US news magazine Time and Statista have named sports brand Puma in their World’s Most Sustainable Companies ranking, taking into account a company’s most important environmental data as well as its transparency and the assessment by external organisations.

Puma was the best-ranked company in the Apparel, Footwear and Sporting Goods sector, scoring 73.02 out of 100 possible points.

“Being ranked among the most sustainable companies by such a prestigious publication is great recognition of the important milestones we achieved in 2023,” said Anne-Laure Descours, chief sourcing officer at Puma. “We will take this as an incentive to work even harder and continue to reduce our environmental footprint.”

Puma has set itself ten targets across different areas including climate, circularity and human rights. The company has already reached two of these targets ahead of its 2025 schedule, including eliminating plastic carrier bags from its owned and operated stores and through researching biodegradable plastic options. It also met its human rights target by training more than 220,000 factory workers on women’s empowerment and completely mapping human rights risks at its sub-contractors and Tier 2 suppliers.

Earlier this year, Puma announced that it had reached its science-based CO2 reduction target seven years ahead of schedule and set a new, more ambitious climate target in line with what scientists say is necessary for global temperature increases to remain below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The company has focused on introducing renewable electricity at its core suppliers, using systems that are less carbon intensive, opting for low-carbon shipping tariffs and investing in electric vehicles in its car fleet. For its owned and operated buildings, the brand buys renewable energy tariffs and renewable energy attribute certificates. This month, the company has started up a large PV installation at its global headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, which will cover a fifth of the building’s electricity needs.

The choice of materials used in Puma’s products is also an integral part of the sustainability strategy. In 2023, the company produced eight out of ten products with a significant percentage of recycled and certified materials such as recycled polyester.

The company distributes its products in more than 120 countries and employs around 20,000 people worldwide.

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