Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Equal Opportunities
• Circular Economy
• Environmental Excellence

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced environmental impact per product by 15% (target for 2025)
• Doubled the lifespan of the entire polo range (target for 2025)
• 100% of textile waste and unsold goods to have a second life (target for 2025)

Social Achievements

• Launched 'Elevating Journey' roadmap to promote equal opportunities
• Supported over 70,000 underprivileged young people through the Lacoste Foundation
• Provided 200,000 anti-Covid masks to the Troyes Metropolis

Governance Achievements

• Published a list of Tier 1 to 4 suppliers
• Implemented a new supplier rating system based on social and environmental performance
• All suppliers committed to Lacoste Partners’ Charter of Ethics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Complex and fragmented global supply chain
• Traceability challenges in the textile supply chain
• Environmental impacts of textile production (water, energy, emissions)
• Need to increase the lifespan of products
• Need to improve textile waste recycling

Mitigation Strategies

• Implemented a global environmental consolidation system ('DECK')
• Developed eco-design indexes (Raw Material, Durability, Recyclability)
• Partnered with Oritain to certify cotton origin
• Limited cotton sourcing to four countries with best practices
• Implemented social and environmental audits (ICS standard)
• Developed a supplier rating system
• Launched 'Livelihood' program to co-finance development projects in supplier communities
• Developed a durability test protocol for products
• Committed to 'zero destruction' of unsold products
• Exploring repair, refurbishment, and 'recustomization' services

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Social compliance audits for all Tier 1 to 4 factories; Environmental audits for 100% of factories using wet processes

Responsible Procurement

• Lacoste Partners’ Charter of Ethics
• Supplier rating system
• Livelihood program

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, PEF (Product Environmental Footprint), Make Fashion Circular (Ellen MacArthur Foundation)

Certifications: ISO 17025 (for Lacoste's laboratory), GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard), RWS (Responsible Wool Standard), GRS (Global Recycling Standard), RDS (Responsible Down Standard), FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Loop Polo

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• People
• Communities
• Planet

Environmental Achievements

• -4.6% environmental footprint per product
• Zero destruction at all factories and warehouses managed by Lacoste
• 15 recyclers approved worldwide
• 5% of factories and stores use validated recycling solutions

Social Achievements

• Over 4,000 vulnerable people assisted in their social and professional integration
• 7 new youth associations supported by the Lacoste Foundation in 7 countries
• Launch of the Self Confidence program in France and the United States
• Launch of the Lacoste Gallery with 46 exclusive prints
• Nearly 3,000 employees involved in the 12.12. Challenge
• 5 new Livelihood projects approved in 2021

Governance Achievements

• Lacoste joined the ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) initiative
• Defined a “Manufacturing Restricted Substance List“ (MRSL) for the management of chemicals

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3)
• Increasing the proportion of responsible materials in products
• Improving supply chain sustainability
• Managing textile waste and unsold products

Mitigation Strategies

• Setting Science Based Targets (SBT) for GHG emissions reduction
• Increasing the use of organic cotton, recycled polyester, and RWS wool
• Implementing a supplier rating system and Livelihood program
• Developing a global recycling strategy

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of factories using water in their manufacturing process are audited for environmental compliance; 100% of factories audited for labor compliance

Responsible Procurement

• Use of GOTS, RWS, GRS, and LWG certified materials
• Supplier rating system
• Livelihood program

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Fashion Pact, UNFCCC, Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), GOTS, RWS, GRS, LWG, ZDHC

Certifications: GOTS, RWS, GRS, LWG Gold, ISO 17025

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GHG Protocol