Schneider Electric sustainability score: 36/100
Schneider Electric is a French maker of electrical distribution and industrial automation equipment, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison; energy management is 82.5% of its revenue. It had about 159,800 employees and €40.2 billion revenue in 2025.
Head office Rueil-Malmaison, FranceStaff ~159,800 (2025)Revenue ~€40.2B (FY2025)Website ↗
Schneider Electric's reported footprint is 60.7 MtCO2e, 79% of it the modelled lifetime electricity use of the products it sells, and it fell only 0.8% in 2025. Its own operations are small and its targets are SBTi-validated, but 57% of its renewable electricity comes from unbundled certificates. Its supply to the EACOP oil pipeline and its membership of trade groups that lobby against climate policy count against it.
Schneider Electric scores 36/100 (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 Schneider Electric joint 512th of 934 companies scored, and joint 5th of 12 in Electrical Equipment / Lighting.
What is Schneider Electric doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (5/10, 5/10).
Where Schneider Electric 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 chain8/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies6/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Schneider Electric's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Schneider Electric's score changed?
Schneider Electric's score has moved from 38 to 36 across 2 recorded reviews, down 2 points.
- 38 → 36-228 October 2026
Europe RE100 re-score under v2.5.21 (owner rulings 2026-10-28)
- Scored 385 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Schneider Electric's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
27% of them were published by Schneider Electric itself; the rest come from independent sources.
79% of Schneider Electric's reported footprint (47.9 of 60.7 MtCO2e in 2025) is modelled: the electricity its products are expected to use over about 10 years of service, worked out from IEA grid forecasts for the countries where they are sold. We use the reported total, as we do for the use-phase emissions of oil and car makers. How to treat use-phase emissions for products that enable clean energy is on our list for the next methodology review.
“Gross market-based Scope 2 GHG emissions (tCO2eq)”
“100 309 tCO2eq”
“"raison_sociale":"Schneider Electric SE","annee_de_reporting":2022”
“to source for 100% deforestation free wood”
“Drove a 56% reduction in operational CO2 emissions across its top 1,000 suppliers.”
“In August 2022, Schneider Electric was one of the first companies to see its GHG reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)”
“it appears to retain memberships to several industry associations which are negatively engaged with climate policy in the EU, including BusinessEurope and the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)”
“This innovation replaces SF₆ with pure air and vacuum technology, eliminating a potent greenhouse gas”
“FY25 revenues up +9% organic, crossing €40 billion for the first time”
“In the same climate tech bracket, Schneider Electric was once again recognised for the role it plays in enabling the energy transition.”
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How does Schneider Electric compare with other electrical equipment / lighting companies?
Where Schneider Electric sits among electrical equipment / lighting peers.
Among the 12 major electrical equipment / lighting brands we've scored, Schneider Electric is tied =5th of 12, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Electrical Equipment / Lighting?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Schneider Electric.
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