Nike Purpose: Protecting the Environment

Protecting the Environment

If there is no planet, there is no sport. This understanding drives our North Star for sustainability—a future where all athletes* have access to safe places to play and train, enjoy sport and realize their full potential. Carissa Moore believes that we all have a role to play. As a pro surfer, her field of play is dependent on everyone doing their part to protect it.

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Our Focus

We’re committed to a better tomorrow for all athletes*. Minimizing our environmental footprint involves understanding our environmental impacts—what they are and where they occur.

Carbon & Energy

Waste

Water

Chemistry

25 Years of Nike Grind

Nike Grind materials are created from Nike’s recycled surplus manufacturing materials and athletic footwear. These materials are incorporated into performance products, ranging from new Nike footwear and apparel to outdoor play surfaces.

Learn more about Nike Grind

Goals & Impact

We’ve set ambitious targets and measure our progress as we go.

Learn more about our progress in our FY18 Impact Report

Renewable energy secured in our global owned and operated facilities through existing agreements

99.9

Of footwear finished goods manufacturing waste was recycled or converted to energy in the fourth quarter of FY18

Liters of water saved by sourcing sustainable cotton

Amount of PFC-based finishes in our products by 2021

Carbon & Energy

Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time. We believe it’s something companies have a responsibility to address—so we’ve set ambitious targets to reduce our carbon footprint.

Learn how we're cutting emissions

Nike Moves Closer to 100% Renewable Energy

To tackle climate change, we’re focused on scaling renewable energy across our value chain as well as investing in lower-carbon materials and building resilience to climate uncertainty by reducing costs, innovating new operating models, and strengthening our supply chain.

Learn about our commitment to renewable energy

Product Carbon Footprint

At Nike, material innovations—such as recycled polyester, Flyknit, Flyleather, and Nike Air—are changing the world of sustainable performance and reducing the average product carbon footprint of our products.

Learn more about our average carbon footprint

“To me, the most hopeful idea in sustainability is the belief that we get to decide how the story is going to end. If we act boldly, if we step up decisively, if we connect across borders and divides, there are no limits to what we can achieve together.”

Noel Kinder, NIKE, Inc. Chief Sustainability Officer

Waste

Our goal is zero waste. Period. We envision a future where waste doesn’t exist and things live on from one product to the next.

See how we're minimizing waste

Waste Reduction in Chinese Factories

To create a future where we all thrive, we are working to design waste out of our products. This means incentivizing manufacturing factories to focus on the sources of waste they can change.

Learn how factories are cutting waste

Innovating to Eliminate Manufacturing Cutting Waste

Being efficient and thoughtful with our materials, including making use of the leftover scraps, helps us to minimize environmental impact and reduce costs.

Learn more about how we're reducing waste

Water

We’re focused on using water more efficiently. That’s why we’ve committed to reducing our water use and returning the water we do use even cleaner than we found it.

Learn how we’re reducing our water use

Chemistry

We’re developing better, more sustainable chemistries that create superior products and are better for the environment.

Learn about better chemistry

The Materials We Use Matter

In order to minimize our footprint, we need to know where the impact occurs. Our analysis tells us that our impacts are driven by the materials choices we make, and how they’re turned into finished products.

Learn about our value chain impact