H&M scores 11 points higher than Inditex (Zara) on SINK.
H&M is more sustainable according to SINK's scores, scoring 44/100 vs Inditex (Zara)'s 33/100, a difference of 11 points.
H&M scores 44/100 on SINK (Below expectations). 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. But only 26% of its supply-chain data is measured, a 2024 Earthsight report linked its suppliers' cotton to deforestation in Brazil, and in 2022 it paid €500,000 to sustainability causes to close a Dutch regulator's case over its 'Conscious' labels.
Inditex (Zara) scores 33/100 on SINK (Below expectations). 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.
Both companies are rated on the same 10-question SINK rubric: Scope 1/2/3 carbon footprint, energy source, nature and biodiversity, resource use, water, emissions trajectory, science-based targets, transparency, and controversies. Scores are 0–100, based on public data, and fully reproducible.
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