Honeywell International sustainability score: 35/100
Honeywell International is a diversified US conglomerate founded in 1976, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It manufactures aerospace components, building controls, safety systems, and industrial equipment across 900+ global facilities.
More about Honeywell International
The company serves aviation, chemical processing, and defense sectors.
Founded 2006Head office Charlotte, North Carolina, USStaff ~101,000Revenue ~$36.7BWebsite ↗
Honeywell publishes sustainability reports but hides absolute emissions figures behind intensity metrics, masking whether actual pollution is declining. A systemic pattern of Superfund contamination across multiple states, $446M+ in environmental penalties, and active lobbying against US climate policy through industry groups directly contradict its carbon neutrality messaging.
Honeywell International scores 35/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Honeywell International joint 540th of 934 companies scored, and joint 7th of 12 in Electrical Equipment / Lighting.
What is Honeywell International doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Transparency & Accountability and Carbon Footprint: Operations (6/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Energy Source (3/10, 3/10).
Where Honeywell International lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets5/10Its 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.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Honeywell International's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Honeywell International's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
42% of them were published by Honeywell International itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
7 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Honeywell International compare with other electrical equipment / lighting companies?
Where Honeywell International sits among electrical equipment / lighting peers.
Among the 12 major electrical equipment / lighting brands we've scored, Honeywell International is tied =7th of 12, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Electrical Equipment / Lighting?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Honeywell International.
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