Target
Recycled Content
Work toward making owned-brand packaging with 20% PCR content by 2025
Create more demand for recycled packaging by creating three new end markets for recycled materials by 2020
Responsible Fiber Sourcing
Source all owned-brand, paper-based packaging from sustainably managed forests by 2022
Eliminate Unfavorable Materials
Work to eliminate expanded polystyrene from our owned-brand packaging by 2022
Work toward elimination of the following problematic plastics in owned-brand packaging: polystyrene, PVC, PVDC and carbon black
Improving Recovery Infrastructure
Support The Recycling Partnership’s mission to improve how more than 25 percent of the U.S. population recycles by 2020
Design For Recovery
Work towards designing 100% of owned-brand packaging to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025
Explore at least five reuse programs that work to reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and – where possible – pilot by 2025
Increasing Recycling
Add the How2Recycle label to all owned-brand packaging by 2020 (where space allows)
Support The Recycling Partnership’s mission to improve how more than 25 percent of the U.S. population recycles by 2020
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reduce our absolute Scope 3 Retail Purchased Goods and Services GHG emisions by 30% below 2017 baseline levels by 2030
Ensure that 80% of our retail and non-retail suppliers by spend will set science-based reduction targets on their Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2023.
Manufacturing / Operational Waste
Water Consumption
Reduce absolute water withdrawal in stores, distribution centers and headquarter locations by 15% below 2010 baseline by 2025
Improve water efficiency in textile dyeing and finishing factories located in priority watersheds by 15% by 2022
By 2025, all owned-brand apparel textile factories will comply with the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) progressive-level wastewater standards
Design 100% of garment-washed owned-brand apparel utilizing water-saving design principles by 2025
Renewable / Alternative Energy
Source 100% renewable electricity for our global operaions by 2030 and 60% by 2025
Add solar rooftop panels to 500 of our stores and distribution centers by 2020.
Expand our EV program to more than 600 parking spaces with charging stations at more than 100 sites across more than 20 states by 2020
Energy Consumption
Drive energy and water efficiency in our own operations and in our supply chain
Reduce the energy intensity-per-square-foot in our stores by 10% by 2020
Achieve Energy Star certification in 80% of our buildings by 2020