AFRICAN KIT LAUNCH - PUMA CATch up
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AFRICAN KIT LAUNCH - PUMA CATch up
NOVEMBER 2011 #2 African Kit Launch Puma Sports PUMA EXCLUSIVE World’s First Environmental Profit and Loss Account › PUMA LIFESTYLE Astronauts & Bicycles › PUMA BUSINESS Latam on The move › P_ 02 EDITORIAL Catch up | # 02_November 2011 P _ 03 PUMA cracked another milestone Franz Koch Thanks to many contributors around the PUMA globe, the first issue of our new eMagazine CATch up was quite a big hit! At least that’s the conclusion I drew from all the feedback I had received through multiple channels: Whether it was during my business trips that took me to London, Boston, Barcelona, Paris, Alicante and Switzerland, via email, or at lunch in the PUMA canteen. People not only talked about the very first CATch up issue, but they were actu- ” The feedback on CATch up Vol.1 was very positive. “ ally really excited about it. And this is great news! It will certainly remain our goal to live up to the standard we have set in our first October issue and trigger your interest from issue to issue. I am happy to say: The second CATch up is as good as the first one. We incorporated some minor changes to the layout thanks to your suggestions and were again able to feature many cool PUMA stories from all our people around the world. One of my personal favourite PUMA Highlights in the last month was the launch of ten African Football Kits in the London Design DEAR ALL Museum. Each national kit, which was designed by an artist from the respective country, was presented by a football player > P_ 04 EDITORIAL Catch up | # 02_November 2011 African Kit Launch and E P&L – amazing projects! Your CATch up Correspondents this Month are ... > Mark Coetzee Program Director PUMAVision, chief curator PUMA.Creative from the national teams. The picture of ten football stars • gives a behind-the-scenes insight into the African Kit Launch such as Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Touré together on stage with • has been with PUMA since early 2009 ten African artists perfectly embodied the fusion of our ” These initiatives propel us forward “ • enJOYs reading about the theory and philosophy of art; in PUMA.Creative initiatives with our core business, repre- his spare time, he works as a visiting professor at one of America’s leading art academies and volunteers as a cultural senting PUMA’s love for the African continent, the football, specialist for an environmental foundation in Africa and its culture. Read on to get an insight from PUMAVision > Dominic Kaeser Head of PR & Marketing, PUMA Switzerland director Mark Coetzee on this amazing project. While initiatives like these propel us forward on our path to • shares his busy day around PUMA’s contract extension become the most desirable sportlifestyle company in the with the Swiss Football Association world, I am pleased to say that in November we cracked • has been with PUMA since August 2006 • loves what he does at PUMA because of the young and another milestone on our way to also become the most great people he gets to work with • enJOYs doing sports (handball, running, tennis, biking, sustainable company within the industry. We completed golf, skiing & snowboarding), spending time outside, reading the world’s first-ever Environmental Profit and Loss Account and hanging out with friends for a good dinner and a party afterwards; recovering from a knee surgery right (E P&L) which is an essential tool for us to realize where the now (doesn’t want any gifts) biggest environmental impacts occur within PUMA’s value > Carlos Laje General Manager PUMA Latin America chain. Only through this will we be able to reduce PUMA’s ”pawprint“ effectively. I am sure that some of you still have • Reveals the secrets behind PUMA Latam’s growth rates questions about what this undertaking was actually all about • has held various positions in different areas, such as and what our E P&L results mean to PUMA. But so did a lot whose album was chosen by Rolling Stone magazine of other people as no one had ever heard of an E P&L be- among Argentina’s Top100 of the 90s. Argentinian volleyball champion and member of a band • In the last half century, he lived in Buenos Aires, Phoenix, fore PUMA came up with one. So Jochen Zeitz took the time Geneva, Boston and Santiago, beating his mobility record of 1998 where he lived in 10 different houses. to get together with CATch up to explain the meaning and • In his free time, he enJOYs being PUMA’s GM for necessity of the PUMA E P&L and what this means for PUMA Latin America going forward. Read all about it in this month’s ”Exclusive“ section. And now I will leave you to it. Enjoy CATch up #2! < Yours P _ 05 njoy! P_ 06 Content CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 PUMA BITES 08 - 09 › GET THE LATEST PUMA HEADLINES IN SPORTS, LIFESTYLE AND FASHION P _ 07 PUMA Joy PUMA Vision 36 - 37 38 - 39 › Dragonslayer and Sustainable Design Simply enJOY! 02 - 05 PUMA Globe 10 - 17 40 - 43 › Jochen # 02 | november 2011 Editorial PUMA EXCLUSIVE › WHAT'S NEW Zeitz on the world's first E P&L IN YOUR PUMA COUNTRIES? PUMA Sports PUMA SPORTS PUMA SPORTS PUMA School 18 - 21 24 - 27 28 - 29 48 - 49 › African Kit Launch ten artists, ten outfits › The faastest country in the world › PUMA and Swiss football continue partnership Get your lesson on PUMA's Brand Identity › CATching up with Franz Koch PUMA Sports PUMA SPORTS PUMA Lifestyle PUMA Business 22 - 23 30 - 31 32 - 35 44 - 47 › After the disaster: Skipper Ken Read looks ahead › Cricket World Star Yuvraj Singh joins PUMA IF IT'S HOT, IT'S HERE! › GM Carlos Laje explains PUMA's success in Latam P_08 BITES CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 talks and talking at Banz P _09 According to John Elkington, a world authority on sustain- able development, 81% of CEOs believe that they’ve embedded sustainability in their daily operations already. This fatal misbelief was one of the discussed subjects at the 9th “Talks and talking at Banz”, in Bad Staffelstein, Germany. PUMA invited experts, stakeholders and decision makers to discuss chances and risks of PUMA's initiatives, as well as generic environmental, social and holistic approaches. Among PUMA’s Director of Human Resources, Dietmar Knoess, won this year’s 600 Minutes Award, being honored as the best human resources executive. Dietmar, who has been responsible for PUMA’s global HR strategy since September 2011, was up against HR managers from the biggest companies in Germany. Congrats, Dietmar! on the road to Zero Discharge PUMA committed to eliminating all hazardous chemicals in our supply chain by 2020. We got together with other companies and released a joint Germany’s best HR Manager works for PUMA 5.9 million Facebook fans – we like