Retailer
USA's largest sporting goods retail company.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Oct 2025)
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Dick's Sporting Goods Inc
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Low ESG Risk
Sustainalytics, a top ESG research firm, evaluates environmental, social, and governance risks for over 16,000 companies. Its ESG Risk Rating reflects how much risk a company faces in its industry and how well it manages those risks. The final score includes both unmanaged and unmanageable risks, and companies are rated on a scale from negligible (0-10) to severe (40+). This company received an ESG Risk Rating of 16.7, placing it in the "low risk" category (retrieved April 2025).
Source: Sustainalytics
(2025)
78.9/100 in Newsweek rankings
America's Most Responsible Companies 2025 by Newsweek and Statista recognises the Top 600 most responsible companies in the United States, selected from the 2,000 largest publicly traded companies headquartered in the US. Companies were evaluated in three areas: environmental (emissions, waste & water use, energy use), social (board diversity, equality, employees and philanthropy) and governance (transparency and economic performance). This company received a total score of 78.9 out of 100, ranking 37th in the Retail & Consumer Goods sector, and 218th overall.
Source: Newsweek
(2024)
2/100 in What Fuels Fashion?
The 2025 special edition of the Fashion Transparency Index, What Fuels Fashion? (second edition), ranked 200 of the world's largest fashion brands on disclosure of their climate and energy-related policies, practices and impacts in their own operations & supply chains. Brands owned by this company scored 2%. The average score was 14% and the highest score was 71%.
Source: Fashion Revolution
(2025)
19/100 in KnowTheChain Benchmark
In 2023 KnowTheChain benchmarked 65 apparel and footwear companies on their efforts to identify and tackle forced labour risks in their supply chains. This company received a score of 19/100. The average score was 21/100 and the highest score was 63/100.
Source: KnowTheChain
(2023)
D+ in Retailer Report Card
The 2024 Retailer Report Card by Toxic-Free Future evaluates the efforts of 50 major U.S. and Canadian retailers in addressing hazardous chemicals and plastics in their products and supply chains. Retailers are scored across four key areas: corporate commitment, transparency, efforts to "ban the bad" chemicals, and safer solutions. This company received a grade of D+.
Source: Toxic-Free Future
(2024)
JUST Capital ranking
JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2025 rankings the public identified 17 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 692nd of 940 companies, and 22nd of 43 Retail companies.
Source: JUST Capital
(2025)
27/100 in Fashion Transparency Index
The 2023 Fashion Transparency Index reviewed 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers and ranked them according to how much they disclose about their human rights and environmental policies, practices and impacts. Brands owned by this company scored 27%, signifying it is doing a bit more than the others when it comes to having policies and commitments in place and auditing and reporting activities, but could be doing more. The average score was 26% and the highest score was 83%.
Source: Fashion Revolution
(2023)
Company Details
Type:
Public company
Founded:
1948
Revenue:
13 billion USD
(2023)
Employees:
55,500
(2024)
Subsidiaries:
Foot Locker Inc
Sportswear and footwear retailer
Operates 2,523 athletic retail stores in 21 countries in North America, Europe and Australia. Acquired by Dick's Sporting Goods in 2025.
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Foot Locker
Foot Locker
Footwear Stores