Refurbed is an Austrian online marketplace for refurbished electronics founded in 2017.
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Refurbed's business model directly addresses e-waste and resource consumption through verified lifecycle analysis, but the company lacks corporate emissions reporting, science-based targets, and formal Scope 3 inventory. B Corp certification and annual impact disclosures provide structure; operational footprint is negligible but unquantified.
Refurbed Marketplace scores 50/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified June 2026.
That places Refurbed Marketplace joint 149th of 847 companies scored, and 3rd of 19 in E-commerce / Online Retail.
Where Refurbed Marketplace sits among e-commerce / online retail peers.
Among the 19 major e-commerce / online retail brands we've scored, Refurbed Marketplace sits 3rd of 19.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No renewable energy procurement strategy, PPA, or RE100 membership identified.
No formal Scope 1/2 GHG inventory published.
No multi-year absolute corporate emissions dataset.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint — Operations (3/10, 4/10).
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Refurbed Marketplace.
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Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale7 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 7 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 7 sources, 29% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
“Welcome to refurbed's Sustainability Report”
“ISO 14040/44-verified calculation model, refurbed is now the first marketplace in the world to provide its consumers with key figures”
“Refurbed customers have saved 350,000 tons of CO₂, 1,136 tons of electronic waste, and 116 billion litres of water”
“Refurbed employs about 300 people”
“Refurbed Marketplace GmbH earned an overall score of 89.2”
“380 t e-waste saved* equivalent to the e-waste at CH + AT combined in 2019”
“refurbed has surpassed €3 billion in cumulative Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) and expanded into 12 new European markets”
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Refurbed is an Austrian online marketplace for refurbished electronics founded in 2017. The platform connects buyers with certified third-party sellers who professionally refurbish devices, avoiding virgin production waste. Operating as a pure marketplace rather than a refurbisher, Refurbed facilitates circular economy transactions across Europe with ~300 staff and €3 billion GMV.
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