this! This time last year, PUMA’s Facebook page had 3.3 million Likes. One year later, we are approaching 6 million fans. The Digital team coordinates with over 30 different countries to promote everything from upcoming Social Club event listings and PUMA roadmap this month. For example, our commitments include raising awareness among to the latest news from ecommerce to highlights from the season’s foot- PUMA suppliers and implementing a Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) until the end of 2011. Stay tuned! Find out more and read the full “Joint Roadmap Towards Zero Discharge wear and apparel collections. Are you a fan of PUMA on Facebook yet? Help us reach the 6 million number of Hazardous Chemicals”: › http://about.puma.com/?page_id=10 by clicking “Like” and telling your friends to do the same! › www.facebook.com/PUMA the participants were representatives from Harvard Business School, organizations like Greenpeace, activists, sustainability consultants, but also PUMA and PPR representatives like Franz Koch and Jochen Zeitz. Zeitz pointed out that “business doesn’t understand yet what sustainability means. If it does, it will stop using the world.” One of the newest additions to PUMA’s Facebook page is a fan picture of the week! This photo was submitted by a fan from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, showing a cow sculpture made entirely of PUMA shoe soles, currently displayed in the local Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum. P_10 exclusive CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _11 How much do we owe to Nature? The World’s First Ever PUMA Environmental Profit and Loss Account An Exclusive Insight from Jochen Zeitz Jochen ZEITZ The German Publishing House Econ and the "Handelsblatt" Newspaper honored Zeitz for his sustainability related corporate communications. He received the Econ Award "Personality of the Year" in Berlin, Germany, last week. F or PUMA to be able to sustain as a business, the company depends on many services that nature provides for free such as fresh water, clean air, healthy biodiversity and pro- ductive land. Obviously, we pay fees to local authorities for the treatment and supply of water, but the true cost of water remains externalized and unaccounted for – not just by PUMA but also by any other company. Around Christmas 2009, Jochen Zeitz wanted to find out how much - if our planet was acting like a business - PUMA would actually need to pay for some of the services and damages it did to nature along its entire supply chain and its own operations enabling us to produce, market and distribute footwear, apparel and accessories made of leather, cotton, rubber or plastic. How much would nature charge to clean up the “footprint” that we leave behind? Two years down the road, PUMA has now presented the initial results of the first-ever PUMA Environmental Profit and Loss Account (E P&L), that measured the environmental impact caused by greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, land use, air pollutants and waste throughout PUMA’s operations and supply chain. More importantly, PUMA put a monetary value on these impacts and expressed them in Euros. The total results revealed that if we started to treat our planet as we treat any other service provider, PUMA would have to pay € 8 million to nature for services rendered to and natural damage caused by our core operations such as PUMA offices, warehouses and stores in 2010, alone. An additional € 137 million would be due from PUMA’s supply chain of external partners that we share with numerous other companies, and where we have less influence. > P_12 exclusive CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 PUMA’s Value Chain > TIER 4 RAW MATERIAL Cotton Fields, Cattle Farms, Rubber Plantations > TIER 2 TIER 3 Processing DYE Houses, Tanneries, Packaging OUTSOURcING Embroidery, Cutting, Printing P _13 CATch up met up with Jochen Zeitz, Chief Sustainability Officer of PPR and Executive Chairman of PUMA SE, to find out what these figures now mean to PUMA and what we will do to reduce these costs and consequently PUMA’s environmental footprint. > TIER 1 MANUfacturing Footswear, Appareal, Accessoires What was actually measured in this E P&L and why cost who have been collecting and evaluating is this new? Haven’t we issued sustainability reports information for almost two years. They devel- on a regular basis where we had also measured our oped sophisticated models based on numerous footprint? academic and governmental studies that valued You are right, PUMA has issued sustainability these impacts economically. The indirect use reports for almost 10 years now where we had value of water, for example, is considered to be collated the carbon emissions, water, waste principally driven by its scarcity, and therefore and energy use from our PUMA offices, stores, the value of water varies widely between differ- and warehouses as well as from our direct Tier ent geographical locations. In terms of land use, 1 supplier factories. The big difference is that for example, the analysis values the loss of bio- for the first time, PUMA is reporting on its full diversity and ecosystem services associated with environmental impact caused through carbon the conversion of natural ecosystems to provide emissions, water use, land use, air pollution and land for buildings and agriculture in PUMA’s op- waste from the raw material production up the erations and supply chain. TIER 4 represents both natural and first time ever, we can see where the impacts oc- The price is € 145 million. What does this number re- > synthetic materials in their raw state, for example cotton plants, raw hides cur and at what scale. sult from? We have also put an economic value on those PUMA’s supply chain is responsible for 94% or and rubber trees. environmental impacts. Expressing the impacts € 137 million of our total environmental impact. in monetary terms allows for easy comparison Over half - 57% or € 83 million - of all environmen- Tier 3 represents the processing of and prioritisation of diverse issues. For example, tal impacts are associated with the production of raw materials, for example a leather tannery or a rubber processing facility. both GHG emissions and water use have an im- raw materials, including leather, cotton and rub- > > PUMA Operation WAREHOUSES LOGISTICS RETAIL > OFFICES entire supply chain to PUMA operations. For the pact on society, but how do you know which is ber in Tier 4 of PUMA’s supply chain. Only 6% or greater – emissions of a ton of CO or consump- € 8 million derive from our core operations such 2 Tier 2 represents any outsourced tion of a metre cubed of water? Only by convert- processes, for example embroiders, ing these into common units, in this case Euros, cutters and