Weyco Group, Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce inventory levels in the first half of 2023
Environmental Challenges
- Supply chain issues and challenging market conditions
- Oversaturation of outdoor footwear market due to unwinding supply chain issues
- Mild winter in parts of US and Canada resulting in softer consumer demand for outdoor footwear
Mitigation Strategies
- Implemented selling price increases to address higher costs
- Increased inventory levels to meet backlog of orders and ensure on-time delivery
- Investing in distribution center to gain further efficiencies in processing e-commerce orders
- Mindful of challenging environment in outdoor category and confident in navigating changes
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Decreased wholesale sales due to softer consumer demand shifting towards experiences and services, resulting in cautious retailer ordering and inventory gluts, particularly impacting the BOGS brand due to unseasonably warm weather.
- Retail slowdowns and loss of a significant wholesale account in Australia impacting Florsheim Australia.
- Material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to information technology general controls (ITGCs) in user access and change management.
Mitigation Strategies
- Managed inventories down to normalized levels from peak quantities at the end of 2022.
- Invested in distribution center to increase operational efficiency.
- Exiting Asia Pacific business and transitioning key wholesale customers to Australia.
- Implementing measures to remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, including implementing controls, procedures, and software relating to program change management, user access and segregation of duties.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Severe weather impacting supply chain
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- BOGS seamless rubber boot construction (30% lighter, twice as durable).