Annual Report on the Proceedings of the 
Sustainability Committee 
of Industria de DiseñoTextil, S.A. (INDITEX, S.A.) 
FY2021

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TABLE OF CONTENTS  
a. 
Origin and evolution ............................................................................................................................................... 3 
b. 
Regulations, mission and powers ..................................................................................................................... 3 
c. 
Composition ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 
i. 
Structure ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 
ii. 
Diversity ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5 
a. 
Proceedings ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 
b. 
Activities: meetings held, business transacted, reports and attendees ........................................ 7 
A. 
With the General Meeting of Shareholders ............................................................................................... 9 
B. 
With the Board of Directors .............................................................................................................................. 9 
C. 
With board committees ........................................................................................................................................ 9 
D. 
With the Chair, the CEO and Senior Managers ....................................................................................... 9 
E. 
With the Sustainability Department .............................................................................................................. 9 
F. 
With the Social Advisory Board ..................................................................................................................... 10

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 Foreword 
This annual report on the proceedings of the Sustainability Committee of Industria de Diseño Textil, 
S.A. (INDITEX, S.A.) (“Inditex” or the “Company”) has been drawn up by such committee pursuant to 
section 20.2 of its terms of reference. It describes in detail the main proceedings carried out by the 
Sustainability Committee in FY2021 from 1 February 2021 through 31 January 2022.  
 Sustainability Committee: regulations, composition and proceedings  
a. Origin and evolution 
In line with the Group’s corporate strategy and its commitment to sustainability, the board of 
directors resolved in the meeting held on 11 June 2019 to set up the Sustainability Committee. The 
formation of the Sustainability Committee was completed in 2019 with the appointment of its 
members, further to a resolution passed by the board of directors on 10 December 2019.  
b. Regulations, mission and powers 
Regulations  
The regulation of the Sustainability Committee is provided in article 30bis of the Articles of 
Association, section 17bis of the Board of Directors’ Regulations and more specifically, in its terms 
of reference. 
The full text of the internal regulations above referred, is available on the corporate website 
(www.inditex.com) in the “Compliance” section, “Corporate Governance” tab. 
Mission and powers  
Pursuant to article 30.3 of the Articles of Association, section 17bis of the Board of Directors’ 
Regulations and sections 5 to 8 of the Sustainability Committee’s Regulations, the Sustainability 
Committee shall have the following powers: 
• 
To deliver a more intensive and committed management of sustainability and social or 
environmental issues. 
• 
Powers relating to sustainability: (i) to oversee that environmental and social practices of the 
Company are aligned with the strategy and the policy set; (ii) to oversee monitoring of the 
entire supply chain and compliance by its members with Inditex’s Code of Conduct for 
Manufacturers and Suppliers; (iii) to establish that the products that the Company sells comply 
with the product health and safety standards; (iv) to establish compliance with the most 
exacting environmental standards, encouraging biodiversity conservation and the sustainable 
management of natural resources in respect of use of raw materials, production processes, 
product and store; and (v) to establish compliance with Inditex’s Policy on Human Rights 
across the entire value chain. 
• 
Powers relating to the relations with the different stakeholders: (i) To oversee and evaluate – 
in coordination with the Audit and Compliance Committee, with regard to issues that fall under 
its purview – the strategy on communication and relations with shareholders – including small 
and medium shareholders – investors, proxy advisors and other stakeholders, and the

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enforcement of the Policy on Disclosure of Economic-Financial, non-Financial and Corporate 
information; and (ii) to oversee –in coordination with the Audit and Compliance Committee- 
the process for preparing and releasing the regulated and non-regulated non-financial 
information, as well as the integrity and clarity thereof, with regard to the issues that fall under 
its purview. 
• 
Other powers entrusted to the Sustainability Committee: (i) to report on the appointment and 
removal of the members of the Social Advisory Board of the Company, before the report 
issued by the Nomination Committee, assessing the suitability, competences, knowledge, 
experience and other occupations of the prospective candidates; (ii) to assess the draft bills 
and the amendments of national as well as foreign or international regulations on sustainable 
development, corporate social responsibility and related issues, and their potential impact on 
the Group’s activity; and (iii) to issue reports on the internal regulations of the Company on 
matters that fall within its purview. 
c. Composition 
i. 
Structure 
Pursuant to the provisions of section 17bis of the Board of Directors’ Regulations and section 9.1 of 
the Sustainability Committee’s Regulations, the Sustainability Committee shall be made up of a 
minimum of 3 and a maximum of 7 non-executive directors appointed by the Board of Directors, a 
majority of whom shall be independent directors.  
 
