45 2021 ESG REPORT THE BIG PICTURE EMPOWERING WOMEN ENABLING OPPORTUNITY ENRICHING COMMUNITIES GOVERNANCE PACKAGING WASTE AND SINGLE-USE PLASTICS We prioritize addressing plastic waste in the critical areas that account for 70 percent of our single-use plastic: hangers, polybags, shopping bags, and e-commerce mailers. Our cross-functional task force is working to find solutions for these high-impact categories, and we also invest in innovative packaging design, product labeling, and recycling systems. We continue to test solutions that take into account the fact that only a handful of U.S. municipalities are able to recycle soft plastics. These include better communication with store employees about current recycling opportunities at their location, creating in-store marketing materials with recyclability in mind, and collaboration across our vendors to reduce the size of polybags shipped to stores. GOALS BY 2030 Eliminate unnecessary and problematic After rolling out new polymailers that One of our biggest plastic-reduction plastic by 2030 contain 50 percent recycled content initiatives has been spearheaded by Old (compared to 35 percent in 2020), the Navy, which expanded its hanger-recycling Needs attention team decided to commission a life cycle program to 789 stores – about 65 percent assessment to compare the impacts and of stores – enabling the brand to divert Fashion Pact Commitments: performance of three alternatives to our 2.5 million pounds of plastic from landfill Elimination of unnecessary or problematic current mailer: paper, bio-based, and between June 2019 and November 2021. plastics in packaging to consumers by 2025, reusable. This will ensure a data-backed Old Navy has also removed all apparel and in packaging to businesses by 2030 strategy going forward. hang tags, saving approximately 190 tons of paper, and the brand saved 105 tons In 2021, we joined The Fashion Pact’s of plastic by using recycled yarns and Ensure at least half of all plastic packaging cross-brand working group to help fund label tape instead of virgin plastic. is 100% recycled content, for packaging to their research and development of paper- In addition, the brand published a goal consumers by 2025, and in packaging to based alternatives to polybags. to eliminate plastic shopping bags in U.S. businesses by 2030 and Canadaian stores by 2023.