Metrics and Targets

G1-4 – Incidents of corruption or bribery

There were no convictions and no fines for violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws in the reporting period.

We are constantly reviewing our procedures to prevent, detect, and combat allegations or incidents of corruption and bribery, including our procurement process.

Data on fines, penalties or convictions related to violations of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws as well as any legal proceedings for late payments has been collected and confirmed by the Local Compliance Officers of each legal entity.

G1-6 – Payment practices

adidas values the relationship with all of its suppliers and aims for a balanced approach to meet market conditions with regard to payment terms for all its suppliers. Consequently, we do not have the capability to identify small- and medium-sized suppliers in our systems yet. In 2025 we continued our efforts to work on a solution. Until this is resolved and to still comply with ESRS requirements, we are working with the assumption to report the payment terms that more than half of our suppliers have, which should cover a significant portion of small- and medium-sized suppliers as well:

adidas’ standard payment term is 60 days from the invoice receipt date, and 54% (2024: 51%) of our suppliers are aligned with these terms. These 54% are paid on average within 65 days (2024: 68 days), and 94% (2024: 92%) of the payments to these suppliers are processed on time.

Among our entire group of suppliers, there were zero cases of legal proceedings for late payments registered in 2025.