Deckers Brands sustainability score: 36/100
Deckers designs and sells footwear, apparel and accessories, mainly under the HOKA, UGG and Teva brands; independent contractors make all its products. Its sales come mainly from UGG and HOKA, through retailers and distributors and through its own websites and shops.
More about Deckers Brands
Deckers Outdoor Corporation was incorporated in California in 1975 and moved its legal home to Delaware in 1993; its head office is in Goleta, California. It had about 6,000 employees at 31 March 2026 and net sales of about US$5.47 billion in the year to that date.
Founded 1975Head office Goleta, United StatesStaff ~6,000 (31 March 2026)Revenue ~US$5.47B net sales (year to 31 March 2026)Website ↗
Deckers' footprint was 1,352,815 tCO2e in its FY26 year, over 99% of it in its supply chain, up 24% on the year before and 56% on its FY19 baseline. Its Goleta head office runs on 100% renewable electricity, but it publishes no group-wide renewable share. Its SBTi-approved targets are a 46% absolute cut in its own emissions by FY30 and a 58% cut in supply-chain emissions per $m of gross profit, an intensity measure; its own emissions are 9.08% above baseline. Bureau Veritas checked its own-operations figures but not its supply chain. IPE's supply-chain index scores it 18.5/100.
Deckers Brands scores 36/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified November 2026.
That places Deckers Brands joint 530th of 969 companies scored, and joint 39th of 55 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
What is Deckers Brands doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (0/10, 3/10).
Where Deckers Brands lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Deckers Brands's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Deckers Brands's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
22% of them were published by Deckers Brands itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“to provide limited assurance of its Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data included in its FY2026 Creating Change”
“Scope 3 emissions account for 99% of Deckers' total footprint, making them by far the most important source of emissions for the company to address.”
“This company received a CDP Forests score of C.”
“It uses some lower-impact materials including recycled materials, however it does not publish an aggregate breakdown of materials used.”
“It uses some renewable energy to power its production sites and 100 % renewable in its owned and operated facilities”
“Deckers also has general energy efficiency projects at its production sites and offices”
“during fiscal year 2026 , we adopted a comprehensive Climate Transition Plan”
“Deckers - Consolidated Climate-Related Financial Risk Report (SB 261)”
“Read our Creating Change report to learn more.”
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How does Deckers Brands compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?
Where Deckers Brands sits among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 55 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Deckers Brands is tied =39th of 55, with 5 others.
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