Members of the Sustainability Committee shall be in office for a 4-year term, being eligible for re-
election upon expiry of such term. The committee shall be chaired by an independent director. 
 
With regard to the composition of the Sustainability Committee the re-election of Mr José Arnau 
Sierra to the board of directors as non-executive proprietary director, was approved at the Annual 
General Meeting on 13 July 2021.  
As provided in section 23.2 of the Board of Directors’ Regulations, his re-election entailed his 
continuing sitting on the Sustainability Committee. 
Consequently, the composition of the Sustainability Committee as at 31 January 2022 is as follows: 
 
Name 
Position 
Directorship type 
Date of first 
appointment 
Bns. Denise Patricia Kingsmill  
Ordinary 
member 
Non-executive 
independent 
10-12-2019 
 
Ms Anne Lange 
Ordinary 
member 
Non-executive 
independent 
10-12-2019 
Ms Pilar López Álvarez 
Ordinary 
member 
Non-executive 
independent 
10-12-2019 
Mr José Arnau Sierra 
Ordinary 
member 
Non-executive 
proprietary 
10-12-2019

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Mr José Luis Durán Schulz 
Ordinary 
member 
Non-executive 
independent 
10-12-2019 
 
As for the Secretary of the Committee, the board of directors acknowledged in the meeting held on 
9 March 2021 the resignation tendered by Mr Antonio Abril Abadín, who stepped down as General 
Counsel and Secretary of the board and its committees, and approved, following a favourable report 
of the Nomination Committee, the appointment of Mr Óscar García Maceiras as new General 
Counsel and Secretary of the board and its committees. 
At a later stage, the board of directors resolved in the meeting held on 29 November 2021, to 
appoint Mr Javier Monteoliva Díaz as General Counsel and Secretary of the board and its 
committees, replacing Mr García, whose resignation to the position was also acknowledged in such 
meeting. 
ii. Diversity 
 
In accordance with its own terms of reference, the Sustainability Committee shall be composed of a 
majority of independent directors. Its members, in particular its Chair, shall be appointed considering 
the appropriate knowledge, qualifications and experience based upon the duties they must 
discharge, namely in the field of sustainability, social action initiatives, sustainable management of 
resources and design of communication policies with stakeholders.  
 
In terms of gender diversity and directorship type, the composition of the Sustainability Committee 
as at 31 January 2022 is: 
 
 
Below is an overview of the experience, background and merits of members of the Sustainability 
Committee: 
 
- 
Bns. Denise Patricia Kingsmill has legal training, namely in the field of labour law and 
competition, having advised also in relation to remuneration and compensation schemes. 
Additionally, she has chaired and served on a number of remuneration committees in 
different global companies. She has broad experience managing and serving as an 
executive director of various boards of a number of international companies of different 
sectors, and also has background and experience in fashion and design. Her public work is 
noteworthy, in particular in the field of social action and equality. She is currently a member 
of the Advisory Board for the Global Sustainability Forum and UK representative on the 
NATO Parliamentary Assembly.  
40%
60%
Women
Men
80%
20%
Independent
Proprietary

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- 
Ms Lange, a graduate of Institut d’Études Politiques and of École Nationale d’Administration 
(ENA), is an entrepreneur with a long career and extensive and proven experience in 
business management and strategy of companies in the sector of technological innovation 
and digital transformation. She has broad experience holding C-level positions and serving 
on boards of international entities of different sectors. Her experience in the public sector 
is also noteworthy.  
 
- 
Ms López has extensive experience in management of companies in the financial sector, in 
particular new technologies and IT services companies in different geographical markets, 
where she has held positions relating to enterprise risk management, financial oversight 
and corporate strategy. 
 
