Our Impact Agenda

Our stake in the ground toward a more equitable, sustainable future.

Our Impact Agenda outlines our social and environmental commitments and multi-year strategies to contribute to a healthier and more inclusive future. Established in 2020 to guide our efforts internally and address the increasing need for systemic change in our industry and around the world, our Impact Agenda is informed by our values and the material issues that matter most to our stakeholders including our people, brand, and industry.

Our Pillars

We take a holistic approach to impact, and draw inspiration from the interconnectedness of our people, product, planet, and the communities we serve – when we focus on one, we also impact another.

Three pillars address critical social and environmental issues, each with a vision for success, goals, commitments, and opportunities that support our business and ambition to be a responsible industry leader.

Be Human

Our vision: Support our people to succeed by creating an environment that is equitable and inclusive, and that fosters growth.

Be Well

Our vision: Help our communities thrive by contributing to conditions that support physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

Be Planet

Our vision: Minimize our environmental impact to contribute to a future where nature and people can thrive.

Our Goals

These goals are the foundation of our strategic vision to drive positive change across our three pillars.

Be Human

Reflect the diversity¹ of communities we serve and operate in
Expand gender pay equity to full pay equity² for 100% of employees in the United States by 2022
Make wellbeing programs available to more than 100,000 makers³ across our supply chain by 2025
Achieve Fair Labor Association accreditation by 2024

¹Metrics for this goal are tracked through voluntary demographic survey results of our employees in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, and North America.

²We have achieved full pay equity, including gender and race, in the United States. We also seek to maintain 100% gender pay equity within our entire global employee population, meaning equal pay for equal work across genders, by geography.

³We define makers as the people employed by lululemon product and material suppliers.

Be Well

Provide access to wellbeing tools and resources to 10 million people by 2025
Invest $75 million USD to advance equity in wellbeing through the lululemon Centre for Social Impact by 2025
Launch the lululemon Centre for Social Impact in 2021

Be Planet

Meet our 2030 science-based climate targets⁴ by 2030
Source 100% renewable electricity to power our owned and operated facilities by 2021
Achieve 25% renewable electricity among core⁵ suppliers by 2025, and 50% renewable electricity among core suppliers by 2030.
Make 100% of our products with preferred materials⁶ and end of-use solutions by 2030
Achieve 75% preferred materials for our products by 2025
Offer our guests new business models that extend the use of products–reaching 100% of stores in North America and piloting internationally by 2025.
Reduce freshwater use intensity with our priority wet processing suppliers⁷ by 20% by 2025
Implement Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) at 100% of priority suppliers by 2022
Reduce single-use plastic packaging by 50% per unit by 2025

⁴These targets are approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which develops standards, tools, and guidance that allow companies to set Green House Gas emissions reductions targets. Climate data is reported on a calendar year basis.
⁵Core Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers represent over 75% of our production volume
⁶Prior to 2023, we adhered to the Textile Exchange’s definition of preferred materials. In 2023, Textile Exchange updated their definition, to which we are working to align our internal impact validation framework for materials. To count toward this goal, products must contain at least 25 percent preferred materials by weight.
⁷Produced approximately 80 percent of production value in 2021 and included supplier facilities with production in a water scarce region. Wet processing is defined as any water-intense process, such as dyeing and finishing of materials.

Our Progress

We are committed to regular reporting and sharing our progress. Our annual Impact Report serves as a platform for tracking and disclosing our performance against our impact goals.

You can find our most recent Impact Report and an archive of all the Impact Reports we have published on the Reporting and Disclosure Page.