2030 Goals and Progress
OUR GOALS
We are driven to hit our long-term sustainability goals. We continued to make strong progress in 2023. Scroll down to find out more or download the summary report.*
*The goals and targets (including HanesBrands’ 2025 and 2030 goals) which are presented here or otherwise disclosed by HanesBrands, including in our public filings, statements, press releases or on our websites (collectively, the “Company Materials”), were prepared prior to the sale by HanesBrands of the global Champion business, which closed on September 30, 2024 (the “Champion Sale”). As a result, the information found in Company Materials includes the impact of the global Champion business prior to the Champion Sale. HanesBrands is in the process of considering and evaluating our business following the Champion Sale, including the climate-related impacts on and risks to our business excluding Champion. The information provided in Company Materials, including with respect to goals and targets established prior to the Champion Sale, may be modified and reconsidered by HanesBrands’ management in light of the Champion Sale.
People
Planet
Product
People
We will contribute to improving the lives of ten million people by 2030. That’s a tall order, but we have real plans.
- We’ll support HanesBrands associates, and those of our suppliers, through a broad range of programs including education, health & wellness and diversity and inclusion.
- We’ll support our communities focusing on the themes of Comfort, Inclusion and Health. We’ll encourage our associates to average at least eight volunteer hours a year.
- We aim to increase the number of people of color at the senior management level and above in the U.S. to 25% by 2025.
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- We aim to maintain and grow the number of women at senior manager level and above to 50%.
Full disclosure
So we can celebrate our successes and outline room for improvement, we must be clear in our reporting. Take a look at our Transparency page to see how we’re measuring up in even more detail.
Planet
This isn’t just about following our heads and hearts. To help this planet, we have to follow the science.
We’ve set near-term science-based targets which have been approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative. This means our greenhouse goals are backed by rigorous scientific standards. We are committing by 2030 to:
- A 50% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions.
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- A 30% reduction in Scope 3 emissions.
Planet
This isn’t just about following our heads and hearts. To help this planet, we have to follow the science.
We’ve set near-term science-based targets which have been approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative. This means our greenhouse goals are backed by rigorous scientific standards. We are committing by 2030 to:
- A 50% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions.
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- A 30% reduction in Scope 3 emissions.
2025 GOALS
By 2025, we will:
- Achieve zero waste across our operations and support key suppliers to do the same.
- Align our wastewater with Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) standards.
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- Manufacture and source product only from facilities that have completed the Higg FEM process and include Higg FEM scores in our factory compliance evaluations.
2030 GOALS
We will also drive a range of other Planet goals by 2030:
- A 25% reduction in energy use in our owned facilities and support our key suppliers to do the same.
- The use of 100% renewable electricity in our owned operations through direct investment and renewable energy credits, where reasonably possible.
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- A 25% reduction in water use in our owned operations.
Full disclosure
From our sustainability governance process to our social metrics performance, our Transparency page shows how we set our goals – and how we measure up to them.
Product
From using less packaging to using more sustainable cotton – it’s not just what we make, it’s how we make it. By 2025, we aim to:
- Reduce packaging weight by 25%.
- Eliminate single-use plastics in our product packaging. Any that does remain must be commonly recyclable or compostable.
By 2030, we aim to:
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- Use 100% sustainable cotton and 100% recycled/degradable polyester in all HanesBrands products. We define sustainable cotton as U.S. and Australian grown, organic, recycled or sourced through reputable sustainable cotton certification programs.
All reduction goals are off of a 2019 baseline.
Full disclosure
Find out how we’re laying everything bare, from the goals we’ve surpassed to the ones we need to work even harder on.
STEVE BRATSPIES. CEO HANESBRANDS