ASML sustainability score: 38/100
ASML makes lithography systems that chipmakers use to print patterns on chips, and services them. In 2025 net system sales were 74.9% of its net sales, and service and field options 25.1%.
More about ASML
ASML Holding N.V. was incorporated in 1994 as the holding company for its operations; its roots go back to 1984. It had an average of 43,267 payroll employees in full-time equivalents and €32.67 billion net sales in 2025.
Founded 1994Head office Veldhoven, NetherlandsStaff ~43,267 (2025 average, payroll employees in FTEs; 43,520 at year-end)Revenue ~€32.67B total net sales (2025; €32,667.3 million)Website ↗
ASML reported 11,643,000 tCO2e for 2025, 99.8% of it Scope 3, and the size of that footprint brings the 0.70x size deduction. Gross Scope 3 fell in each of the last two years but is up 53% on 2019. It reports 100% renewable electricity at the end of 2025; all 525,147 MWh purchased is backed by certificates, bundled and unbundled, with no split published, and long-term contracts are named for the Netherlands and Taiwan but not sized. SBTi validated its targets: absolute for Scope 1 and 2, intensity for Scope 3. It has no water target. Natuurmonumenten raised concern about nitrogen from its Eindhoven campus permit; appeals are pending.
ASML scores 38/100 (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 November 2026.
That places ASML joint 479th of 994 companies scored, and 9th of 19 in Industrial Equipment / Machinery.
What is ASML doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Emissions Trajectory (3/10, 4/10).
Where ASML 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 falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is ASML's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is ASML's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
8% of them were published by ASML itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scope 2, 2025: market-based 1 kt, location-based 151 kt. The score uses market-based.
12 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“Gross scope 1 GHG emissions 22 24 25”
“Total gross indirect (scope 3) GHG emissions ktCO2e 7,578.0 12,038.8”
“ASML commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2040.”
“which is integrated into long-term leadership incentives”
“beduidende negatieve effecten op de Natura 2000-gebieden niet (volledig) uitgesloten kunnen worden”
“Nature damage will be offset by improving woodland in the Kempen region.”
“Bij de provincie gaat het om het verlenen van de stikstofvergunning.”
“rejecting objections from two neighbours”
“a brewing controversy over plans by ASML Holding NV to expand its headquarters”
“this company has a zero or very low Engagement Intensity score on climate policy”
“het draagt niet bij aan de herstelopgave voor de Brabantse natuur”
“The plans initially faced opposition due to the increased nitrogen emissions they would cause”
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How does ASML compare with other industrial equipment / machinery companies?
Where ASML sits among industrial equipment / machinery peers.
Among the 19 major industrial equipment / machinery brands we've scored, ASML sits 9th of 19.
Who scores higher in Industrial Equipment / Machinery?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above ASML.
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