Michelin sustainability score: 41/100
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Michelin makes and sells tyres for cars, two-wheelers and trucks, and specialty tyres for mining, off-road and aircraft use, along with related services and polymer composite products. In 2025 its automotive and two-wheel segment brought in €14,306 million of sales, road transportation €6,023 million and specialty businesses €5,663 million.
More about Michelin
Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin, a French partnership limited by shares, was incorporated on 15 July 1863. It had an average of 126,376 employees on payroll and €25,992 million sales in 2025.
Founded 1863Head office Clermont-Ferrand, FranceStaff ~126,376 average employees on payroll (2025)Revenue ~€26.0B sales (€25,992M, 2025)Website ↗
Michelin's printed footprint was 13,782,821 tCO2e in 2025 (market-based Scope 1 and 2 plus the Scope 3 categories it reports), down from 14,750,899 t in 2024. That total leaves out emissions from its tyres in use on vehicles (Scope 3 category 11), which it reports separately at 125,000,000 t for 2025. 68% of its electricity was renewable, all backed by certificates, and 42% of those were bought apart from the power. SBTi validated its 1.5°C targets for Scopes 1 and 2 and required Scope 3, but these leave out the use phase. In February 2025 French inspectors recorded a non-compliant discharge of untreated sludge at its Blanzy plant and required corrective action.
Michelin scores 41/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Michelin joint 429th of 1,118 companies scored, and 2nd of 38 in Automotive.
What is Michelin doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (9/10, 8/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (4/10, 5/10).
Where Michelin lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations9/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling8/10Not shown to be on a 1.5°C path across all its emissions.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less 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 waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Michelin's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Michelin's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Michelin itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“emissions (E1-6-49b and E1-6-50a) 1,713,199 1,271,594 1,069,582 860,289 -19.6%”
“through ambitious short- and long-term targets for the three scopes”
“The Group is committed to using 40% renewable or recycled materials in its tires by 2030, and 100% by 2050.”
“finding ongoing loss of forest within the company’s concessions.”
“nascondono una manovra di greenwashing che ha contribuito a finanziare la distruzione di uno degli ecosistemi forestali più importanti dell’Indonesia”
“were misled and never told that Michelin’s local partner had deforested thousands of hectares of tropical rainforest”
“La visite s'effectue dans le cadre d'un rejet non-conforme le 02 décembre 2024 signalé par”
“Les fiches de constats suivantes ne font pas l'objet de propositions de suites administratives :”
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How does Michelin compare with other automotive companies?
Where Michelin sits among automotive peers.
Among the 38 major automotive brands we've scored, Michelin sits 2nd of 38.
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