Our purpose is to unite the world through sport to create a healthy planet, active communities and an equal playing field for all.

Coaches can make – or break – a kid’s experience with sport. At Nike, we’ve supported training for nearly 100,000 volunteer coaches around the globe. Here’s a look at the research into why training coaches is so crucial to kids.

Globally, girls still face all kinds of obstacles to getting—and staying—active. But thanks to the new Gurls Talk x Made to Play Fund, young women—like 21-year-old Mbali Dlamini from Zola, a section of Soweto near Johannesburg, South Africa—are stepping up to make positive change happen in their local communities.

We worked with Dara O’Rourke and Niklas Lollo from the University of California, Berkeley from FY15-18 to explore new methods to increase the value created in factories and increase compensation.

Nike is taking climate action through Move to Zero, our journey towards a zero carbon, zero waste future. To understand how climate change affects all of us, we’ve partnered with expert researchers at the Climate Impact Lab to show the connection between a stable climate and athletic performance as well as a look at the future of our playing field – planet earth.

As part of Move to Zero, Nike’s journey towards a zero carbon and zero waste future, we’ve partnered with EFM to offset the carbon emissions generated in the outbound shipment of all Nike.com purchases in the U.S.

Nike’s collaboration with Steven Harrington on the Flyleather Earth Day Pack, made with at least 50% recycled leather fiber, aims to inspire love for the planet on Earth Day and every day.

Inspired by the origins of natural dyes, three Nike designers began exploring the possibilities of plant-based pigments.