- 
Mr Durán has a profound knowledge of the retail sector, both in fast-moving consumer 
goods and in niche brands. He has spent his career mainly in the field of financial 
management and executive decision-making. Mr Durán has a large background in audit, 
construction and application of accounting regulations and risk management. 
 
- 
Mr Arnau is a State Tax Inspector currently on leave, and his area of expertise includes tax 
and financial advice, both in the public and the private sector. Furthermore, he has had a 
long career at the Inditex Group, where he headed the Tax Department, having also held 
different positions in the companies of Pontegadea Group, of which he has been the chief 
executive since 2001. 
 
The CV of all the members of the Sustainability Committee, with full information about their profile, 
experience and knowledge, is available on the corporate website (www.inditex.com). 
 Proceedings of the Sustainability Committee: meetings held, business transacted, reports and 
attendees 
a. Proceedings 
The Committee shall meet at least 3 times a year, and each time that its Chair calls it. The Chair of 
the Sustainability Committee shall call it whenever the Board of Directors or its Chairman would 
request the issue of a report or the submission of motions within the scope of its powers, and at any 
rate whenever it is appropriate for the successful performance of its functions.  
Ordinary meetings shall be called by letter, fax, telegram or e-mail and the meeting notice shall be 
signed by the Chair or the Secretary. A quorum for committee meetings shall be declared when at 
least half plus one of its members, present or represented are in attendance. The committee may also 
pass resolutions in writing, without holding a meeting, pursuant to statutory provisions. 
Likewise, the Chair may arrange working meetings to prepare committee meetings on specific topics 
apart from the formal meetings of the committee. 
Committee meetings may be held via videoconference or conference call, or any other equivalent

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system allowing to recognize and identify attendees, for them to communicate, speak and cast vote, 
all of it in real time. 
For the purposes of making the appropriate arrangements that ensure the achievement of the 
objectives effectively sought, the committee shall prepare an annual working plan, which shall 
include, at least, the specific objectives for the financial year and an annual schedule of ordinary 
meetings. The committee may rely on external advisors to duly perform the duties it has been 
entrusted with. 
The Committee may call executive and/or non-executive directors, members of Management and 
any employee of the Company, who shall be bound to attend its meetings and provide it with 
assistance and access to the information available to them when the Committee so requests. 
The deliberations and the resolutions passed by the Committee are recorded in the relevant minutes 
of the meeting taken by the Secretary thereof.  
 
b. Activities: meetings held, business transacted, reports and attendees 
The Sustainability Committee held 4 meetings in 2021.  
 
Directors’ attendance rate, whether in person, or by proxy, at the meetings held in 2021 stands at 
100%. 
 
The average duration of each meeting has been of approximately 2 hours, and its members allocated 
enough time for consideration and review of agenda items. 
 
Attached hereto as Appendix I is the schedule of meetings held and business transacted by the 
Sustainability Committee from 1 February 2021 through 31 January 2022. 
 Main action lines 
The most relevant proceedings of the Sustainability Committee in 2021 have revolved around the 
following areas: 
A. With regard to overseeing the process to prepare and release regulated and non-regulated 
non-financial information 
As part of its oversight duties regarding the process to prepare and release regulated non-financial 
information, the Sustainability Committee gave, in the meeting held on 8 March, a favourable report 
to the Statement on Non-Financial Information (SNFI) as regards the issues that fall under its 
purview. The SNFI was approved by the board of directors in the meeting held on 9 March 2021. 
 
Likewise, in the meeting held on 7 June 2021, it gave a favourable report to the 2020 Annual Report 
as regards the issues that fall under its purview. Such Annual Report was approved by the board of 
directors on 8 June 2021. 
 
Last, the committee acknowledged in the meeting held on 13 September 2021 the presentation 
given by the Sustainability Committee on the main actions, progress and estimated action plan with 
regard to the internal reporting system.

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B. With regard to following-up on the social and environmental sustainability strategy and 
practices  
In the meeting held on 8 March 2021, the committee acknowledged the update of the 2025 
Sustainability Plan and resolved on 7 June 2021 to acknowledge the presentation given by the 
Sustainability Department on its strategic lines. 
 
Meanwhile, in the meeting dated 8 March 2021, the Sustainability Committee: (i) acknowledged the 
2020 Annual Report on Sustainability Activities, and the 2021 Annual Work Plan; and (ii) approved 
the 2021 budget. 
 
