Impact and dependencies assessment
Lululemon Athletica has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies.
Key areas and species
Lululemon Athletica does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency.
Ecosystem conversion and restoration
Lululemon Athletica does not disclose a commitment to ensure zero conversion, nor does it disclose activities to achieve conversion-free supply chains. While the company has set a target to achieve 75% sustainable materials for its products by 2025 and 100% by 2030, it has an opportunity to disclose the certifications or methods used to ensure the phase-out of ecosystem conversion. The company has also set targets that show a commitment to minimise ecosystem conversion in the most material parts of its value chain. Moreover, it discloses qualitative efforts to minimise ecosystem conversion in areas important for biodiversity. Nevertheless, the company does not disclose a commitment to restore ecosystems, nor does it disclose details and outcomes of ecosystem restoration projects in areas affected by its own operations or its suppliers.
Resource exploitation and circularity
Lululemon Athletica does not disclose its inputs, including its material footprint, nor does it report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. Additionally, it does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.
Water
No evidence was found that the company reduces water withdrawal across its own operations. It does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations, nor does it report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. While Lululemon Athletica discloses several management and monitoring practices on water quality, no evidence was found that these practices lead to the reduction of water quality pressures. The company discloses its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality, but it does not regularly report on water pollution and does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. Moreover, Lululemon Athletica does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water, nor does it disclose its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.
Solid and air pollution
Lululemon Athletica does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. No evidence was found that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste or is reducing plastic use and waste in its own operations. It does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal, nor does it report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. Finally, it does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across the most material parts of its value chain.
GHG emissions
Lululemon Athletica is reducing its scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, but no evidence was found that the company has had a year-on-year reduction of scope 1 and 2 emissions since the baseline year. While the company discloses its scope 3 emissions, the amount increased compared to the previous year, and there has been no year-on-year reduction compared to the baseline year.
Invasive species
Lululemon Athletica has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive species in its own operations.