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...November, John D. Joerger, Gear's director of global human rights compliance, said Gear would only disclose factory locations to the universities themselves, not to the world via the Internet. Joerger could not be reached for comment yesterday...
Gear's Web site also does not allow users to track garments by university, though Joerger said in November that the database would show which factories make which universities' apparel...
...Joerger says Gear has every intention of releasing information about its factories to universities, who will likely release it to the public. Gear is now compiling a database of factory locations sorted by university or college in preparation for the January release...
Constructing the database is difficult, Joerger says, because the company pays other parties to make its goods, and its sources frequently change depending on who gives the lowest price and highest quality...
...Joerger said that the company does about $1 million in annual sales of Harvard apparel...