Netflix sustainability score: 42/100
Netflix is a streaming media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It runs a subscription video-on-demand service and produces and distributes original films and television series.
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It has ~16,000 employees and US$45.2B in FY2025 revenue.
Founded 1997Head office Los Gatos, United StatesStaff ~16,000 (FY2025)Revenue US$45,183M revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Netflix's climate footprint is growing in absolute terms despite intensity-based targets, driven by rising Scope 3 emissions from production outsourcing. Reliance on carbon credits to claim net-zero status masks an absence of real emissions reduction. Nature-based carbon credits it bought have faced integrity challenges; water and waste data remain unreported.
Netflix scores 42/100 (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 October 2026.
That places Netflix joint 357th of 934 companies scored, and 12th of 28 in Media / Entertainment / Publishing.
What is Netflix doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 3/10).
Where Netflix lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- 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 is5/10Less 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 waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets5/10Its 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.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Netflix's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Netflix's score changed?
Netflix's score has moved from 48 to 42 across 2 recorded reviews, down 6 points.
- 48 → 42-62 November 2026
Re-scored under the current method (v2.5.24).. History gap: the last recorded row is 48 (2026-02-08, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 41 (previousScore 48). The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
- Scored 488 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Netflix'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 Netflix itself; the rest come from independent sources.
14 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“MARKET-BASED Scope 1 51,487 59,388 25,790 50,488 38,379”
“Last year, we made meaningful progress, reducing our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by half compared to 2022”
“Streaming giant Netflix is pushing to halve GHG emissions by 2030 using more sustainable electric and hydrogen power across productions like Bridgerton”
“They aren't engaging in deep, real emissions reductions. They aren't setting good targets.”
“Nature is at the heart of our commitment”
“Streaming giant Netflix has committed to a 15-year contract to purchase afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) credits”
“Corporate clients, including Meta and Netflix, have collectively purchased carbon credits worth tens of millions since the project was established in 2012.”
“The Company specifically plans to reduce its absolute operational emissions by 46% and value chain emissions intensity by 55% by 2030.”
“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 16,000 full-time employees.”
“Lack of action to tackle climate impacts”
“Both Netflix and Meta have bought carbon credits from the scheme.”
“US streaming service Netflix sourced 1.5 mln mainly nature-based carbon credits to offset its 2021 full-scope emissions”
“The company is a member of the Business Roundtable which engages on US climate policy with mostly negative positions”
“Netflix has invested real resources in decarbonizing its supply chain.”
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How does Netflix compare with other media / entertainment / publishing companies?
Where Netflix sits among media / entertainment / publishing peers.
Among the 28 major media / entertainment / publishing brands we've scored, Netflix sits 12th of 28.
Who scores higher in Media / Entertainment / Publishing?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Netflix.
Channel 4's footprint was 388,397 tCO2e in 2025, over 99% of it in its supply chain, mostly the programmes it commissions, and it rose 2% on 2024; it puts the fall since 2021 down mainly to lower spending and better data.
See the breakdown →Sony's footprint was 18.2 million tCO2e in its year to March 2025, 60% of it the electricity its products use in customers' homes; the total has fallen since 2022, but its own operations' emissions are higher than in 2022. 40% of its sites' electricity is renewable, against an RE100 goal of 100% by 2030.
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