Our commitments to meet the challenge of climate change

Climate change is the global climate's transformation that is modifying the weather and ecosystem's long-term equilibrium. To start with, it's a naturally occurring phenomenon and caused by the greenhouse effect, but which has been destabilised by human activity and more specifically by its CO2 emissions.

This disruption of the climate system threatens to exceed planetary boundaries, the critical thresholds beyond which the Earth's natural balances risk collapsing. Among the feared consequences are rising sea levels, intensified extreme weather events, disruption of water cycles and loss of biodiversity. 

According to the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to limit global warming to 1.5°C, achieving carbon neutrality by the middle of the 21ᵉ century is essential. This objective is defined in the Paris Agreement signed by 195 countries. It is in this global context that DECATHLON is implementing a climate strategy.

As sportsmen and women, the world is our playground. We are conscious that manufacturing, transport and the use and distribution of our products have an impact on the planet. It's why we are duty-bound to take action and act fast.

We use the GHG protocol as the standard for calculating our carbon footprint. It defines the scopes and categories of GHG emissions to be reported, and helps to improve the allocation of responsibilities within DECATHLON. The GHG protocol is one of the most internationally recognised standards and is compatible with many reporting frameworks.

DECATHLON is creating new medium- to long-term reduction trajectories to contribute to the global goal of “net zero emissions” by 2050. These trajectories aim to reach the reduction targets submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative in 2023 and validated in March 2024.

For the second consecutive year, the company succeeded in reducing its absolute carbon emissions while increasing sales.
DECATHLON joined the Climate Dividends association to help develop a framework for companies to calculate their avoided emissions.

The Group maintained its commitment to international initiatives (RE100, UNFCCC1 Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, Net Zero Initiative, etc.) to combat climate change collectively.

At DECATHLON, we calculate everything to assess our environmental impact! From travel to the distribution of products, not forgetting their production: nothing is forgotten.

It's a substantial amount of work, we do each year, constantly adapting our efforts in the right direction.
We also work on other environmental impacts such as biodiversity, or the impact of our products on water and air pollution, and the depletion of natural resources.

Note: The impact of product end-of-life is calculated using the Product Environmental Footprint methodology. It includes avoided emissions through the use of the Circular Footprint Formula, a methodology that is not directly compatible with the international GHG Protocol. Decathlon is working towards compliance for 2023.