Garmin sustainability score: 33/100
Garmin Ltd. is a Swiss-domiciled maker of GPS navigation, fitness and outdoor wearables, and aviation, marine and automotive electronics. It generates $7.2 billion in annual revenue with approximately 23,000 employees worldwide.
Head office Schaffhausen, SwitzerlandStaff ~23,000 (2025)Revenue $7,245.5M net sales (FY ended 27 Dec 2025)Website ↗
Garmin reports emissions without third-party assurance, and Scope 2 and Scope 3 both rose in 2025. It publishes no water figures and no nature assessment, its products score poorly on repairability, and its only climate target covers Scope 1 and 2, about 5% of reported emissions, with no external validation.
Garmin scores 33/100 (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 Garmin joint 636th of 1,017 companies scored, and 28th of 45 in Electronics / Hardware.
What is Garmin doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Water Impact (0/10, 0/10).
Where Garmin lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water0/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Garmin's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Garmin's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
31% of them were published by Garmin itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Garmin prints no all-scope total, so its total is the sum of its published Scope 1, market-based Scope 2 and Scope 3 lines for 2025. Scope 3 covers categories 1 to 7, 11, 12 and 15, including purchased goods and use of sold products, with no split by category.
9 of 13 sources are independent of the company.
“complete a supplier risk assessment questionnaire on an annual”
“including laws addressing air and water pollution”
“ISO 50001 standard for Energy Management”
“thanks to a 20-year contract with Evergy Inc.”
“目前Garmin既有90%產能都在台灣”
“soldered to motherboard”
“most non-Fenix Garmin watches allegedly use glue for waterproofing”
“30 per cent is reused plastic.”
“Smartwatches released by this company in 2022 scored 3 points out of 10.”
“silicone watch bands, such as these from Garmin , Apple Watch and Coros watches are safer”
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How does Garmin compare with other electronics / hardware companies?
Where Garmin sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 45 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Garmin sits 28th of 45.
Who scores higher in Electronics / Hardware?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Garmin.
TSMC reported 49,626,066 tCO2e for 2025: Scope 1, market-based Scope 2 and 11 Scope 3 categories, with no figure for the use of sold products.
See the breakdown →Panasonic has strong target-setting (SBTi-verified net-zero) and operational emissions reporting, but faces a massive Scope 3 problem: 125Mt CO2e dwarfs its 1.5Mt direct footprint, reduction pace is slow (2% annually), and renewable energy penetration remains stuck at 32.5%.
See the breakdown →Broadcom reported 3,089,798 tCO2e for 2025, up from 2,631,281 tCO2e in 2024, covering Scope 1, market-based Scope 2 and 12 Scope 3 categories; use of sold products is not reported.
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