Climate and Net Zero Targets
Scope 1 and 2: Yes but different baseline. Reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90% from a 2017 baseline

Scope 3: No – Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services by 30% from a 2017 baseline

Mid-term (2035/2040) milestones: No. It says for period fo 2031 – 2050 will continue with supporting supplier decarbonization via efficiency, RE procurement and coal phase out. Partner with providers upstream and downstream and adopt circular practices.

Net Zero Roadmap: NZ goal by 2050. No clear broken down roadmap between 2031 and 2050.

Renewable Energy Targets
Own operations RE target: Yes has goal – Source 100% renewable electricity for our company-operated facilities globally. Doesn’t specify high impact but has engaged in VPPAs.

Supply chain RE target: No

Thermal Coal Phase Out
2030 Coal Phase-out Target: Yes – active member of UNFCCC working group on coal phase out.

Thermal energy transition/ electrification: Yes. Shares that 74 suppliers have plans to transition from coal to more sustainable energy sources by 2025 or 2030. The company strengthened its Tier 1 facility approval process by prohibiting new facilities with onsite coal use and requiring vendors to disclose coal usage, with approvals contingent on a coal phase-out plan. Additionally, it collaborated with industry peers to develop responsible biomass guidelines to prevent deforestation, focusing efforts in Cambodia, where biomass-driven deforestation is a known issue. Must provide detail on how transition fuels/ electrification is prioritized.

Transparency
Emissions data: Yes and shares Scope 3 by category. No country/tier breakdown.

Supply chain energy data: No

Supplier lists published: Shares Tier 1 and Tier 2 via Open Supply Hub. Has a number of facilities in Bangladesh.

Supplier list link

Training, feasibility studies, and non-financial support for climate action
The company participates in multiple training initiatives, including the Carbon Leadership Program to identify solar opportunities in Vietnam, the Manufacturer Climate Action Program to set targets and reduce GHGs, and the Future Supplier Initiative for technical support. It maintains transparency about its investment levels, though funding remains limited. In 2023, it contributed $84,000 to supplier efficiency programs, resulting in an estimated reduction of 19,000 metric tons of CO2e.

Additional, targeted support for transition planning: Yes – technical support offered through Carbon Leadership Program and Future Supplier Initiative

Financial Support for Decarbonization
Loans and financing: Yes – through Future Supplier Initiative and specific focus on Bangladesh

Collective financing initiatives: No evidence.

Direct/debt-free financing: No evidence.

Responsible/equitable buying to enable climate action
Purchasing decisions incentivize climate action: Partial. Company has a green rating factory system and uses Vendor Scorecards and Higg FEM.

Equitable/long-term sourcing to enable climate action: Not explicitly but demonstrates long term relationships through programmes like Future Supplier Initiative.

Prices enable climate action: No

Climate Adaptation
Adaptation/worker just transition training funded or provided: Not beyond Future Supplier Initiative

Emergency support developed with local groups: No

Decarbonization Progress
Reducing manufacturing emissions: Gap has reported a emissions remaining relatively flat YOY (2% increase), but an overall reduction of 14% against its 2017 baseline, which suggests that the company is falling behind its emissions reduction trajectory.

Increasing supply chain renewable electricity: No

Coal phase out transition progress: No

Commitment to phase out fossil fuel-derived fibers
No – Source at least 45% of polyester from recycled sources 2025

Deforestation-free materials
Leather: No. Says worked with Conservation International on a land-use assessment for natural fibres and leather.

Man-made Cellulosic Fibers: Yes, through Canopy & Hot Button Ranking

Low-carbon materials
Yes. For instance, working with Amber Cycle. Regeneration technology uses discarded polyester as feedstock in the production of cycora®, a high-performance material designed to reproduce the quality of virgin-grade polyester, while reducing industry greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on landfilling or incinerating end-of-life textiles. The news demonstrates growing demand for circular materials made from textile-to-textile regeneration.

Increasing Circularity
Gap Inc. has a commitment to increasing the sustainability of its raw materials, weakened by the inclusion of BCI. Commitment: by 2025 source 100% of cotton from more sustainable sources. Includes; Better Cotton (formerly BCI), verified US-grown cotton (USCTP), organic, in-conversion (to verified organic), recycled, or regenerative.
Does not offer repair services. In 2020 started working with ThredUp to exchange second hand items for shopping credit.

Target & increase recycled cotton
No clear numbers here specifically on recycled cotton. This is included in overall sustainable cotton target.

100% recycled/organic/regen cotton + wool, report on progress
Partial. Weakened by inclusion of BCI. 2025 source 100% of cotton from more sustainable sources. Includes; Better Cotton (formerly BCI), verified US-grown cotton (USCTP), organic, in-conversion (to verified organic), recycled, or regenerative

Support farmers, transition to regen/organic farming
No strong direct examples. Working with BCI, US Cotton Trust Protocol.

Resale/repair – % total sales/disclosure on #
Does not offer repair services. In 2020 started working with ThredUp to exchange second hand items for shopping credit.

Direct link resale/repair to reduce production
No

Materials transparency
Shares material mix: No – shares that cotton represents majority of Gap’s fibre consumption across all brands.

Provides data on units sold: No

Gap Inc does have a commitment to reduce emissions from shipping, which is positive. The brand’s upstream shipping emissions have have fluctated significantly over the past several years, increasing by 45% from 2022-2023 (attributed to change in data methodology) but declining overall since the baseline year of 2017 by 49%, which is still generally on track. The company does not provide data on its transport modes, and does not have a specific or time-bound target to reduce or avoid aviation.

Actions to reduce the impact of upstream shipping: Some evidence. Gap Inc. is a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Transport Partnership, but individual action remains unclear. It is a signatory of the Arctic Shipping Pledge.

No commitments or action to promote a shift to zero emission vessels by 2030.

Gap Inc. says it works on advocacy for smart climate policy in key sourcing markets. For instance, together with more than 20 other brands, it signed a call to the government of Vietnam to simplify and expand access to renewable energy.