Last, in the meeting held on 13 September 2021, the committee acknowledged the presentation on 
the update on the sustainability targets announced at the Annual General Meeting held on 13 July 
2021. 
 
C. With regard to Human Rights 
In the meeting held on 7 June 2021, the committee resolved to give a favourable report to the 
Statement on the action taken to prevent any manner of slavery and human trafficking within the 
organization and its supply chain for 2020, and submit it to the board of directors, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the California Transparency in Supply Chain 
Act and section 14 of the Australian Modern Slavery Act. 
 
D. With regard to monitoring of applicable regulations 
In the meeting held on 8 March 2021, the committee acknowledged the presentation given by the 
Sustainability Department on regulatory environment in the field of Sustainability. 
 
Likewise, the Sustainability Committee acknowledged in the meeting held on 13 September 2021 
the update of the Sustainability Department on EU regulatory initiatives on sustainability in the 
textile industry. 
 
E. With regard to the monitoring of the supply chain  
In the meeting held on 13 December 2021, the Sustainability Committee acknowledged the 
presentation given by the Sustainability Department on the supply chain of the Group. 
 
F. Other powers entrusted to the Sustainability Committee: 
In the meeting held on 7 June 2021, the committee gave a favourable report to the proposal on the 
amendment of its own terms of reference, which it submitted to the board of directors, to relax the 
existing system to hold meetings, expressly including the possibility of virtual-only meetings. 
 
In that same meeting, it acknowledged the presentation given by the Sustainability Department on 
the self-consumption project with a wind-powered renewable energy system set up in A Coruña 
port. 
 
G. Schedule of dates and business to be transacted 
The Sustainability Committee approved in the meeting held on 13 December 2021 the schedule of 
dates and agenda of business to be transacted by the Committee in 2022.

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H. Report on its proceedings 
The report on the Sustainability Committee was issued on 7 June 2021 and was published in the 
2020 Annual Report. It is available on the corporate website. 
 Main relations of the Sustainability Committee 
A. With the General Meeting of Shareholders 
The Committee will report to the General Meeting of Shareholders on the questions raised by the 
shareholders regarding matters that fall within its purview.  
 
In addition, this Report is made available to shareholders at the time the Annual General Meeting is 
called. 
B. With the Board of Directors 
At the beginning of each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Sustainability 
Committee reports on the main business transacted and the resolutions passed in the last meeting 
of the Committee. 
C. With board committees 
Most of the directors sitting on the Sustainability Committee also sit on several other committees. 
 
Likewise, pursuant to the Group’s internal regulations, the Sustainability works together with the 
Audit and Compliance Committee, mainly in the oversight of the process to prepare non-financial 
information and in the process of relations with the different stakeholders. It also works jointly with 
the Remuneration Committee regarding the assessment of the achievement of target levels relating 
to the variable remuneration. 
D. With the Chair, the CEO and Senior Managers 
For the purposes of allowing the Sustainability Committee to be directly apprised of the major 
business concerns, the Committee encourages the presence in its meetings of the Chair of the board, 
the CEO and the officers and heads of the business areas of the Company, so that they would explain 
their view on certain issues directly linked with its area of responsibility. 
E. With the Sustainability Department 
The Sustainability Committee has ongoing dialogue and is in regular contact with the Sustainability 
Department. 
In this regard, the Sustainability Committee will receive from the Sustainability Department at least 
once a year and whenever the Committee may deem it fit for the appropriate exercise of its duties, 
information on the sustainability policy and specifically on: 
(i) 
the projects directly or indirectly carried out by the Company in order to 
ensure the enforcement and defence of human and labour rights across the 
entire production line;

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(ii) 
achievement of the goals of the Strategic Sustainability Plan from time to time 
in force regarding social, environmental and health and safety of the product 
issues; and 
 
(iii) 
the progress in the level of compliance with public and internal commitments 
undertaken by the company in the field of Sustainability. 
 
