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Adidas Sustainability Actions

Published climate transition plan

In 2025, Adidas published a Climate Transition Action Plan setting out a roadmap to 2030 and framing its longer-term climate ambition for 2050. The plan describes how the company intends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its business, with a focus on transparency and ongoing refinement. It also states that Adidas does not rely on offsets to meet its direct operations target.

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Set SBTi-validated targets

Adidas says its climate targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, with the latest validation obtained in 2024. The company reports a 2030 target to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 70% against a 2022 baseline, alongside broader emissions-reduction goals across its value chain. This places formal climate target-setting at the centre of its sustainability strategy.

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Reduced product carbon intensity

In 2025, Adidas reported a 9% reduction in product carbon intensity versus its 2022 baseline. The company attributes this to actions including phasing out coal at supplier facilities where feasible, increasing renewable electricity use, and scaling lower-carbon materials across product categories. The disclosure indicates measurable progress on emissions intensity rather than a completed decarbonisation outcome.

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Expanded renewable electricity use

Adidas has increased renewable electricity consumption through solar projects and power purchase agreements across sites in Germany, China, Europe, and North America. The company says it added on-site solar at its Manchester distribution centre and Herzogenaurach outlet in 2024, expanded solar PV in Colón, Panama in 2025, and secured PPAs for its headquarters and fulfilment centre in Rieste. It also reports a European VPPA becoming operational in 2025.

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Advanced circularity partnerships

Adidas has participated in circularity initiatives with external partners, including the EU-funded T-REX textile recycling project and the Sorting for Circularity collaboration with Fashion for Good. These initiatives focus on post-consumer textile waste, improved sorting of reusable textiles, and the development of recycling and reuse systems. The company also continues to reference its long-running work with Parley on ocean plastic.

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Strengthened supplier oversight

Adidas says it applies Workplace Standards across its supply chain and uses third-party audits to monitor compliance with labour, safety, and environmental expectations. The company reports that more than 90% of its strategic suppliers underwent third-party social and environmental audits in the latest reporting period. It also describes training and capacity-building for suppliers on climate mitigation, waste management, and chemical safety.

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Scaled lower-impact materials

Good On You notes that Adidas uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials and publishes an aggregate breakdown of materials used. The Commons Earth also reports that Adidas uses some certified materials, including LWG leather and GRS/RCS rubber, and that it has increased recycled materials in its products. These disclosures indicate an ongoing shift in material sourcing, although the brand remains reliant on conventional inputs.

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Worked with Parley on ocean plastic

Adidas and Parley have collaborated since 2015 on products and campaigns using ocean plastic waste. Parley states that the partnership helped phase out single-use plastics and microbeads, and that Adidas scaled products made with Parley Ocean Plastic across footwear, apparel, and team kits. The collaboration is presented as both a product innovation and an ocean-awareness initiative.

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