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Pinterest·SaaS / Digital Services·Palo Alto, United States·Founded 2010·Last verified 21 April 2026
53
out of 100
Making progressPending Review

Pinterest is a born-in-the-cloud digital platform with minimal direct environmental footprint. Its emissions tracking is sound, Scope 3 fell 19% from 2019–2021, and it banned climate misinformation from its platform. Core weakness: data recency—most public figures are from 2021, SBTi validation status is unclear, and no formal biodiversity or circular economy disclosures exist.

The calculation

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Same formula for every company. No curve. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
SaaS / Digital Services sector ceiling.
70 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the 10 rubric questions, scored 0–10 each.
50 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 50) = 56.0
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 0.95
Final score
Rounded. Making progress.
53 / 100
The ten questions

Where Pinterest is strong, and where it isn't.

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint — Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Resource Use & Waste (3/10, 3/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

6 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which rubric questions it informed.

[1]Public record
Pinterest's first ESG report outlines Scope 3 emissions reductions
2023
Q1Q2Q3Q4Q6Q8Q10
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[2]Self-reported
Pinterest 2024 ESG Impact Report
2024
Q1
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[3]Self-reported
AWS Case Study: Pinterest Graviton
Unknown
Q2Q3Q4
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[4]Public record
Pinterest releases inaugural ESG Impact Report
2023
Q5
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[5]Public record
2024 ESG Impact Report reveals Pinterest meeting environmental, social commitments
2024
Q8Q9
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[6]Third-party verified
Sustainalytics ESG Rating: Pinterest Inc
Ongoing
Q9
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Pinterest in context

Where Pinterest sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 38 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Pinterest sits 11th of 38.

11/38
Pinterest's rank
47
Industry average
25
Industry low
73
Industry high
How this score has moved

Pinterest's score over time.

today

Score history begins 4 April 2026.

As Pinterest's score updates, the trajectory will appear here.

We're backfilling historical scores for FTSE 100 and S&P 100 companies over the coming weeks.

What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

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About Pinterest

Pinterest is a visual discovery and bookmarking platform founded in 2010, operating as a publicly traded SaaS business. It serves hundreds of millions of users globally through a primarily cloud-based infrastructure hosted on AWS. The company generates revenue through advertising and focuses on content curation, e-commerce integration, and creator tools.

Founded
2010
Headquarters
Palo Alto, United States
Employees
~4,666
Annual revenue
~$3.65B
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