BMW sustainability score: 32/100
BMW Group is a German maker of premium cars and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, with the BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad brands and a financial services arm. It delivered about 2.46 million cars in 2025, 17.9% of them all-electric.
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It had 154,540 employees and €133.5 billion revenue in 2025.
Head office Munich, GermanyStaff ~154,540 (end 2025)Revenue ~€133.5B (FY2025)Website ↗
BMW's reported footprint fell 5.5% to 128.4 MtCO2e in 2025, 70% of it the fuel and electricity its cars use on the road. It targets an absolute cut of 40 Mt by 2030 against 2019, but it lobbies to weaken EU car CO2 standards and the 2035 phase-out of new combustion cars, and InfluenceMap grades it D+. Only 49% of its energy is renewable, and it sets no biodiversity targets.
BMW scores 32/100 (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 BMW joint 620th of 934 companies scored, and joint 7th of 26 in Automotive.
What is BMW doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 4/10).
Where BMW 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 chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its 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 reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies2/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is BMW's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas BMW's score changed?
BMW's score has moved from 35 to 32 across 2 recorded reviews, down 3 points.
- 35 → 32-329 October 2026
Re-scored under the current methodology (v2.5); owner ruling 2026-10-29. History gap: the last recorded row is 35 (2026-02-08, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 30 (previousScore 35). The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
- Scored 358 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is BMW's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
8% of them were published by BMW itself; the rest come from independent sources.
11 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“The CO2e emissions in Scope 1 and 2 amount to 811,420 t CO2e”
“Total automotive Scope 3 emissions reached 127.5 million tCO2e”
“BMW receives a grade of D+ in InfluenceMap’s assessment of corporate engagement on climate policy, indicating misalignment with policy to deliver the Paris Agreement.”
“BMW consistently advocated to weaken the EU’s CO2 standards for light-duty vehicles.”
“BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse said during this year’s Paris Motor Show that the European Union must cancel the upcoming 2035 ban on vehicles that emit carbon dioxide”
“He urged EU regulators to allow climate-friendly fuels beyond 2035, saying fuel producers must also be held accountable.”
“The Federal Court of Justice (BGH), acting as the final instance, has now also rejected the appeals brought by Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH).”
“BMW has given new impetus to allegations that the cobalt supplier Managem in Morocco violated environmental standards in the vicinity of the Bou Azzer mine.”
“BMW has given new impetus to allegations that the cobalt supplier Managem in Morocco violated environmental standards in the vicinity of the Bou Azzer mine.”
“with German car companies BMW and Mercedes leading the pack with a combined score of 47% and 45 % respectively”
“BMW is now the top scoring automaker in both General subsections of the Leaderboard, which evaluate companies’ overall approach to supply chain decarbonization and due diligence.”
“Sunrock installiert an zwei ostbayerischen Werken der BMW Group großflächige Photovoltaikanlagen mit einer Gesamtkapazität von 14 MWp.”
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How does BMW compare with other automotive companies?
Where BMW sits among automotive peers.
Among the 26 major automotive brands we've scored, BMW is tied =7th of 26, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above BMW.
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