F. With the Social Advisory Board 
The Social Advisory Board is a permanent consulting and advisory body, without executive duties, 
with information, advisory and proposal-making powers in the area of social and environmental 
sustainability. It advices and supports the Committee regarding social and environmental 
sustainability matters of the company and its Group. 
Likewise, the Social Advisory Board will regularly report to the Committee on it proceedings and on 
the main business transacted for the purposes of informing about its role and findings regarding the 
statement on non-financial information. 
In any case, the Sustainability Committee and/or its Chair may request from the Social Advisory 
Board that it issues reports and/or that it engages in specific proceedings within its remit, whenever 
this is convenient for the better discharge of the duties of the Committee. 
 Evaluation of the proceedings and performance of the SustainabilityCommittee 
Pursuant to the provisions of section 529nonies LSC and Recommendation 36 GGC, the evaluation 
of the annual performance and effectiveness of the Sustainability Committee and its members was 
carried out in 2020. The findings of such evaluation have been very positive in respect of all areas 
evaluated (size, structure, functions, effectiveness, proceedings, planning and organization).  
 Observance of guides 
The Sustainability Committee, performs its duties duly observing GGC Recommendations, the 
overarching principles and guidelines set forth in Technical Guide 3/2017 and the standards and 
existing best practices in the field of corporate governance. 
As the existence of the Sustainability Committee is not mandated, the provisions of CNMV’s 
Technical Guide 3/2017 have been considered upon preparing this Annual Report on its 
Proceedings. 
Based upon the information herein reported, the composition and structure of the Sustainability 
Committee, its organization and proceedings as well as the duties and powers it is entrusted with, 
are found to meet the internal regulations of the company and GGC recommendations and are 
aligned with existing best practices in the field of corporate governance. 
 Date of issue 
This report has been issued by the Sustainability Committee on 6 June 2022.

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MEETING DATE 
MAIN BUSINESS TRANSACTED 
INDITEX ATTENDEES1 
8 March 2021 
- Review of the Statement on non-financial information (SNFI). 
- Sustainability Department: 
- 
2020 Annual Report on Sustainability Activities. 
- 
2021 Annual Work Plan. 
- 
Approval of the 2021 budget. 
- Update of the 2025 Sustainability Plan. 
- Presentation of the regulatory environment in the field of 
Sustainability. 
- Then CEO. 
- CSO. 
- Head of the Environmental Sustainability 
area. 
- Head of the Social Sustainability area. 
- Head of Product Health &Safety area. 
- Head of Circularity. 
- Then General Counsel and Secretary of the 
Board. 
7 June 2021 
- Main action lines of the Strategic Sustainability Plan. 
- Renewable ITX Initiative. 
- 2020 Annual Report. Sustainability sections. 
- Observance of local requirements on Compliance: “UK Modern 
Slavery Act”, “California’s Transparency in Supply Chain Act” and “NSW 
Modern Slavery”. 
- Internal regulations: report on the motion to amend the 
Sustainability Committee’s Regulations. 
- Report on the proceedings of the Sustainability Committee. 
- Then CEO. 
- CSO. 
- Head of the Environmental Sustainability 
area. 
- Head of the Social Sustainability area. 
- Head of the Reporting area. 
- Then General Counsel and Secretary of the 
Board. 
13 September 2021 
- Updating the AGM on Sustainability targets. 
- Reporting in the field of Sustainability. 
- Then CEO. 
- CSO. 
 
1 Occasional attendee/s especially invited by the Committee for the consideration of agenda items were never present at the meeting whenever the business 
corresponding to the items on the agenda were subject to deliberation and put to vote.

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- Update on EU regulatory initiatives on sustainability in the textile 
industry. 
 
- Head and member of the Environmental 
Sustainability area. 
- Head of the Social Sustainability area. 
- Head and member of the Reporting area. 
- Head of the public policy and circularity 
area.  
- Then General Counsel and Secretary of the 
Board. 
13 December 2021 
- Report on the evaluation of the Committee and the performance of 
its members. 
- Supply Chain. 
- Update on initiatives in progress. 
- Schedule of dates and business to be transacted by the Sustainability 
Committee in 2022. 
- New COO & Head of Digital and Sustainable 
Transformation. 
- CSO. 
- Head of the Environmental Sustainability 
area. 
- Head of the Traceability area. 
- Head of the Social Sustainability area. 
- Current General Counsel and Secretary of 
the Board.