Inditex (Zara) sustainability score: 33/100
Better than 59% of Apparel (Fast Fashion)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Inditex is a Spanish fashion group headquartered in Arteixo, owner of Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka and other brands; Zara's concept is about 70% of sales. It had about 163,000 employees and €39.9 billion sales in its 2025 financial year, to January 2026.
Head office Arteixo, SpainStaff ~163,000 (FY2025)Revenue ~€39.9B (FY2025)Website ↗
Inditex's own operations use 100% renewable electricity and its Scope 1 and 2 emissions are 88% below 2018, but Scope 3, almost all of its 12.7 MtCO2e footprint, is only 7% below 2018 against a 2030 target of minus 51%. Its use of materials and its transport emissions are rising. Poland's competition authority has charged Zara over 'zero waste' claims; the case is pending.
Inditex (Zara) scores 33/100 (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 October 2026.
That places Inditex (Zara) joint 629th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 7th of 18 in Apparel (Fast Fashion).
What is Inditex (Zara) doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Resource Use & Waste and Emissions Trajectory (4/10, 5/10).
Where Inditex (Zara) 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
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Inditex (Zara)'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Inditex (Zara)'s score changed?
Inditex (Zara)'s score has moved from 32 to 33 across 2 recorded reviews, up 1 point.
- 32 → 33+128 October 2026
Europe RE100 re-score under v2.5.21 (owner rulings 2026-10-28)
- Scored 328 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Inditex (Zara)'s score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Inditex (Zara) itself; the rest come from independent sources.
14 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“(iii) "Decarbonisation": measured in terms of percentage reduction of the volume of”
“Zara (Zara, Zara Home & Lefties)”
“may have applied in Poland only to a small part of the chain, even as little as 1 in 40 stores”
“reaching 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent”
“those generated by the transport and distribution of goods increased by a whopping 10 percent in 2024”
“Inditex made 3,865 air shipments from India to its logistics centre in Spain between August 2023 and August 2024”
“have a clear commitment to ending deforestation in their viscose supply chains”
“a wind energy portfolio of close to 55MW that EDPR is developing in the north of Spain”
“sharpens scrutiny on continuous processes such as textile dyeing, printing and washing”
“alongside fast fashion conglomerate Inditex”
“Inditex is actively and positively engaged on climate-related policy”
“nuestro objetivo de que en 2030 seremos capaces de reducir en más de un 50% nuestras emisiones”
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How does Inditex (Zara) compare with other apparel (fast fashion) companies?
Where Inditex (Zara) sits among apparel (fast fashion) peers.
Among the 18 major apparel (fast fashion) brands we've scored, Inditex (Zara) is tied =7th of 18, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Fast Fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Inditex (Zara).
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