printers. can we understand their relative materiality. as offices, warehouses, stores and logistics. So our suppliers have the largest negative impact. Is that our responsibility then as these operations do not Tier 1 represents the manufacture of How was it possible to put a monetary value on envi- belong to PUMA? the finished product and is the last stage in the manufacturing process. ronmental impacts such as land use or water? Yes, in a way it is indeed our responsibility, but We cooperated with experts from PwC and Tru- this responsibility has to be shared with > P_14 exclusive CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 others. As we have limited control over the sup- where we are able to provide support for change, ply chain, where we share our suppliers with nu- which are our direct suppliers and our own op- merous other brands, we need to collaborate with erations. our peers in order to reduce the environmental We stepped up our capacity building programme impact at this level. I am pleased to see that we for our suppliers such as the CONSERV project at have already started to gain support from the UK apparel and footwear factories in Vietnam. (Edi- and German governments, environmental or- tor’s Note: CATch up reported about the Conserv ganizations, and representatives of science and project in the October issue). These programmes industry to push for a shift in the current business train the factory management on how to imple- paradigm towards a more sustainable approach. ment environmentally-friendly production proc- print? We have already started to work on solutions in those areas where we have more control and We have also stepped up our internal resources Land use Other 26% € mio € mio € mio € mio € mio € mio % of total 33% 32% 26% 7% PUMA and I mean everyone! What challenges did you face in the process of 33% 2% 100% TOTAL Puma Operation 47 < 1 47 7 37 < 1 11 1 3 < 1 145 100% 8 6% Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 1 4 17 25 9 7 7 17 < 1 < 1 < 1 37 1 2 3 4 2 1 < 1 < 1 13 14 27 83 9% 10% 19% 57% EMEA 4 Americas 2 Asia/Pacific 41 8 10 29 1 20 16 1 3 7 < 1 < 1 3 14 35 96 10% 24% 66% Footwear 25 Apparel 18 Accessories 4 28 14 5 34 3 < 1 7 3 1 2 1 < 1 96 39 10 66% 27% 7% creating this study? I think the biggest challenge is that the PUMA E P&L has been a pioneering project 32% that no one had ever done before. There were no techniques or environmental accounting standards that we could refer to. However, the PUMA E P&L Results by Business Line within the PUMA.Safe team to address this chal- Tier 1 lenge. To better target and focus its efforts, the Tier 2 methodology we applied used established eco57% logical and economic techniques and built on a 6% 9% large volume of work in the fields of environmental and natural resource economics, ecology, 9% 9% Tier 3 Tier 4 material flow analysis and life-cycle analysis amongst others. Will the costs of the PUMA E P&L affect our net mental and social auditors will be joining the a few. This will now be the job of everyone at Waste PUMA operations and an Ecology team. Five additional environ- products through the consumer to name just < 2% air pollution and hired additional staff within PPR as well as PUMA.Safe team has created both a Humanity TOTAL WASTE Air Pollution LAND USE GHGs Water use PUMA E P&L Table & Visual Break-Down and ultimately dispose of our waste and final 7% efficiency. "It is us who decide what will happen" located and how they operate, how we transport Water use esses, save energy, reduce waste and increase But what can PUMA do by itself to reduce our foot- and components from, where our factories are PUMA E P&L Results by Environmental Indicator GHGs P _15 earnings? existing 13 employees in the PUMA.Safe team, 19% The results of the PUMA E P&L will not affect so that environmental impacts at PUMA’s sup- our net earnings. This analysis rather provided pliers can be better addressed and solutions for us with a wake-up call and the urgent need to their reduction more rapidly developed. PUMA is also hiring a Chemical Engineer to look at solutions to identify more sustainable materials as PUMA E P&L Results by Region well as supporting PUMA in phasing out harm- EMEA ful substances within the supply chain. So as you Americas see, we are already doing a lot ourselves. But in the end we will only find significant solutions if act upon it. It also serves as a measuring tool because we will see every year whether we have 67% made progress in reducing our footprint or not. 9% Aren’t the results negative? Why are we commu- Asia / Pacific 24% nicating them publicly? We have recognized that most of our im- these results are deeply embedded into all of pacts occur beyond our controlled opera- our operations. Because it is us who decide what tions and that the impacts of producing and will happen along our supply chain all the way selling PUMA products are not currently ac- from designing our product, selecting materials, counted for in the financial statements. In line countries and places we buy our raw materials with our mission to be ‘the most desirable > exclusive CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 and sustainable Sportlifestyle company’, we and Rural Affair (DEFRA) Natural Environment therefore felt it was our responsibility to iden- White Paper in June 2011. White papers are doctify these impacts, and their associated scale, uments produced by the UK government setting and put a price on them. PUMA is pushing the out details of future policy on a particular subject, boundaries in terms of accounting for ecosys- often forming the basis for legislative reform. tem services. It is PUMA’s aim to become ac- "UK government featured the E P&L as a best practice case study" countable for those services currently considered a “free” resource by most. If we are truly to become sustainable this needs to change and I believe that businesses have to lead the way. P _17 Do you think other companies will want to copy us? Is the E P&L a one-off, or will PUMA carry this out This is one area in PUMA’s business where we more often? actually want our competitors to follow suit. The We will update the PUMA E P&L every year to en- PUMA E P&L does something that companies sure that we continuously measure our progress. have been trying to achieve for many years – un- Kolumne P_16 Jochen Zeitz, Chief Sustainability Officer PPR and Executive Chairman of PUMA Since the publication of the initial results for PPR HOME in order for PPR to operate on a more PUMA’s Environmental Profit and Loss Ac- effective level across all areas of the business. derstand a business’ impact on society and the What are our future goals? count (E P&L) in May, we have received positive An E P&L will provide us with a platform to im- environment in terms