Newmont sustainability score: 27/100
Newmont Corporation is the world's largest gold mining company, founded in 1916 and headquartered in Denver. With FY2022 revenue of $11.9 billion, it operates mines across the Americas, Australia, and Africa.
More about Newmont
The company is an ICMM founding member and leads the gold sector on ESG indices, though its sustainability performance lags behind the commodity extraction industry's own ceiling.
Founded 1916Head office Denver, United StatesStaff ~31,600Revenue ~$19.4BWebsite ↗
Newmont has comprehensive emissions reporting and SBTi-validated 2030 targets, but absolute emissions rose 17% post-acquisition and remain on an upward trajectory. Submarine tailings disposal at Lihir, repeated water violations at Red Chris, historical fines for spills, and documented negative climate lobbying undermine its net-zero credibility. The company's scores reflect disclosed practices, not genuine emissions reduction.
Newmont scores 27/100 (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 Newmont joint 759th of 934 companies scored, and 6th of 13 in Mining & Extraction.
What is Newmont doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Controversies & Red Flags (2/10, 2/10).
Where Newmont 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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No 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 nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- 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 targets6/10Its targets aren't validated by 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 Newmont's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Newmont's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Newmont 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.
8 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Newmont compare with other mining & extraction companies?
Where Newmont sits among mining & extraction peers.
Among the 13 major mining & extraction brands we've scored, Newmont sits 6th of 13.
Who scores higher in Mining & Extraction?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Newmont.
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