Huawei Technologies sustainability score: 39/100
Huawei Technologies is a Chinese multinational telecommunications, electronics, and ICT conglomerate headquartered in Shenzhen. Founded in 1987, it operates globally with ~197,000 employees, generating revenue of 721 billion CNY (FY2018).
More about Huawei Technologies
Core businesses span 5G infrastructure, smartphones, cloud services, and semiconductor design.
Founded 1987Head office Shenzhen, People's Republic of ChinaStaff ~208,000Revenue ~$118.2B (CNY 862.1B, 2024)Website ↗
Huawei discloses Scope 1 & 2 emissions with third-party verification but refuses to report Scope 3, masking the vast majority of its footprint. Intensity-based targets with flat or rising absolute emissions signal greenwashing. Water and supply-chain accountability remain absent despite the company's scale and manufacturing footprint.
Huawei Technologies scores 39/100 (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 Huawei Technologies joint 432nd of 934 companies scored, and joint 15th of 19 in Telecommunications.
What is Huawei Technologies doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Water Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Huawei Technologies 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 chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Huawei Technologies's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Huawei Technologies's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Huawei Technologies itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 6 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
6 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Huawei Technologies compare with other telecommunications companies?
Where Huawei Technologies sits among telecommunications peers.
Among the 19 major telecommunications brands we've scored, Huawei Technologies is tied =15th of 19, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Telecommunications?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Huawei Technologies.
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