that everyone understands We will continue to share our E P&L with our responses and enthusiasm from our industry prove our collective performance by having a – monetary terms. The release of the first results peers, other companies, NGOs and more nation- peers, by sustainability experts, from interna- clear view of our individual performance, thus of the PUMA E P&L caused much interest from al governments to raise awareness about the tional organizations and at the governmental gaining insight to identify opportunities and as- other companies wanting to hear more. We have inherent opportunity there is in quantifying the level which, in turn, has led to some very in- sist in developing innovation and change that also had a lot of interest from various NGOs and value of eco-system services and incorporating teresting outcomes. At PPR HOME we view an can be optimised across our entire business. governments. For example the UK government an E P&L into the business model, so that we E P&L as an essential tool to help drive PPR’s We will start by examining the brands within featured PUMA’s groundbreaking analysis as a ultimately create a shift in business strategy to sustainability development. And with the ac- our own Group eventually to provide further best practices case study for sustainable busi- work with Nature rather than against it. knowledgment that as businesses we must ac- E P&L case studies for broader industry en- ness in the Department for Environment, Food After we have now finalized our first PUMA E P&L, count for the cost to Nature of conducting our gagement, which take the cost of impact to we will move on to assessing the social impacts industrial and commercial activities, PPR will ecosystem services into account. This would PUMA creates. This analysis will include factors implement a Group E P&L across all its Luxury be our ultimate goal, to go beyond our own such as fair wages, working conditions, stand- and Sport & Lifestyle brands by 2015. For PPR, four walls - or in our case 16 brands - and en- ard of living, security and stability, empow- a Group E P&L represents a collective com- courage industry-wide adoption. But for now erment, community cohesion, diversity mitment to reinforce and strengthen the sus- an Environmental Profit and Loss Account will and gender equality, health & well-being, tainability of the Group’s individual business allow us, as a Group, to collectively work to- cultural heritage, etc. In a third step we entities. It will provide us with real visibility gether towards PPR HOME’s vision of a better will assess the economic impacts PUMA to our businesses and will assist us in under- world that is more sustainable - economically, creates. At the end PUMA will have cre- standing PPR’s issues. What is not measured socially and ecologically - than the world we ated a complete and comprehensive Envi- is not managed… and an E P&L will allow us know and live in today. PUMA E P&L Results by Business Line 7% 27% Footwear Apparel Accessories 66% ronmental, Social and Economic P&L. to manage and reduce our environmental im< pact, against which clear targetscan be set by Best, P_18 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _19 African KIT LAUNCH This month, PUMA revealed the results of a unique partnership: the new kits of ten African national football teams. Each kit was designed by a renowned artist from the Here, you can see the new football kits, presented by star players from the ten African nations. To learn more about the artists and to see close-ups Creative African Network (CAN) – a PUMA platform connecting and promoting artists from and in Africa. This unique collaboration is complemented by a month-long of the (really amazing) jerseys, click the link › see the kits large! El Loko Saïdou Dicko Samba Fall Hasan and Husain Essop Barthélémy Toguo Ernest Düku Godfried Donker Owanto Hentie van der Merwe Serge Akakpo Jonathan Pitroipa Khader Mangane Steven Pienaar Samuel Eto'o Yaya Touré Asamoah Gyan Didier Ovono Bradley Wermann ARTIST > Footballer Footballer ARTIST exhibition at the Design Museum, London that showcases the artists’ inspirations. Also, check our Youtube-Channel for videos on the African artists and their PUMA kits: www.youtube.com/puma P_20 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 ”We celebrate the innovation and creativity of Africa“ 1 3 P _21 5 4 11 6 9 7 2 8 10 CATch up spoke with Mark Coetzee, Program Director at PUMAVision and chief curator at PUMA.Creative, about these exciting new African PUMA kits and about how creativity and sport can work together. You are from South Africa yourself. How much of Af- respect of artists and critics in their home nation rica is in these kits? and that each artist represented the best of cre- These kits celebrate everything that is Africa. In- ative and critical thinking from the continent. novation, creativity, celebration, uniqueness and above all else the friendship between PUMA and Multiple parties were involved in this project (artists, Africa. football associations, PUMA), did everybody like the idea right away, or was some persuading necessary? 1: Hentie van der Merwe > Namibia; 2: Saïdou Dicko > Burkina Faso; 3: Mark Coetzee; Who came up with the idea of letting artists design Considering the complex brief given to the ar- 4: Ernest Düku > Ivory Coast; 5: Franz Koch; 6 +10: Hasan and Husain Essop > South Africa; 7: Godfried Donker > Ghana football outfits? tists by PUMA, the expectations of the Federa- 8: Barthelemy Toguo > Cameroon; 9: El Loko > Togo; 11: Owanto > Gabon The Teamsport and PUMAVision teams concei- tions, FIFA rules, the performance needs of the ved this project and collaborated on every detail. players – this project has been a huge success. It It is a perfect example of how PUMAVision can be has been celebrated by all parties and embraced You are an artist that is working for a sportlifestyle Can PUMA.Creative trigger the interest of young integrated into our core business in a joyful and by the players and soon we hope by the fans too. company. How would you describe the relationship people in arts, by using sports as a message? creative way. Now our football stars not only represent the between sports and the arts? For many years PUMA has used the power and best of sport but also the cultural aspirations Alongside our commitment to African football, reach of sport globally, through our PUMA.Peace On which grounds were the ten African artists se- of their nation. The results reflect the diversity, we have also been working within the continent initiatives, in our Peace Day Games. PUMA.Cre- lected? talent, passion, pride and love of football that through various projects with PUMAVision, to ative celebrates the innovation and creativity of We carefully considered the ability of