Under Armour Sustainability Actions

THINK BEYOND

At Under Armour, sustainability drives performance through innovation. Across our business practices, we strive for efficiency, accountability, and resiliency. We’re dedicated not only to making a better product, but also a better world—and to keep getting better ourselves. That dedication drives us forward and keeps us thinking beyond.

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CIRCULARITY & INNOVATION

Honing the ability to generate value and to create new products out of respect for the environment and for future generations.

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RESILIENCE & STEWARDSHIP

Taking responsibility for UA and leading toward global solutions; adapting to changes and setbacks, whether influenced by the industry, the market, the environment, or the climate.

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ENGAGEMENT & OWNERSHIP

Working with our suppliers and their teams, consumers, and other stakeholders to advance sustainability; owning up to our responsibility to the planet and to society.

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OUR APPROACH

Under Armour’s Sustainability Team is one of the catalysts for creating a profitable and resilient company fiercely committed to shaping our legacy with our athletes, our teammates, and our partners. We’re primarily responsible for creating, implementing, and operationalizing policies, standards, procedures, and structures related to labor, health and safety, environment, and transparency. The team is led by the Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, who reports directly to Under Armour's General Counsel and the Executive Vice President of Legal Affairs.

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VENDOR SCORECARD

Working with our global sourcing teams we have continued to embed sustainability into Under Armour’s vendor scorecard. This integrated approach provides an opportunity for improved tracking of supplier performance on key social and environmental indicators. It also promotes greater cross-functional communication and alignment on sourcing decisions.

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COLLABORATION

We recognize that some of the challenges we address through our Sustainability program are larger than us: they include complex and sometimes global issues that exceed the influence we can exert to solve them by acting alone. Still, we work for continuous improvement by engaging with our supplier teammates and collaborating with other committed companies and business partners who share our supply chains and are willing to face complex challenges with us. We also continue to seek sustainability partnerships that help us go further and reflect our values and goals.

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GREEN BUILDING

Under Armour has incorporated high-impact sustainability criteria in many of our corporate facilities. We look for leased real estate that is sustainable and located close to public transportation. We also partner with our landlords to implement energy-saving projects and aim for sustainable operations—as in our Sustainability at Work-certified Portland offices. When Under Armour’s design and construction teams lead the work in new building or renovation, we include our sustainability vision as part of construction decisions. When we have less control in the construction process, Under Armour prefers the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification for new construction. This gives us external assurance that sustainability features important to Under Armour are incorporated.

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PACKAGING AND CONTAINERS

We strive to reduce Under Armour’s packaging environmental impacts while ensuring that we don't compromise the quality of our customers' experience. We’ve reduced product plastic bag packaging use and labeling, revised our specifications for corrugated boxes worldwide, and work with suppliers to ensure that, when possible, our cartons are made with recycled content and use minimal fiber. (All cartons bought in North America, for example, are 100% recycled content.) All Under Armour cartons are fully recyclable, and we require water/soy-based non-toxic inks. We’ve also collaborated with our factories to optimize product case and carton use, tailoring their size to contents. This, too, is part of our effort to avoid wasted materials and associated transportation emissions.

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RECYCLING

To reduce our environmental impact, we first try to reuse many of the cartons received from our factories for shipping product to retail; those that we can’t reuse are recycled along with paper, boxes, and plastic bags. Many of our offices have transitioned to community waste stations, including the ability to compost.

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