Alphabet Inc. (Google) sustainability score: 43/100
Alphabet Inc. is a US technology holding company, incorporated in 2015 as the parent of Google, whose roots go back to 1998, operating search, cloud infrastructure, advertising, hardware and AI services. It had FY2025 revenue of $402.8 billion and about 190,820 employees, with a large data-centre and AI compute footprint.
Founded 2015Head office Mountain View, California, USStaff ~190,820 (FY2025)Revenue $402,836M revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Alphabet's emissions rose 18% in 2025 to 18.8 Mt CO2e, driven by data-centre growth, and Scope 3 rose 25% year on year. Its near-term target is a 50% absolute cut by 2030, which Google's own report says the SBTi validated in 2025, but emissions on its own ambition basis are 81% above 2019 and the plan leans on carbon removals and certificates.
Alphabet Inc. (Google) scores 43/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified October 2026.
That places Alphabet Inc. (Google) joint 331st of 934 companies scored, and joint 29th of 73 in SaaS / Digital Services.
What is Alphabet Inc. (Google) doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 5/10).
Where Alphabet Inc. (Google) lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Alphabet Inc. (Google)'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Alphabet Inc. (Google)'s score changed?
Alphabet Inc. (Google)'s score has moved from 42 to 43 across 2 recorded reviews, up 1 point.
- 42 → 43+117 October 2026
Fortune 50 re-score (owner-approved batch 1, 2026-10-17)
- Scored 424 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Alphabet Inc. (Google)'s score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
20% of them were published by Alphabet Inc. (Google) itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In 2025, our scope 1 emissions were approximately 86,100 tCO2e, representing less than 1% of our total 2025 carbon footprint.”
“largely fueled by computing hardware, steel, concrete and other supplies related to data center construction”
“GHG emissions increased by 1,515% from 2010 to 2024.”
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding a Climate Lobbying Report”
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How does Alphabet Inc. (Google) compare with other saas / digital services companies?
Where Alphabet Inc. (Google) sits among saas / digital services peers.
Among the 73 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Alphabet Inc. (Google) is tied =29th of 73, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in SaaS / Digital Services?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Alphabet Inc. (Google).
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