each artist exists within the continent. honour and fulfil our commitment to creating a the African continent and since 2008 has invested to interpret PUMA’s creative brief in a complex better world for generations to come. In this in- substantial finances, logistics and staff to create and innovative way, as well as their ability to re- Which of the jerseys is your favourite? stance, through PUMA.Creative and our associa- platforms to encourage cross-cultural under- Each jersey represents something different, from tions with the Creative African Network (CAN), we standing, support art and cultural institutions, fa- the critical success of each artist. It was essen- the power of Africa represented by the Cameroon used football kits as a uniquely PUMA approach cilitate dialogue between local and international lion to the fledgling multicultural rainbow nation to create a new platform for exposure of artists art professionals and provide networking oppor- of South Africa. Each jersey design takes us on from the region. Each football team was assigned tunities to enhance skills. Now by connecting the a journey that celebrates the heritage, symbols a CAN artist from the same country. In addition Creative Africa Network with sport we are crea- and colours of the team. Each jersey is special, to creating a totally unique and personalised kit ting a bigger platform for artists from Africa and like the chapters of a book, but seen in totali- that will inspire and unite the players, team and opening up to a wider audience to the rich heritage ty they showcase PUMA’s commitment to Africa, fans, PUMA’s initiative will also help raise the that sport and art can establish for us all. football and innovative design. profile of design talent in these African nations. present their nation. A major consideration was tial that each artist participating had gained the Exclusive Interview with Mark Coetzee < P_22 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _23 Next stop: Volcano Island 1. Dismasted in the South Atlantic 2. The rig onboard PUMA's Mar Mostro failed on Monday, at around 15:00 UTC. t has taken me a long time to come to this to find the weak link to make sure this doesn’t the closest point of land, which we can re-supply conclusion: There is nothing you should happen again. and rally around the next part of our plan. From be surprised about in ocean racing. Yesterday, Wake up racing, go Tristan, we plan to have a ship meet us coming to sleep 2,500 miles from Cape Town with its own crane. the northeast, it was a great ride. One moment "When will food run out?" later, we started surviving, as our world came need to be with a 15 foot stump for a mast and crashing down around us. a storm jib and storm trysail lashed to it going started off simply enough. Breeze filling from from where you 2.8 knots. Wondering when food will run out and PUMA employees formed a heart in Herzo, declaring solidarity with the crew. Ralf Rödel for PUMA I Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race) By Kenny Read, Skipper, written on Tuesday, November 22nd, DAY 1 AFTER THE MAST CRASH Without the people in the Volvo Ocean Race office, our internal folks, the Rio Maritime Rescue Authority, the radio operator in Tristan, Antonio Bertone (PUMA), Håkan Svensson (BERG), Cap- The very last thing I thought of that day was we how to use the limited amount of diesel fuel that › See it Large have to be careful of our mast. This boat was is on board. ground towards a given destination. And that is no way that any of the above crazy scenario built to push and we were pushing. Nothing out The ship Zim Monaco should arrive to our posi- is …drum roll … the beautiful island of Tristan would even be remotely possible. of hand, but we were certainly pushing. We are tion to deliver 450 liters of diesel fuel. At the end da Cuhna! Tristan has a population of 275 peo- trying to assess what happened to the mast, be- of the day, we determined diesel is our lifeblood ple and is literally a volcano sticking out of the cause our spare mast is identical and we have middle of the Atlantic Ocean 6.5 miles wide. It is out here. With it, we can make water and make tain Borys from the Zim Monaco, etc, etc, there For the latest updates on the team, visit › www.puma.com/sailing < SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 Lerone Clarke 100 m : 9.99 s Born in 1981. Went to the same school as Usain Bolt (William Knibb Memorial High School). WHO Faster? P_24 P _25 Dexter Lee 100 m : 10.06 s Born in 1991. The first athlete to win back-toback titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics. Odane Skeen 100 m : 10.41 s Just 17 years old! Expected to become one of the dominant figures in the sprinting business. PUMA athlete Lerone Clarke won gold over the 100m distance at the Pan American Games in Mexico last month. His time: 10.01s! Needless to say, Lerone is from Jamaica, the faastest country in the world. But his triumph made us think: When was actually the last time that a non-Jamaican sprinter won a major 100m event? We had a hard time coming up with it. One of our colleagues guessed it was in 1960 when German Armin Hary won Olympic gold wearing PUMA shoes… But our colleague was wrong; it wasn’t quite that long ago. However, the Jamaican winning streak is very remarkable nonetheless. Since the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing, China, all men’s 100m events in major competitions were won by Jamaicans. Pretty amazing! > P_26 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _27 O' Dail Todd 100 m : 10.51 s Turned 17 in June 2011, became World Youth Champion over 100 metres just one month Here is the list later. of success : Olympic Games 2008 > Beijing, China ........................................Usain Bolt IAAF World Junior championships 2010 > Moncton, Canada ............... Dexter Lee Youth Olympic Games 2010 > Singapore . ........................................... Odane Skeen Commonwealth Games 2010 > Dehli, India ..................................... Lerone Clarke IAAF World Youth Championships 2011 > Lille, France ..................... O' Dail Todd World University Games 2011 > Shenzhen, China.......................... Jacques Harvey IAAF World Championships 2011 > Daegu, Korea ................ Yohan Blake Pan American Games 2011 > Guadalajara, Mexico ..... Lerone Clarke Usain Bolt 100 m : 9.58 s Five-time World and threetime Olympic gold medalist. World record and Olympic record holder in the 100 Yohan Blake This month, for a record tying third time in his career, after 2008 and 2009, Usain was named IAAF Athlete of the Jacques Harvey 100 m : 10.14 s metres, the 200 metres and Year. Next year he wants to go for four (along with his teammates) gold medals at the London Olympics, the 4×100 metres relay. adding the 4x400 relay to his regular His title at the World schedule if he is fit and if Jamaica University Games can challenge for gold. 100 m : 9.82 s Tied as youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier (19 years, 197 days). Today he’s 23. secured the only 100m title Jamaica’s men hadn’t won yet. < P_28 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 11:30 During the second 1-on-1 BIG DAY Imagine the following scenario: Your employer, a global sportlifestyle brand, announces a new long-term contract with the Swiss Football Association (SFV) and presents the national team’s new home kit. There’s a big press conference with football stars, a famous coach, cameras, journalists and your boss. Now imagine you are responsible for all of this. If everything goes well, you did a good job. If not, well … Dominic Kaeser, Head of PR and Marketing for PUMA Switzerland, found himself in this very position just two weeks ago. And he didn't screw up: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 02:30 Final sign off for the video that will be shown at the press 06:45 After the shower the world and I look better. Johannes Hackstette (Corporate Communications) arrive with the organized shuttle. 07:00 Colleague picks me up, break- 10:21 Espresso time for me! I go Cutter is a little dizzy, me too. fast in the car (an apple) tastes But I know I'm to blame, since the same as yesterday; every- outside, smoke … Damn, I I decided to include a last thing should be fine then. should quit! … Okay, maybe not today … minute idea … 09:00 We arrive at the hotel where 02:45 Computer is downloading the national team is staying. 10:30 Bruno Rüdisüli (GM PUMA the high resolution versions, Let's start arranging the Switzerland) arrives, we talk while I brush my teeth. rooms for the press confe- about his speech, but he is rence, media talks and 1-on-1 well-prepared and knows interviews with Franz Koch. what to do. 02:50 Sending the download link to 12:15 Lunch with everyone on stage. We talk about our partnership, the IOC, football. 13:15 PUMA photographer arrives, I show her around, tell her which pics she has to take, where she can walk around, where not. 14:00 Press conference starts, Ottmar Hitzfeld is missing we have to start without him. 14:45 Photo session in front of the press wall. 14:50 Short interviews with 14:15 On stage: Everything looks fine. Backstage: Star players Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg, Germany) and Lichtsteiner (Juventus Turin) arrive. They will present the new shirt. Are they wearing the right stuff? Yes they are. As always, they’re fun, nice to see those guys again! 14:20 Q&A session with journalists starts on stage. 14:30 The new kit is presented on stage. Seems like everyone likes it! players, Franz Koch, Ottmar Hitzfeld. 15:00 Official press release including pictures has to be sent out by our agency. Come on, Dominic, hurry up selecting those pictures! 15:10 Good news from the back office: the announcement, our video and many pictures are already visible on the important online platforms. The biggest one got everything slightly earlier – has been live for 20 minutes, perfect! 13:45 Last check, everything is conference today and then distributed to the media. I go through the press conference, media talk and shirt launch with the head of PR of the Swiss Football Assiciation. He's relaxed, but: He says Ottmar Hitzfeld (the famous coach of the Swiss national team) might not come!! What? He has to!! P _29 the PR agency; they'll have to After one hour we're quite copy the video onto the press close to being ready. Are the kit memory stick. Go to bed press kits already here? No, ready, first journalist calls my now, go to bed! they are not. phone, he's in the lobby. ready, the door opens for journalists. Yes! The people we really wanted to come are here. 14:35 Ottmar Hitzfeld arrives. He's a professional on stage, no doubt. 18:00 I love my intern (not literally). Everything packed in the car, we can leave. Checking my inbox on the way back, answering more questions from journalists. 19:45 Back home. The bathroom light is still on … Damn! I was not sustainable today … 11:00 Press kits are here, rooms are Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus Turin), Franz Koch (PUMA), 06:30 My blackberry alarm 10:15 Franz Koch, Chris Voigt 11:05 First 1-on-1 with Franz Koch Ottmar Hitzfeld (head coach of is actually kind of nice, but (Head of Global Sports Marke- starts, time to check screens, the Swiss national team), Diego I hate it anyways. Too early ting), Johan Adamsson (Head microphones, sound etc. with Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg) to get up! of Teamsports Marketing) and the tech experts. P_30 SPORTS CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 1. Welcoming PUMA's new brand ambassador, cricket star Yuvraj Singh P _31 PUMA India welcomes cricket superstar Yuvraj Singh Suspense, fun interactions and a breakthrough reveal: # love 12, 2. The number 12 stands for PUMA India’s week long campaign announcing Yuvraj Singh as Yuvraj's jersey number and is their brand ambassador, had it all. also part of the name of the But first of all: PUMA is now proud partner of Yuvraj Singh. For campaign he kick-started those who don’t know much about cricket: What Cesc Fabregas is to soccer, Yuvi is to cricket – an international superstar and quite a big deal, even outside of his sport. Launched exclusively on Twitter, Yuvi, man of the series in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, kick started the # love 12 campaign by asking people to share what the number 12 meant to them. Over the course of the week, Yuvraj kept the engagement levels high by promising to meet 12 lucky fans in person. And sure enough, in an unconventional Twitter-led press conference, Yuvraj revealed his association with Puma India and interacted with his fans in person on November 1st. To wrap it all up, the # love 12 campaign saw 69.3 million hits. During the build-up, both # love 12 and pumacricket were trending at the first and second spot nationwide. Yuvi will now be seen in Puma gear both on and off the field until 2015. # love 12 – the platform (or love triangle, as Yuvi calls it) between PUMA, Yuvi and fans is a platform to do Fair, Honest, Positive and Creative things on the 12th of every month, starting this November. < P_32 CAtch up A M U P LIFE E L Y T S Hussein Chalayan Astronauts & Bicycles This is taking “outer” wear to its most extreme definition: The AW12’ PUMA by Hussein Chalayan Collection got its inspiration from outer space and astronaut gear. The result was the first PUMA by Hussein Chalayan shoot taken in an environmental setting, further explaining the Urban Traveler story in relation to natural space vs. space travel. For Mihara, the AW12’ Campaign shoot