Gap sustainability score: 34/100
Better than 71% of Apparel (Fast Fashion)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Gap Inc. operates Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta across 3,000+ stores globally. Founded in 1976, the company is a major US fast-fashion retailer with ~$15.6bn annual revenue.
More about Gap
It sources apparel from hundreds of factories across Asia and Central America, serving millions of customers with seasonal collections and heavy promotional discounting.
Founded 1976Head office San Francisco, CaliforniaStaff ~82,000Revenue ~$15.1BWebsite ↗
Gap Inc. operates a fast-fashion model with serious emissions backsliding: Scope 1&2 reductions fell from 77% (2022) to 74% (2024), and absolute emissions have risen recently despite long-term baseline improvements. Its SBTi net-zero commitment was removed for missing deadlines, and the company downgraded its Scope 3 ambition. Water and supply-chain engagement are competent; the core problem is that high-volume production cannot be reconciled with real climate progress.
Gap scores 34/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified May 2026.
That places Gap joint 598th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 3rd of 18 in Apparel (Fast Fashion).
What is Gap doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Gap lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets5/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Gap's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Gap's score based on?
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
56% of them were published by Gap itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Gap compare with other apparel (fast fashion) companies?
Where Gap sits among apparel (fast fashion) peers.
Among the 18 major apparel (fast fashion) brands we've scored, Gap is tied =3rd of 18, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Fast Fashion)?
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Gap.
H&M's footprint fell 12.5% in 2025 to 6.86 MtCO2e, and its supply-chain emissions are 35% below 2019, though they rose in 2024. 95% of its electricity is renewable, half through new power purchase agreements, its targets are SBTi-approved, and supplier factories with coal boilers fell from 118 to 10.
See the breakdown →Primark has cut operational emissions 71% since 2018/19 but supply-chain reductions lag: total emissions fell only 5.7% in six years, and purchased-goods emissions remain 2% above baseline.
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