Annual Report 2024

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ESRS E2

Pollution

adidas understands the importance of reducing the environmental impacts caused by our upstream manufacturing activities. We strive for the adoption of responsible water, waste and chemical management practices by our suppliers, by supporting a number of different initiatives described in detail in this chapter.

Impacts, risks and opportunities

Impacts

  • Pollution of water can happen either during agricultural or production processes, due to the use of chemicals
  • The use of substances of concern in our production can lead to adverse impacts on the environment

Risks

  • Stricter regulation
  • Increased requirements for traceability and transparency of substances of concern throughout the supply chain
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Targets

adidas targets focus on preventing and minimizing water pollution and the use of substances of concern by our Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.

Quality of wastewater discharge

The target is designed to improve the quality of wastewater in selected Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, by achieving recognized industry standards.
Current Status 2024 85%
Target 2025 90%
(Metric based on number of facilities.) read more

Chemical input management

The target is designed to focus on eliminating the use of any restricted substances in our supply chain by increasing the use of chemicals that meet the highest conformance level according to industry standards.
Current Status 2024 73%
Target 2025 80%
(Metric based on number of chemical formulations.) read more

Key metrics & actions

The actions we take are designed to prevent and minimize pollution, avoid the depletion of natural resources, and further minimize the impacts of our suppliers in the upstream value chain.

Quality of wastewater-related actions

  • Bi-annual environmental compliance checks
  • Continuous wastewater monitoring and reporting from suppliers
  • Guidance and support to suppliers to drive continuous improvement

Chemical input related actions

  • Ensuring robust input chemical management
  • Monthly data reporting and monitoring, to drive transparency
  • Annual onsite verification checks
  • Industry engagement to drive collective action

Industry engagement

Our industry engagement has been externally recognized by the ZDHC1 group and we received, for the second consecutive year, the Champion Level in the ZDHC ‘Brands to Zero’ program.

Policies

We have adopted multiple policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures that anchor our approach to pollution in the management of our business. An overview of these policies can be found in the topical standard of E2.

1 Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC)