Mercedes-Benz sustainability score: 29/100
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a German luxury automotive manufacturer headquartered in Stuttgart, founded in 1926. A global leader in premium cars, trucks, and mobility solutions, it operates manufacturing plants across Europe, Asia, and North America.
More about Mercedes-Benz
The company is transitioning toward electric vehicles while maintaining internal combustion engine production into the 2030s.
Founded 1926Head office Stuttgart, GermanyStaff ~167,000Revenue ~€145.6BWebsite ↗
Mercedes-Benz has reduced operational emissions 74% from 2018 but total absolute emissions rose 7.86% in 2024. Scope 3 targets are intensity-based, allowing growth with sales. The company abandoned its all-electric-by-2030 pledge in May 2024 and faces serious lobbying red flags: InfluenceMap grades it C-, documenting advocacy against EU CO₂ standards across four misaligned trade associations.
Mercedes-Benz scores 29/100 (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 Mercedes-Benz joint 706th of 934 companies scored, and joint 12th of 26 in Automotive.
What is Mercedes-Benz doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 3/10).
Where Mercedes-Benz 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 chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No 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 reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies2/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Mercedes-Benz's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Mercedes-Benz's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
67% of them were published by Mercedes-Benz 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.
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How does Mercedes-Benz compare with other automotive companies?
Where Mercedes-Benz sits among automotive peers.
Among the 26 major automotive brands we've scored, Mercedes-Benz is tied =12th of 26, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Mercedes-Benz.
Ford's emissions are rising operationally while absolute reductions rely on lower sales volumes, not decarbonisation.
See the breakdown →Porsche reports comprehensively on production emissions and renewable energy, but relies heavily on per-vehicle intensity metrics that mask flat or worsening absolute reductions.
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