lululemon athletica sustainability score: 36/100
lululemon designs and sells technical athletic apparel, footwear and accessories; in its 2025 financial year women's products were 63% of net revenue, men's 24% and accessories and other 13%, and the Americas brought in 71%. lululemon athletica inc. was formed in Delaware in 2005 as the group's holding company; its roots go back to 1998, when lululemon was founded in Vancouver. Its head office is in Vancouver, Canada.
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It had about 39,000 employees at 1 February 2026 and US$11.1 billion net revenue in the year to that date.
Founded 2005Head office Vancouver, CanadaStaff ~39,000 (1 February 2026, year-end)Revenue ~US$11.1B net revenue (fiscal 2025, year to 1 February 2026)Website ↗
lululemon's footprint was 1,613,025 tCO2e in 2024, nearly all of it in its supply chain, and its Scope 3 has roughly doubled since 2020. It matched 100% of electricity in its own operations with renewables in 2024, largely through certificates outside North America, while its suppliers' factories still run mainly on fossil power. The SBTi has validated its targets, but the Scope 3 target, covering 99% of its footprint, is per dollar of gross profit, not absolute. In 2024 Stand.earth filed greenwashing complaints over its 'Be Planet' claims; Canada's Competition Bureau closed its investigation after lululemon removed the green messaging, with no upheld finding.
lululemon athletica 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 lululemon athletica joint 530th of 969 companies scored, and joint 39th of 55 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
What is lululemon athletica doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (0/10, 3/10).
Where lululemon athletica lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- 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 is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is lululemon athletica's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is lululemon athletica's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
27% of them were published by lululemon athletica itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Total Scope 1 2,937 3,164 3,616 3,781 4,070”
“lululemon has obtained limited assurance for our 2024 Scope 1 and Scope 2 (location-based and market-based) GHG emissions.”
“absolute emissions increased in 2024 while remaining below our”
“Stand.earth accused the Vancouver-based apparel company of greenwashing”
“alleging the athletic wear company made false and misleading statements about its environmental impact”
“50 percent renewable electricity across core tier one and two suppliers by 2030”
“There’s no evidence it’s taking actions to protect biodiversity in its supply chain.”
“This company received a score of 20.3/100”
“During 2025, our women's, men's, and accessories and other categories represented 63%, 24%, and 13% of net revenue, respectively.”
“scope 3 (supplier) emissions increased by more than 60 per cent between 2020 and 2022”
“show total emissions for that category rose to nearly 1.7 million tonnes, up from about 830,000 tonnes in 2020.”
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How does lululemon athletica compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?
Where lululemon athletica sits among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 55 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, lululemon athletica is tied =39th of 55, with 5 others.
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