Gap Inc. Releases 2020 Global Sustainability Report
September 29 2021 - 12:16PM
Business Wire
Its purpose-led, lifestyle brands are committed
to doing the right thing for people and the planet
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) has released its 2020 Global Sustainability
Report, transparently summarizing actions and progress towards its
bold sustainability commitments.
“At Gap Inc., we are committed to growing our business by
enabling safe, fair working conditions for the people who make our
products, enabling access and opportunity across our business and
addressing environmental impact across our value chain,” said Sally
Gilligan, Chief Growth Transformation Officer, Gap Inc.
Gap Inc.’s sustainability report reflects the efforts that the
company and each of its brands have made in 2020 toward
sustainability and creating a more inclusive and fairer workplace
and world for everyone touched by the business. The company has
aligned their Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) strategy to
the following pillars, with each brand embracing work that connects
to at least one pillar of the strategy.
Empowering Women and Human
Rights
Gap Inc.’s business is driven by women – they are the majority
of customers, leaders, employees and apparel supply chain workers –
and the company is making industry leading investments to help
ensure they are empowered to reach their full potential.
Through the company’s Personal Advancement & Career
Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) program, Gap Inc. provides women with
foundational life skills, technical training and support to advance
at work and in their lives. In 2020, P.A.C.E. reached more than
804,000 women and girls, and is on track to meeting the goal of
reaching 1 million women and girls by 2022.
Enabling Opportunity
Creating sustainable economies and a culture of equality and
belonging means Gap Inc. uses its assets and scale to enable access
to opportunity. Through Old Navy’s outreach program, This Way
ONward, the company helps fuel the next generation of leaders with
the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the workplace.
Since 2007, the program has created a valuable pipeline of diverse
talent. Tasked with providing 20,000 job opportunities to
underserved youth by 2025, Old Navy is already halfway to their
commitment with nearly 10,000 graduates of the program.
Enriching Communities
Gap Inc. has committed to becoming carbon neutral and water
positive by 2050, eliminating single-use plastics from its value
chain, and supporting a circular economy to protect natural
resources and ensure healthy communities for generations to come.
Additionally, the company is on track to meet its goal of sourcing
100% renewable energy by 2030 for globally owned and operated
facilities.
Recognizing that women are disproportionately affected by
climate change and water scarcity, the USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water
Alliance pledges to improve access to drinking water and sanitation
for 2 million people, of which 1 million are women, by 2023 in
India’s textile manufacturing communities. As of the end of fiscal
year 2020, Gap Inc. has empowered 650,000 people to improve their
access to water and sanitation.
Gap Inc.’s 2020 Report
highlights
- Gap Inc. has committed to source 100 percent more sustainable
cotton by 2025. In 2020, the company joined Textile Exchange’s 2025
Sustainable Cotton Challenge and became the first company to sign
up to the new U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. Each of Gap Inc.’s
purpose-led lifestyle brands have expanded to more sustainable
products and practices. Old Navy is on track toward its goal of
having 100 percent of its cotton sustainably sourced by 2022 and is
committed to increasing its use of recycled cotton in the denim
assortment.
- In April, Old Navy announced additional sustainability goals,
including a goal to reduce plastic waste across the supply chain
and eliminate plastic shopping bags by 2023 in the U.S., Canada,
and Mexico. Additionally, the brand is committed to converting 60
percent of its traditional polyester into recycled polyester by
2025.
- Gap continues its Gap For Good commitments, including saving
water through the WashwellTM program. Ninety-one percent of Gap
denim in 2020 was part of the water-saving WashwellTM program that
has enabled Gap to save over 402 million liters of water since 2016
– enough to fill 804 million water bottles compared to conventional
wash methods. In addition, Gap recently launched its most
sustainable collection of apparel yet – Generation Good, iconic
product made of organic and recycled fabrics.
- At Banana Republic, over 60 percent of the materials used in
its 2020 Spring Collection are from sustainable sources, including
denim styles that are designed and constructed with recyclability
in mind.
- As a certified B Corp, Athleta enabled its climate ambitions
when their solar farm in North Carolina came online earlier this
year, which is intended to offset 100 percent of its operational
footprint each year.
- Gap Inc. is currently partnering with other leaders in the
industry as a signatory member of the Fashion Pact, to identify and
pilot viable innovative alternatives to single-use plastic.
Furthering its pledge to enrich communities, Gap Inc. has committed
to eliminating single-use plastics by 2030. Through initiatives
like Gap Inc.’s new garment folding standards that reduce the size
of the polybags used and its new 50 percent recycled content
mailer, the company plans to significantly reduce the amount of
virgin plastic used in operations. Customers can visit
gapinc.com/inthebag for information about the mailers and how to
reuse and recycle them. New folding standards for Gap, Old Navy and
Athleta have saved $13 million in freight costs and avoided more
than 8 million pounds of plastic packaging.
This report covers Gap Inc.’s global operations for fiscal 2020,
which ended on January 30, 2021, unless otherwise noted. To view
the full sustainability report, click here. For in-depth
information about the company’s efforts to be a force for good for
people and the planet, please visit gapinc.com/sustainability.
About Gap Inc.
Gap Inc., a collection of purpose-led lifestyle brands, is the
largest American specialty apparel company offering clothing,
accessories, and personal care products for men, women, and
children under the Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta
brands. The company uses omni-channel capabilities to bridge the
digital world and physical stores to further enhance its shopping
experience. Gap Inc. is guided by its purpose, Inclusive, by
Design, and takes pride in creating products and experiences its
customers love while doing right by its employees, communities, and
planet. Gap Inc. products are available for purchase worldwide
through company-operated stores, franchise stores, and e-commerce
sites. Fiscal year 2020 net sales were $13.8 billion. For more
information, please visit www.gapinc.com.
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