took to the streets of London, and was largely based around the London to Tokyo theme and focused around the Cycling story. Mihara fuses cycling performance features with outdoorsy functionality: reflective, packable hoods adorn blazers and leather patched shoulder bags roll down for swift maneuvering. Urban Mobility Vulcanized footwear has a velodrome-worthy Star designer Hussein Chalayan re-imagines the idea of ‘mobile life’ in grip and pedal response whilst deconstructed modern cities through his clean and cycling shoes are flexible and lightweight. Tying sophisticated design aesthetic. the collection together is a distressed python › urbanmobility.puma.com print, set off by bold oranges and yellows. > LIFESTYLE P _ 33 P_34 LIFESTYLE CAtch up up | # 02_November 2011 The Designer Hussein Chalayan Picture: Chris Moore PUMA creative director Hussein Chalayan is a British/ Turkish Cypriot fashion designer, who was honored with the 1995 Absolute Fashion Award at age 25. He was named British Designer of the Year in both 1999 and 2000. In 2008, Chalayan joined PUMA, where he has been It’s a season distinguished by Mihara’s constant quest for versatility and adaptability, underlined by urban panache. PUMA’s International Lifestyle team is currently releasing the AW12’ lookbooks to the markets, alongside the AW12’ Black Label Digital Product Catalog, which was created to encourage our International Sales team to present the collections via iPads. < INK ON SUEDE: Tattoo that shoe! In 2009, we invited nine international tattoo artists to gather together for a little Suede event. We handed over our beloved silhouette and gave them free range to make it their own. So let’s see what happened: They met in Milan. They drank espresso. They shared ideas. And they re-wrote our little legend … Three limited edition styles were born out of this event, designed by tattoo artists Davide Di Stefano, Heinz, and Rino Valente. The Ink On Suede Collection is available now. › see the film! P _ 35 Davide, Heinz, Rino INK-Artists Davide draws from a black and gold world. The graphic sockliner motif carries through to the lining and laces, which feature a gold foil application. Heinz’s take is an ivory Suede with a black pop Formstrip and graphic laces and lining. The sockliners feature his namesake against multi-colored skulls and dragons, floral motifs and spray paint effects. responsible for the design, creation and development of sportlifestyle collections. Two years later, he acquired PUMA’s stake in the Fashion Company Chalayan LLP. This year, he also collaborated with Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards. › www.husseinchalayan.com Rino mashes up symbols, skulls, and foliage effects. His Suede is grey with graphic laces and brown laces, complemented by a graphic lining and fully colored sockliner. P_36 CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 JOY P _37 Laird Hamilton, surfing legend and Mar Mostro’s honorary 12th crew member, about how he invented a new sport – modern stand-up paddleboarding: Were you sick of surfing? I initially got into paddle surfing as a training device during the summer – it was a way to prepare myself for the big waves in the winter. It kind of took over my interest, and then I started paddling in all types of conditions. It pretty much is just an extension of surfing. Stand-up paddling allows you to be in incredible shape no matter what the conditions are, and it makes you a better surfer. The challenge of trying to paddle into giant waves becomes a sport in itself. How was your collaboration with PUMA? It has been an incredible opportunity to develop this standup paddleboard, work with the design team and just to work with PUMA Ocean Racing. In a way, I worked with a team to help revolutionize an aspect of surfing. I enjoy being in that atmosphere, especially coming from a solo sport. It’s nice to be part of a team, with the camaraderie, the sharing of successes, as well as trials and tribulations of sharing a dream. What’s unique about the PUMA/Laird board you designed with Juan K? It’s really the first opportunity that I, as well as those of us “The board is unbelievable” in the stand-up surfing industry, have had access to such an elite designer like Juan K along with top performance technology. We’re having the opportunity to tap into cutting edge technology, and I think it will have a trickle down effect on the whole industry. We wanted something that was reflective of the design that had gone into the Mar Mostro. And, it was obvious to paint it like the boat – we were already using a similar design, similar outline, similar rocker. The board is unbelievable. › Enjoy the video here < P_38 VISION CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _39 DRAGONSLAYER A s part of the PUMA.Creative film Programme, PUMA established the PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award, designed to be a rapid response fund providing resources in the early stages of documentary projects, to shoot and edit a film trailer. This trailer can then be used to solicit fund- PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award winner "Dragonslayer" premiered at BFI London Film Festival ing for the production of a film. “Dragonslayer,” a 2010 PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award recipient, has had great success T he Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture is a platform for design to be discussed in the context of social and environmental sustainability. The inaugural 2010 lecture was an incredible success being, presented by Clever Little Bag de- signer Yves Béhar at the Design Museum, London. Alejandro Aravena Presents Second Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture The 2011 Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture was presented by cutting edge architect Alejandro Aravena, executive director of Santiago- at the SXSW Film Festival and had its UK premiere at the BFI Lon- based architecture firm Elemental. Aravena discussed how he don Film Festival this past October supported by PUMA.Creative approaches sustainability and its many meanings when applied and PUMA UK. to architecture and public space. He lead a rapt audience through “Dragonslayer” follows the life and times of 23-year-old skate- the important innovations in planning board legend Josh ‘Skreech’ Sandoval through contemporary and building that encourages collabo- Southern California. < ration, less energy usage, positive social environments promoting peaceful coexistence and innovative solutions to using resources sustainably. < For more information about the BFI London Festival Premiere of “Dragonslayer” click here: › http://creative.puma.com/us/ en/2011/10/bfi-london-film-festivalpremiere-of-dragonslayer-2/ For more information about the Second