"In 2020, Inditex’s climate change programme has been acknowledged as level A- for its

leadership in raising awareness on information and performance in the field," Inditex.

"Our supply chain uses water in the farming of cotton and other fibres, as well as in the wet processes to manufacture garments (washing, dyeing, and printing). Therefore, we devote major efforts to guaranteeing the compliance, improvement and strengthening of the environmental commitments of our supply chain," Inditex.

"It is worth highlighting that the water consumption indicators have also been affected by the closure of our stores and headquarters for several months of the year due to the health crisis arising from covid -19. In 2020, we have reduced by 16.89% our relative water consumption per m² in our corporate headquarters, own factories, logistics centres and own stores, compared to the previous year," Inditex.

All the quotes above are from the sources cited. They are important to understand the metric and why the response is slightly lower than previous years.