Continental is a German maker of tyres and rubber and plastics products, headquartered in Hanover; its roots go back to 1871.
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Continental's 2025 footprint was 83.5 MtCO2e, most of it from tyres in use. In 2025 it replaced its absolute climate target with an intensity target, has no net-zero or Scope 3 target, and its tyre emissions rose slightly. It was fined €100 million in 2024 over diesel emissions manipulation and settled a greenwashing claim by Deutsche Umwelthilfe in 2026.
Continental scores 28/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Continental joint 691st of 883 companies scored, and joint 13th of 25 in Automotive.
Where Continental sits among automotive peers.
Among the 25 major automotive brands we've scored, Continental is tied =13th of 25, with 3 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No group water withdrawal or discharge figures published.
New target not revalidated by SBTi.
Tire-sector Scope 3 rose 68.00 to 68.12 Mt. Absolute target converted to intensity-only metric in 2025.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Targets & Commitments (3/10, 3/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Continental.
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See the breakdown →Mercedes-Benz has reduced operational emissions 74% from 2018 but total absolute emissions rose 7.86% in 2024.
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Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale18 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
11 of 18 sources are independent of the company.
“Definitions and calculations according to GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (version 2004).”
“Combined own Scope 1 and market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions, in million tCO2e”
“Continental is a member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR).”
“We support the introduction of binding limits for tire abrasion as part of Euro 7.”
“increase the share of purchased renewable and recycled production materials for its tires to at least 40% by 2030”
“Long-term remuneration components (long-term incentive – LTI) are linked to sustainability matters”
“The public prosecutor's office in Hanover issued a fine totaling EUR 100 million against Continental AG”
“Im Rahmen eines Vergleiches hat Continental eine entsprechende Unterlassungserklärung abgegeben.”
“Continental spricht sich gegen das aktuell diskutierte generelle Verbot per- und polyfluorierter Chemikalien (PFAS) in Europa aus.”
“Since 2020, Continental has reduced its water withdrawal per ton of product at all locations by more than ten percent”
“The company also performed well in the water management category”
“has decided to spin off its Automotive division as a newly independent company”
“Continental bases the quality characteristics of its energy attribute certificates on the criteria of the RE100 initiative, which the company joined in June 2020.”
“Since 2020, Continental has been sourcing green electricity as part of its participation in the RE100 initiative.”
“die Zukunftsversprechen des Autozulieferers Continental AG über „100 % Klimaneutralität bis 2050“”
“The independent environmental disclosure organization CDP awarded Continental an A-”
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Continental is a German maker of tyres and rubber and plastics products, headquartered in Hanover; its roots go back to 1871. After spinning off its automotive business as AUMOVIO in 2025, it had about 90,100 employees and €19.7 billion sales from continuing operations.
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