Better Health for All

Dick's Sporting Goods demonstrates a strong commitment to promoting physical and mental wellness through its core business and extensive philanthropic efforts. The company's principal goods and services, sporting equipment and apparel, inherently enable physical activity, which is a fundamental preventative health measure. Its Sports Matter Program has provided over $100 million in funding and reached more than 2 million youth, supporting athletic spaces and school physical education.

The company also offers comprehensive mental health programs for employees and their families, including an Employee Assistance Program, suicide awareness webinars, and a partnership with Pelago for substance use management covering tobacco, alcohol, and opioid use disorder, which includes individualized care and medication-assisted treatment. Additionally, the company invests in healthcare education through coaching summits and leadership training for youth sports coaches. Dick's Sporting Goods has also implemented and regularly reviews systems to protect health data, with no knowledge of material breaches to date. In terms of environmental impact, the company has achieved a 28% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions since 2016 and diverted 71% of its total waste from landfills in 2022. However, the company's safety record for users is a significant concern, with 8 product recalls and 21 safety-related stop-sale orders in 2022 alone.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Dick's Sporting Goods is a retail company, and the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value is designed to assess financial institutions that lend, insure, move, or store money. The provided evidence details the company's philanthropic grants

, retail pricing policies , and employee benefits , but does not contain information related to consumer financial products, lending practices, or financial service access points. Therefore, all KPIs within this value are not applicable to the company's core business model or lack relevant data within the provided articles.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

The company's CEO to median employee pay ratio in 2024 was 1122:1

, with the CEO receiving $12,716,771 and the median employee earning $11,513 . In the past three years (2022-2024), there were five substantiated OSHA workplace safety violations. The company has a history of significant labor law violations, incurring over $334 million in total penalties since 2000 across 50 records . This includes over $40 million in wage and hour violations , with specific penalties of $15 million in 2011 , $10 million in 2016 , and $2.9 million in 2020 . A $2.9 million settlement was paid in 2019 to 10,700 current and former California employees for alleged unpaid wages for security checks and other issues between 2011 and 2015 . Additionally, there have been over $3.5 million in employment discrimination penalties and over $476,000 in workplace safety and health violations .

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

The company conducts annual semi-unannounced audits for its tier 1 suppliers.

High-risk factories are subject to continuous follow-up audits every three to six months until issues are resolved. Suppliers are expected to adhere to the company's Vendor Code of Conduct and Human Rights Policy, which includes a minimum employment age of 15 years or the local compulsory education age, whichever is higher. The company is expanding its use of sourcing solutions to incorporate traceability and streamline ESG audit management.

Honest & Fair Business

No specific, quantitative data or detailed qualitative evidence was provided in the articles to assess DKS.US against the defined KPIs for Honest & Fair Business. While the existence of a whistleblower policy and other governance documents is mentioned, no specifics regarding their implementation, effectiveness, or metrics are available to map to the scoring rubric.

A securities class action lawsuit was noted, but this is an allegation and a lawsuit, not a regulatory fine or a severity-weighted ESG controversy score.

Kind to Animals

Dick's Sporting Goods sells kangaroo leather products, which are sourced through commercial harvesting practices described as "cruelty to wildlife in its most extreme form."

These practices include kangaroos being body shot instead of brain shot, and joeys being bludgeoned to death or left to die from starvation, exposure, or predation after their mothers are killed. Approximately 1.7 million wild kangaroos, including up to 500,000 joeys, are killed annually for this trade. Furthermore, Dick's Sporting Goods violates California Penal Code § 653o by selling kangaroo leather cleats in California, where the commercial import or sale of kangaroo parts has been banned since 1971 and reinstated in 2016. Violations carry penalties of $1,000 to $5,000 and/or six months in jail per act. The company's website sometimes buries warnings about the ban or fails to block sales to California addresses.

No War, No Weapons

Dick's Sporting Goods stopped selling assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines, and military-style rifles, destroying over $5 million in such inventory.

This decision resulted in an estimated quarter of a billion dollars in lost sales. For its supply chain, the company requires vendors and factories to complete an annual responsible minerals survey.

Planet-Friendly Business

Dick's Sporting Goods sourced 0% of its operational energy from renewables in 2022.

The company's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions were 799,788 tCO2e in 2022, representing a 66.31% increase from 2021. While a goal to reduce GHG emissions for operations by 30% by 2030 (versus a 2016 baseline) has been set, these targets are not stated as SBTi-validated. The company's water withdrawal was 36.47 m³ per $1M revenue in 2022. Its waste diversion rate for retail stores and operations was 71% in 2022. For supply chain transparency, 78% of Tier 1 factories and 57% of Tier 2 (nominated mills only) completed a verified Higg FEM self-assessment in 2022, and 100% transparency of vertical brand factories was achieved. Dick's Sporting Goods conducted its first in-depth climate-risk assessment aligned to TCFD standards in 2022.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

DKS.US has 10 formal partnership agreements with environmental nonprofit organizations through The Public Lands Fund, which includes supporting the protection of an ancient indigenous earthwork site and working with the Gwich'in people

. The company actively supports the protection of an ancient indigenous earthwork site at Tremper Mound , and no incidents of cultural site disruption are reported. No cultural appropriation incidents are mentioned in the provided documents. Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes are not applicable to the company's operations. The company reinvests 1% of sales from its DSG-branded products and Public Lands stores into The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and the Public Lands Fund, respectively, for community development .

Safe & Smart Tech

DKS.US experienced an unauthorized third-party access incident to its information systems, including confidential data, detected on August 21, 2024.

The company activated its cybersecurity response plan, engaged outside cybersecurity experts, and notified federal law enforcement and the SEC. As of February 2026, the company stated that previous cybersecurity incidents have not materially affected its business. DKS.US holds multiple certifications and compliances, including GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, SOC 1, SOC 2, and CCPA, demonstrating a strong compliance program. The company also has a bug bounty program in place.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Dick's Sporting Goods achieved a 71% waste diversion rate in 2022.

The company has implemented numerous waste reduction initiatives, including a 26% reduction in corrugated packaging and modified inventory-return processes that saved 298 metric tons of CO2e. They also transitioned to floor-loaded trucks, reducing emissions by over 550 metric tons of CO2e. A key waste reduction target is to eliminate all single-use, point-of-sale plastic bags from stores by the end of 2025. For hazardous waste, the company maintains a Restricted Substance List banning 22 substance categories, including PFAS and PVC, and expanded random testing of vertical brands for restricted chemicals by 33% in 2020. Supplier requirements include environmental responsibility, compliance with hazardous material regulations, and a commitment to 100% participation of vertical brands and Tier 1 suppliers in the SAC Higg Facility Environmental Module by 2025, with 78% of in-scope Tier 1 factories completing a verified assessment in 2022. The company encourages athletes to recycle used packaging and return plastic bags for recycling, and clear recycling instructions are encouraged.