Li Auto sustainability score: 32/100
Li Auto designs, makes and sells range-extended and battery electric vehicles, mainly in China; vehicle sales brought in CN¥106.7 billion of its total revenues in 2025. Li Auto Inc. was incorporated in the Cayman Islands in 2017 and is based in Beijing; its roots go back to 2015.
More about Li Auto
It had 30,728 employees at 31 December 2025 and total revenues of CN¥112.3 billion in 2025.
Founded 2017Head office Beijing, ChinaStaff ~30,728 (31 December 2025)Revenue ~CN¥112.3B total revenues (2025)Website ↗
Li Auto reported a footprint of 9,680,828 tCO2e in 2025, down from 12,693,498 tCO2e in 2024 as deliveries fell from 500,508 to 406,343 vehicles. Its use-phase figure counts only electricity at its own or franchise charging stations and leaves out petrol burned by its range-extended cars, so the size deduction for an incomplete footprint (0.70x) applies. It discloses no renewable share of its electricity, and targets 100% at its manufacturing base and head office by 2030. Its targets are self-set, with no SBTi validation. Its 2024 and 2025 inventories are third-party verified, but energy per vehicle rose. No environmental fines were found.
Li Auto scores 32/100 (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 Li Auto joint 655th of 986 companies scored, and joint 10th of 36 in Automotive.
What is Li Auto doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (3/10, 4/10).
Where Li Auto 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 falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- 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 waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- 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 Li Auto's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Li Auto's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
38% of them were published by Li Auto itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions totaled 202,969 tonnes of”
“The Company has obtained third-party verification for its 2024 and 2025 GHG emissions data.”
“decrease in vehicle deliveries from 500,508 vehicles in 2024 to 406,343 vehicles in 2025”
“Energy consumption of production was 0.112 tce per vehicle”
“The models of Li Auto Inc. reached an average energy intensity of 31.6 kWh/100 km”
“理想汽车的304家供应商中有31家供应商企业获评国家级绿色工厂，占比10.2%”
“today released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report and enhanced its disclosures with the publication of its first Climate-Related Disclosures Report”
“Li Auto has shifted focus toward pure electric vehicles after the Mega series”
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How does Li Auto compare with other automotive companies?
Where Li Auto sits among automotive peers.
Among the 36 major automotive brands we've scored, Li Auto is tied =10th of 36, with 4 others.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Li Auto.
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