Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

NIKE is committed to inspiring and supporting communities to get kids moving, and the potential pay-offs are big. Active kids are healthier, happier and do better—on the playing field, in the classroom and, one day, in their careers and communities.

As a brand committed to sport, we encourage and support our employees efforts in engaging in a healthy lifestyle.

2025 Targets

• Drive sustained community impact by getting kids moving in our Key Cities and sourcing backyards with 50% girl participation

FY21 Highlights

• In FY21, we reminded the world that girls are made to play. We directly reached nearly 600,000 kids around the world – 55% of whom were girls.
• We also shared our best practices and tools with more than 24,000 coaches and helped train nearly 6,400 of them in delivering fun, inclusive experiences to all kids.
• Over the past two years, we’ve donated 75,000 NIKE Swoosh sports bras and 3,000 NIKE Pro hijabs through our community partners to girls around the world.

We believe in the power of sport to unite and inspire people to take action in their communities. We are committed to building an inclusive culture at Nike and to breaking down barriers for all athletes.

2025 Targets

• 50% representation of women in global corporate workforce and 45% in leadership positions
• 100% of strategic suppliers are increasing access to career opportunities and upward mobility for women employed in their facilities
• Maintain 100% pay equity across all employee levels on an annual basis
• Drive sustained community impact by getting kids moving in our Key Cities and sourcing backyards with 50% girl participation
• 2x investments focused on professional development for racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. and women globally

Corporate Commitments

• White House Equal Pay Pledge
• United Nations LGBTI Standards of Conduct for Business

FY21 Highlights

• 100 Score on Human Rights Campaign Foundation annual Corporate Equality Index for 20th consecutive year
• 1:1 pay equity maintained for women globally
• Women in leadership roles increased 7 percentage points (globally) to 43%
• Women make up 50% of our total global employee base

When people feel valued and engaged, everyone wins. This is the key to growth and sustainability. From worker compensation to workplace conditions, we only work with factories who share our vision for the future.

2025 Targets

• 100% of facilities in our extended supply chain meet NIKE’s foundational labor, health, safety and environmental standards demonstrating respect for the rights of their workers and communities where they operate
• 100% of strategic suppliers are building world class, safe and healthy workspaces for the people making our products
• 100% of strategic suppliers are measuring and improving the engagement of the people making our products
• 100% of strategic suppliers are increasing access to career opportunities and upward mobility for women employed in their facilities

Corporate Commitments

• California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
• UK Modern Slavery Act
• Australia Modern Slavery Act
• American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) & Fair Labor Association’s (FLA) Apparel & Footwear Commitment to Responsible Recruitment
• Responsible Labor Initiative

FY21 Highlights

• We have now scaled our wage data collection to 103 strategic suppliers who manufacture 80% of NIKE’s product by volume and employ over 700,000 workers. We have found these suppliers have an average gross pay of 1.9 times the minimum wage (excluding overtime) across 13 countries.
• At the end of FY21, 85% of 1,164 facilities were in compliance with our foundational expectations.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all athletes can train, live and thrive for generations to come. We develop new products and innovative materials because we’re dedicated to finding ways to help solve today’s problems for a better tomorrow with a focus on maximum performance and minimum impact.

2025 Targets

• 0.5M tons of GHG emissions reduced through increasing our use of environmentally preferred materials to 50% of all key materials
• 10% waste reduction per unit in manufacturing, distribution, headquarters and packaging through improved design and operational efficiency
• 100% waste diverted from landfill in our extended supply chain with at least 80% recycled back into NIKE products and other goods
• 10X the amount of finished product waste refurbished, recycled or donated
• 25% reduction fresh water usage per kg in textile dyeing and finishing
• Adopt clean chemistry alternatives for our 10 priority chemistries across our supply chain

FY21 Highlights

• In FY21, 99.7% of NIKE’s manufacturing scraps at our Tier 1 finished goods footwear suppliers were diverted from landfills through increased recycling and maintaining sufficient energy recovery capacity for non-recycled waste.
• Our EMEA distribution center closed the loop on being 100% plastic free for all digital and B2B packaging deliveries.
• Over the course of the year, more than 50% of production scrap at AirMI was captured and recycled in-house into new batches of product.

We want a world where everyone can thrive on a healthy planet. To achieve it, we’re taking a stand for climate action through Move to Zero, our journey towards a zero carbon, zero waste future. We are committed to taking a leadership role and working collaboratively with others across industry.

2025 Targets

• 70% absolute reduction of GHG emissions in owned or operated facilities through 100% renewable electricity and fleet electrification
• Greenhouse gas emissions from key suppliers’ manufacturing and transportation operations will be at or below 202 levels despite anticipated business growth, through use of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and alternative fuels
• 0.5M tons of GHG emissions reduced through increasing our use of environmentally preferred materials to 50% of all key materials
• To meet our 2030 Science-Based Target, we need to reduce our carbon footprint by 65% in owned or operated spaces and by 30% across our extended supply chain

Corporate Commitments

• RE100
• Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action under the auspices of UN Climate Change
• Commitments to Paris Climate Agreement
• Science Based Targets
• G7 Fashion Pact

More climate commitments can be found here.

FY21 Highlights

• In FY21, NIKE reached 77% of our 100% renewable energy target in owned and operated facilities.
• In September 2020, NIKE’s groundbreaking virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) in Spain went live, covering our owned or operated electricity footprint in Europe.
• In FY21 we executed NIKE’s first investment for sustainable aviation fuels for commercial air travel, kicking off the first step in our journey to 100% sustainable fuels for commercial air travel.

NIKE collaborates with competitors, governments, academia, NGOs and industries to develop a shared understanding of the challenges and opportunities we face. Together we identify barriers, advance solutions through strategic partnerships and help to create the conditions that enable solutions to scale.

Examples

• Arctic Shipping Pledge: We teamed up with the Ocean Conservancy to establish an Arctic Shipping Pledge, a commitment to not intentionally send ships through the Arctic out of concern for the negative environmental impact. Initial corporate pledge signatories include Bestseller, Columbia, Gap Inc., H&M Group, Kering, Li & Fung, PVH Corp., and several ocean carriers.
• Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action: Nike joined UN Climate Change and global brands, retailers and suppliers in accelerating some of the industry’s most aggressive climate targets yet – including a 30 percent reduction in aggregate greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a vision to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
• Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC): Nike is a founding member of the SAC, an industry-wide group of more than 200 leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, academics and NGOs working to reduce the environmental impacts of apparel and footwear products. We have worked with SAC since 2009 to create an industry approach to the environmental foot-printing of footwear and apparel products.
• Fair Labor Association (FLA): Formed in 1999, the FLA is a collaborative effort of socially responsible companies, colleges and universities, and civil society organizations to improve working conditions in factories around the world. Nike’s compliance program is accredited by the FLA.
• Girls, Inc: Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold, through direct service and advocacy. The network of local Girls Inc. nonprofit organizations serves girls ages 6-18 at more than 1,400 sites in 337 cities across the United States and Canada. Nike has teamed up with Girls Inc. to support their “Sporting Chance” program that helps girls build a foundation for enjoying sports, adventure and physical activity throughout their lives