Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Gap Inc.

As Doris and Don Fisher built Gap Inc., they imagined a company that would also create opportunities for the people and communities touched by their business. In the decades since, we have been on a journey to realize this vision.

We strive to ensure that the people who make our products work in safe, fair conditions. We are committed to minimizing our environmental footprint. And we are dedicated to supporting the communities where we operate. We do this by collaborating throughout our value chain and across government, business and civil society to address systemic challenges. We also seek to engage our employees and customers across all our brands in our effort to build a more sustainable world.

Environmental Sustainability

Behind every headline about climate change, water scarcity or damage to the environment are real people and communities who face these environmental challenges every day. Many women and girls spend countless hours collecting water to care for themselves and their families. Others live in places that are especially vulnerable to the risks of a warming climate. To us, it is impossible to separate the environment from the people who depend on it. We are enriching communities by protecting our natural resources and supporting a healthy planet so people can thrive for generations to come.

Gap Inc.’s commitment to water stewardship runs deep.? As a founding member of the UN Global Compact’s Water Resilience Coalition, we have made ambitious commitments to work towards net positive water impact and a water resilient value chain by 2050.

Through the USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance we’ve empowered 1.5 million people to improve their access to water and sanitation in India.? In our sixth and final year of the program, we are seeing strong momentum to reach our ambitious goal to empower 2 million people—half of whom are women—to improve their water access by 2023.??

Community Impact and Philanthropy

Launched in 2007, our innovative Gap Inc. Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) program was initially created to support women in the global apparel industry, and we have since expanded the program to community settings and more countries to unlock new possibilities for women and adolescent girls around the world.

Today, P.A.C.E. has three pillars: Workplace, Community and Academia. We deliver our P.A.C.E. community programs in multiple industries and settings around the world in partnership with local NGOs, governments, brands and schools. Our goal is to reach 1 million women and girls through supply chain vendor and community partnerships by 2022.