Adidas

Adidas is owned by Adidas Group.

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate Adidas “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials, and it publishes an aggregate breakdown of materials used.
• It’s set a science based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain, and it claims it’s on track.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking actions to protect biodiversity in its supply chain.
• It provides evidence on its efforts to minimise packaging.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assess brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Adidas “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• Its entire final production stage is certified by Fair Labor Association (FLA).
• There’s no evidence it supports diversity and inclusion in its supply chain.
• It provides a confidential complaints mechanism for workers in its supply chain to report suspected modern slavery.
• Its Code of Conduct covers ILO principles.
• It has been linked to recent human rights violations in its supply chain, including cases of wage theft in Cambodia.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate Adidas “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use leather, wool, cashmere, and down.
• Some of its animal-derived materials consist of recycled or certified alternatives to conventional wool and down.
• It doesn’t appear to use fur, angora, exotic animal skin, shearling, alpaca, or mohair.
• It states that it sources wool from non-mulesed sheep.
• It has a formal policy but it is not aligned with the Five Domains of Animal Welfare.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Adidas “It's a Start” overall.