Lululemon Athletica

Lululemon Athletica, a wearing apparel company headquartered in Canada, has established ambitious climate commitments. For the fiscal year 2023, the company reported a total of approximately 1.74 billion kg CO2e in greenhouse gas emissions. This figure encompasses Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy), and Scope 3 (all other indirect emissions) emissions.

Breaking down the 2023 emissions, Scope 1 accounted for approximately 4.23 million kg CO2e, while Scope 2 emissions (market-based) were approximately 32,000 kg CO2e. The vast majority of emissions, approximately 1.73 billion kg CO2e, fall under Scope 3. The largest contributors within Scope 3 were purchased goods and services (approximately 920.5 million kg CO2e), followed by upstream transportation and distribution (approximately 222 million kg CO2e) and the use of sold products (approximately 403.9 million kg CO2e).

Lululemon has committed to significant greenhouse gas emission reductions. Through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the company has pledged to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 60% by 2030, using 2018 as the base year. Furthermore, Lululemon aims to reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and upstream transportation and distribution by 60% per unit of value added over the same period.

Looking towards the long term, Lululemon has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2050. This includes a long-term target to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions by 90% by 2050, also from a 2018 base year. The company's targets have been validated by the SBTi as being consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C.