Annual PUMA.Creative Impact Award click here: › http://safe.puma.com/us/en/ 2011/09/second-annual-puma-safesustainable-design-lecture/ ©Víctor Oddó P_40 globe CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 P _41 USA: projekt pink recap puma $103,500 was raised and donated to the winning Project Pink charity- the Dr. Susan Love Research globe Foundation › $25,000 was raised from the #projectpink twitter campaign which came as a result of over 25,000 tweets › 47 nationwide breast cancer organizations were nominated in 2011 › Project Pink website had 49,946 total visits Middle East launches FAAS PUMA Turkey leveraged their football and fitness assets, Alex D’Souza and Ebru Salli, to launch Faas in Turkey. The football and fitness heavyweights going head to head to see which one’s faaster led the way for fans to come and try the faas and win performance based discounts driving traffic to retail and garnering a huge amount of PR for Faas in Turkey. PUMA Middle East activated Faas both online and onground. Online they created an engaging Faastest fingers game on the FB page of PUMA Running. In addition to which they’ve put up running tips, routes, Faas Test locations and product information. On the ground the Faas Mobile has been making waves. They set up camp to begin with at the Pink Biathalon with serious runners for breast cancer awareness and then took the Faas Mobile across hotspots around Dubai, generating a lot of buzz and friendly competition while driving traffic to retail stores. and logged 19,656 votes › Project Pink videos hosted online (PSA, announcement video, Nina video) generated 96,594 views › Project Pink supporters included: Actress Nina PUMA Social Sao Paolo In order to celebrate the second part of the PUMA Social concept in Brazil, the PUMA Social Dobrev, Soccer legend Julie Foudy, PUMA Golf athletes Rickie Fowler, Ana Nordqvist, Lexi Thompson, WPS athletes Marta, Amy Rodriguez, Natasha Kai, Karina LeBlanc, Alex Scott and MLS athletes Tyrone Marshall, Dwayne De Rosario, Jay DeMerit, Matt Reis, Brian Ching and Chat Barrett › Video announcement links: › youtube.com/watch?v=RXKvxKB1CNU › youtube.com/watch?v=OrMLM8oTITY Club Sao Paulo has been inaugurated. Located at Augusta Street, one of the "After Hour Athletes League", an online of the most famous in and offline competition that is open to everybody Brazil, the "Pop Up Bar" that will reveal the best night sports team. is dedicated to the Brazil- For further information visit ian After Hour Athletes › pumasocialclub.com.br or follow the events and will be open for three months with games such and promotions via Twitter (@PUMA_br). You can also as pool, darts, ping-pong, card games, arcade games write a comment using the hashtag #pumasocial to and karaoke. The project also includes the creation identify tweets regarding PUMA Social. P_42 globe CAtch up | # 02_November 2011 HK: Love for all, Run for care P _ 43 Over 20 colleagues from Puma Asia Pacific and Puma Hong Kong formed two running teams, named “Puma Joy” and “Puma FAAS”, to participate in a 10km charity run in Disney Land Hong Kong. Their slogan: “Love for all! Run for care!” As some were novice runners, a 10k distance could seem intimi-dating. Patrick Chan, a veteran runner in the office, had PUMA india´s Rocket Race PUMA India faced a special challenge this year, with the first Formula 1 Grand Prix being held in India. Their strategy: A cool marketing campaign with the goal to amplify the promo scheme, reinforce the motorsport offering and engage consumers both online and offline. Offline work included special Diwali offers and limited edition motorsport tees. The digital engagement was done through an application on Facebook – the PUMA Rocket Race. The app let users race rockets in order to win prizes such as real F1 tickets, PUMA motorsport shoes and tees. Consumers loved it! Some even played the PUMA Rocket Race for 6 or 7 hours every day! PUMA sent 97 winners to the race, gave away 50 tees and 15 pairs of shoes to thoe gamers who played and won the most. Furthermore, PUMA is now the official merchandise partner for all events organized at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC), where the F1 race took place, for the next 3 years. You can play PUMA Rocket Race by clicking the link at the bottom. Please note: Even though this is a PUMA application, playing PUMA Rocket Race at work is not considered working time :) › apps.facebook.com/pumarocketrace organized practice sessions and shared some running knowledge, warm up techniques, carbo- Creative Factory BARCElona On its way through some vibrant European cities, the PUMA Creative Factory was launched in Barcelona last month. With the aid of iPads, customers are able to design their own loading, and tips about preparing for the race. With 1,000 people at the start and perfect weather conditions, the day went really well. All of the PUMA runners completed the race, not only because of the great cheering from the supporters lined up, but also because of the FAAS running shoes they were wearing. “It wasn’t about how fast we could run, but much more about unity, determination and perseverance. We all enjoyed the run for care”, said Patrick Chan. Good job, guys! PUMA shoes in the store and order them right away. The launch of this cool consumer activation tool was combined with the strategy meeting in Barcelona, inviting sneaker freakers, trendsetters and artists. Until December 9th the Creative Factory will be located at Einvironmental Train(ing) CO2-neutral business trips? They’re now in Germany possible! From now on, PUMA colleagues “Limited Editions”, one of the most influential sneaker stores travelling in Germany will be able to use a CO2-neutral option when in Europe. As Barcelona has been and still is a big success, going by train with the Deutsche Bahn (DB). How does it work? the PUMA Creative Factory will continue on its way next year, Through DB’s environmental program “bahn.corporate Umwelt-Plus,” running in Madrid, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Zurich, the amount of electricity used on PUMA business trips is calculated. Stockholm and other cities. This amount is then bought from renewable sources in Germany and used to run the trains. PUMA takes care of any extra costs. And the best bit? You don’t have to do anything to take advantage of this option – simply choose Deutsche Bahn as your means of travel when booking your next trip with PUMA as usual. That's it for now P_36 Check your inbox for the next issue a little sooner than usual, since CATch up Vol.3 will come before the holidays. We'll be looking back on 2011 alongside plenty of exciting new stories. Get in touch via the email button below if you'd like to share something with all of us. See you then! < 22. DECEMBER 2011 Coming soon: #3