as its foundation. The Code of Conduct requires all employment to be voluntary, prohibits child labor and sets standards for freedom of association, labor hours, compensation, workplace conditions and health and safety. The Code has been translated into over 20 languages and is provided to factories in their local language. Through our internal Vendor Partnership Agreement and our third-party use of Timberland’s Code of Conduct, our annual assessments monitor our factories to ensure our products are made in workplaces that are fair, safe and nondiscriminatory