Nike
| Category | Score | % | Callout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon & Emissions | 9 / 20 | 45% | — |
| Nature, Biodiversity & Materials | 11 / 20 | 55% | — |
| People & Supply Chain | 1 / 20 | 5% | ⚠ Gap |
| Business Ethos & Governance | 1 / 15 | 7% | ⚠ Gap |
| Transparency & Accountability | 0 / 10 | 0% | ⚠ Gap |
| Footwear | 8 / 15 | 53% | — |
What Nike does well
Nike publishes a genuinely enforced supplier code reaching beyond its direct factories, a public factory map, and - commendably - its own data showing emissions2 progress running well behind its 2030 target, printed without spin.
Where the gaps are
Nike is currently subject to an unresolved EU state-aid investigation into its Dutch tax arrangements, open since 2019, alongside a December 2025 UK advertising ruling against an unqualified "sustainable materials" claim. Its labour picture is a genuine concern too: alongside an unresolved forced-labour due-diligence gap on raw materials, a January 2026 investigation found that Nike's headline living-wage figure - 1.9x minimum wage - is a global average that doesn't hold up at country or factory level in Indonesia or Cambodia, a gap Nike's own human rights officer acknowledged on the record. Nike also hasn't published a full narrative sustainability report since 2023, a slowdown independently linked to cuts in its dedicated sustainability team.
Verdict: Real supply chain infrastructure and honest emissions gap-reporting, undermined by an unresolved tax investigation and living-wage claims that don't survive independent scrutiny.
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