Rivian Automotive, Inc. sustainability score: 34/100
Rivian Automotive designs and manufactures electric adventure vehicles (R1T truck, R1S SUV) and commercial delivery vans. Founded 2009, headquartered in Detroit.
More about Rivian Automotive, Inc.
Scaling production across Illinois and Georgia plants. As of FY2024, revenue of $4.5 billion with operations across manufacturing, battery, and charging infrastructure.
Founded 2009Head office Detroit, United StatesStaff ~14,861Revenue ~$4.97BWebsite ↗
Rivian reports comprehensively on carbon footprint and has signed major renewable PPAs, but absolute emissions doubled year-on-year as production scaled. No SBTi validation. Georgia factory site violations for water pollution and 2,000 acres of agricultural conversion signal weak local environmental governance.
Rivian Automotive, Inc. scores 34/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Rivian Automotive, Inc. joint 565th of 934 companies scored, and joint 5th of 26 in Automotive.
What is Rivian Automotive, Inc. doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 3/10).
Where Rivian Automotive, Inc. 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 falling1/10No 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 nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its 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 Rivian Automotive, Inc.'s SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Rivian Automotive, Inc.'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 Rivian Automotive, Inc. 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 Rivian Automotive, Inc. compare with other automotive companies?
Where Rivian Automotive, Inc. sits among automotive peers.
Among the 26 major automotive brands we've scored, Rivian Automotive, Inc. is tied =5th of 26, with 1 other.
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