

General Disclosures
2024 marks an important milestone for adidas and its long history in sustainability reporting as we report in accordance with the requirements of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the corresponding European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) on a voluntary basis. As a result of our Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) process, we identified material impacts, risks and opportunities (IROs) for each ESRS topical standard, leading to the disclosure of all ESRS sustainability matters:

Climate change
Most of GHG emissions occur in upstream value chain – raw material and manufacturing
ESRS E1
Water and marine resources
Main impact occurs in upstream value chain – manufacturing
ESRS E3
Biodiversity and ecosystems
Main impact occurs in upstream value chain – natural materials
ESRS E4
Resource use and circular economy
Main impact occurs in upstream value chain – resource use and lack of circular infrastructure in industry
ESRS E5
Workers in the value chain
Important to safeguard rights of workers in our value chain
ESRS S2
Affected communities
Important to safeguard human rights of individuals and communities linked to our value chain
ESRS S3