Nike promised big on the environment. It hasn't delivered yet.

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Nike promised big on the environment. It hasn't delivered yet.

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Published on Jul 12, 2024, 12:43:57 PM
Total time: 00:13:25

Episode Description

In 2016, Nike pledged to cut its global carbon emissions in half. But in the last year, it laid off many of the employees who worked on sustainability. An investigation from ProPublica and the Oregonian found that Nike has managed less than a 2% cut in emissions. We’ll talk to the Rob Davis, investigative reporter at ProPublica, who worked on this story with Matt Kish, reporter at The Oregonian/OregonLive.

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