Hyundai Motor Company sustainability score: 23/100
Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean automotive manufacturer founded in 1976, headquartered in Seoul. With 117.61 billion KRW in FY2021 revenue, it is a major global carmaker producing internal combustion, hybrid, and battery electric vehicles across passenger cars and commercial segments.
Founded 1976Head office Seoul, South KoreaStaff ~120,000Revenue ~$128BWebsite ↗
Hyundai reports operational emissions transparently but absolute global emissions rose 6% in 2023, driven by use-phase Scope 3 that dominates the footprint. The company lacks SBTi-validated targets, sources coal-powered aluminum from Indonesia, and faces documented greenwashing criticism for LNG expansion after RE100 pledges. Supply chain accountability and emissions trajectory remain the weakest areas.
Hyundai Motor Company scores 23/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Hyundai Motor Company joint 849th of 934 companies scored, and joint 24th of 26 in Automotive.
What is Hyundai Motor Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 3/10).
Where Hyundai Motor Company lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No 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 nature3/10No 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 water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- 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 Hyundai Motor Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Hyundai Motor Company's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Hyundai Motor Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
14 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Hyundai Motor Company compare with other automotive companies?
Where Hyundai Motor Company sits among automotive peers.
Among the 26 major automotive brands we've scored, Hyundai Motor Company is tied =24th of 26, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Hyundai Motor Company.
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