Apple designs and makes consumer electronics, software and digital services, including iPhone, Mac, wearables and cloud services.
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Apple's total emissions fell from 23.2 Mt in FY2021 to 15.3 Mt in FY2025 but were flat from FY2024 to FY2025, and product-related Scope 3 rose in FY2025. Product manufacturing is the largest source at 8.15 Mt. A Frankfurt court barred 'CO2-neutral' Apple Watch advertising in 2025, and its carbon-neutral claims rely partly on avoidance credits.
Apple Inc. scores 40/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Apple Inc. joint 366th of 847 companies scored, and joint 11th of 33 in Electronics / Hardware.
Where Apple Inc. sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 33 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Apple Inc. is tied =11th of 33, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
Product lifecycle Scope 3 and transport emissions rose in FY2025 while Scope 1&2 fell.
No quantified biodiversity footprint for minerals supply chain or TNFD disclosure.
Frankfurt Regional Court (26 Aug 2025, case 3-06 O 8/24, Deutsche Umwelthilfe) barred Apple from advertising Watch as CO2-neutral in Germany, finding offset-based claim misleading.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint — Operations (9/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
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See the breakdown →HP has built genuinely strong absolute carbon reductions (27% since 2019) and SBTi-validated targets including a 90% reduction by 2040.
See the breakdown →Apple Inc.'s score has moved from 49 to 40 across 2 recorded reviews, down 9 points.
Fortune 50 re-score (owner-approved batch 1, 2026-10-17). History gap: the last recorded row is 49 (2026-02-08, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 42 (previousScore 49). The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
Initial score at platform launch
The formula and all 8 sources.
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
“Scope 1 55,200”
“Global climate change is resulting in certain types of natural disasters and extreme weather occurring more frequently or with more intense effects.”
“Last year, Apple suppliers brought online more than 20 gigawatts of renewable energy, avoiding more than 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.”
“3-06 O 8/24”
“Apple is not fully transparent regarding its indirect engagement with climate policy”
“Apple’s mandatory lobbying disclosures to the European Union reveal the company is a member of Confederation of European Business”
“new arrivals DSM-Firmenich and Saint-Gobain in Europe, Apple and Trane Technologies in the U.S.”
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Apple designs and makes consumer electronics, software and digital services, including iPhone, Mac, wearables and cloud services. Incorporated in 1977 (its roots go back to 1976) and headquartered in Cupertino, California, it had about 166,000 employees and $416 billion in revenue in FY2025.
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