LAUNCH – In 2013, NIKE hosted the LAUNCH 2020 Summit. Along with NASA, the US Agency for International Development and the US Department of State, we convened more than 150 materials specialists, designers, academics, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and NGOs to catalyze action around the sustainability of materials and how they are made. Since it was founded in 2010, LAUNCH has successfully introduced and supported initiatives and technologies that are solving challenges facing our society. ZDHC – In FY12, together with six other companies, we created and signed a joint roadmap for achieving the goal of zero discharge of hazardous* chemicals (ZDHC). By the end of FY13, the ZDHC coalition had 13 member companies working toward this ambitious goal with more joining the effort. (See Industry Collaboration.) Sustainable Apparel Coalition – In FY12, we sponsored a review led by Duke University with six other US and international universities, of the NIKE Materials Sustainability Index (NIKE MSI). The review involved leading academics from the US and EU, who recommended that the Sustainable Apparel Coalition adopt the NIKE MSI as a means of evaluating materials. Valuing Workers – We laid the groundwork for and conducted pilot studies of lean manufacturing including human resources capacity with two contract factories in Indonesia, with advice and cooperation of key manufacturing and sourcing suppliers. (See case study.) Fair Labor Association (FLA) – NIKE played a key role in the development of the Sustainable Compliance Initiative assessment tool, which launched in late 2012. - See more at: http://www.nikeresponsibility.com/report/content/chapter/how-we-work#sthash.ruL2ZxB8.dpuf