Adidas has a commitment to create one million pairs of shoes made from up cycled marine plastic in 2017. Using intercepted marine plastic, Adidas is creating high performance products, including swimming and outdoor items.

Among targets are to use more sustainable materials in production, tackling water scarcity and empowerment of supply chain workers, sourcing 100 per cent sustainable cotton by the end of 2018. So far there has been an achievement of 23 per cent water savings per employee on Adidas sites. There has been a growth of 10 per cent in access to the workers' hotline. The service is now available to 2,90,000 workers in 63 strategic supplier factories across Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China.

In 2016, for the 17th consecutive time, the company was selected to join the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, the world’s first global sustainability index family tracking the performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. The company ranked second in the apparel sector, and fifth in the overall ranking, out of 98 corporations in the newly launched Corporate Human Rights Benchmark.

Adidas is a global leader in the sporting goods industry with the core brands Adidas and Reebok. Based in Germany, the company employs more than 60,000 people across the globe.