Under Armour

Stakeholder engagement 

Under Armour discloses an overview of the issues raised during its stakeholder engagement activities which covers nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company discloses how often and through which channels it engages with various stakeholder groups. 

Solid and air pollution 

Under Armour reports some activities to reduce plastic use and waste in its own operations. The company has targets to use only recycled polyester in apparel and accessories by 2030 and reports progress against the targets. Under Armour also reports on the proportion of certified sustainable raw materials for apparel and accessories. 

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social inclusion and community impact area

Sustainability strategy and accountability 

Under Armour discloses its process for identifying and prioritising its most relevant sustainability impacts as well as the outcome of this process, in relation to its sustainability strategy. While the company discloses some sustainability targets, no evidence that the company has group wide targets on key sustainability topics for the most material parts of its value chain based on the SBTN Sectoral Materiality Tool could be found in the public domain. The company does not report consistently against all its targets.  

No evidence was found that Under Armour links performance criteria in senior executives’ remuneration policies to targets and objectives which cover nature, including biodiversity, and social issues. The company does not disclose whether its highest governance body has expertise regarding nature-related topics. 

Lobbying 

While Under Armour discloses some trade associations of which it is a member, this is not a complete list covering all geographies. The company also does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies. The company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies. 

Impact and dependencies assessment 

Under Armour 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 

Under Armour 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 

No evidence was found regarding Under Armour‘s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. 

Resource exploitation and circularity 

Under Armour does not report quantitatively on its group-wide circularity performance. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health. 

Water 

While Under Armour engages with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal, the company does not disclose any other relevant information related to water, in its operations or supply chains. 

Solid and air pollution 

While Under Armour mentions that its compliance with restricted substances list and implementation of third-party chemical screening tools, it has an opportunity to disclose the specific measures to reduce the production of hazardous substances. The company does not disclose a commitment to avoid developing or marketing new chemicals or products with SVHC (substance of very high concern) properties. No evidence that the company is reducing the production of hazardous waste was found.  

No evidence that Under Armour reduces plastic use and waste in its own operations was found. The company does not report on the amount of plastic waste generated and proportions directed from or to disposal. The company does not report on air quality parameters of emissions of harmful air pollutants. The company does not report time-bound targets to reduce air pollutants across most material parts of its value chain. 

GHG emissions 

Under Armour sets targets to reduce 30% of absolute scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 2030 from the baseline year 2018. The targets are aligned with a 1.5-degree trajectory. However, Under Armour does not report progress against its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions target. No evidence that the company reduces its scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and has a year-over-year reduction since the baseline year was found. 

Invasive species 

Under Armour has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations. 

Safe, healthy, clean environment 

While Under Armour‘s commitment to sustainable development compels it to safeguard current and future generations’ right to live on a clean planet, it has an opportunity to make a commitment to respect the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.  

No evidence that Under Armour tracks its actual or potential negative impacts on the health of local communities was found. The company is not committed to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders. 

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights 

Under Armour does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities. 

Under Armour describes the process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations and in its business relationships. The company describes its process(es) for assessing its human rights risks and discloses what it considers to be its salient human rights issues, but no evidence was found that the company has a global system in place to act on, prevent or mitigate its salient human rights issues. The company provides a case study describing how it has acted on a salient human rights risk issue.

While Under Armour discloses the categories of stakeholders it engages with generally on sustainability issues, it is not clear if these stakeholders are those whose human rights have been or may be affected by its activities and that the company provides examples of its engagement with these stakeholders.

Under Armour has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers and that it expects its suppliers to do so. While the company indicates that migrant workers should be compensated equivalent to country nationals, it has an opportunity to disclose a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage or that it has achieved paying all workers a living wage. No evidence that the company describes how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates was found. While the company states that it expects its suppliers to pay wages that are sufficient for workers and their families to fulfil their basic needs, it has an opportunity to disclose how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers.

No evidence that Under Armour discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements was found. While the company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those.

Under Armour discloses a tax strategy, but it is not applicable to all its operations. No evidence that the company describes the process for identifying its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations was found. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. No evidence that the company has a publicly available policy statement or policy setting out its lobbying and political engagement approach was found. The company specifies that it does not make political contributions.