Signify sustainability score: 38/100
Signify, formerly Philips Lighting, is a Dutch lighting company headquartered in Eindhoven, selling LED lamps, luminaires and connected lighting. It had 23,978 employees and €5.8 billion sales in 2025.
Head office Eindhoven, NetherlandsStaff ~23,978 (2025)Revenue ~€5.8B (FY2025)Website ↗
Signify's reported footprint fell 61% from 2019 to 165 MtCO2e in 2025, but 99.5% of it is the modelled lifetime electricity use of the lamps it sells, so much of the fall comes from cleaner grids and more efficient LEDs. In 2025 it fell only 3%. Its electricity is 100% renewable, 44% of it through certificates, and it publishes no group water figure.
Signify scores 38/100 (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 Signify joint 460th of 934 companies scored, and 4th of 12 in Electrical Equipment / Lighting.
What is Signify doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (9/10, 9/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Signify lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations9/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain9/10Its Scope 3 emissions aren't fully verified or falling year on year.
- Whether its emissions are falling7/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste7/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets9/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Signify's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Signify's score changed?
Signify's score has moved from 56 to 38 across 2 recorded reviews, down 18 points.
- 56 → 38-1828 October 2026
Europe RE100 re-score under v2.5.21 (owner rulings 2026-10-28)
- Scored 565 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Signify's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
13% of them were published by Signify itself; the rest come from independent sources.
99.5% of Signify's reported footprint (164.1 of 165.0 MtCO2e in 2025) is modelled: the electricity its lamps and luminaires are expected to use over their lifetimes, worked out from IEA grid factors 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.
“Scope 2 (market based) 10,137 0 0 0”
“We have reduced more than 75% of our operational carbon footprint since 2010.”
“participating in the CDP Supply Chain program and encouraging suppliers to commit to science-based targets”
“Signify’s full-year 2025 sales stood at €5.765 billion.”
“Since 2019, Signify has achieved a 61 per cent absolute reduction in GHG emissions across its entire value chain”
“The company continued operating with 100 percent renewable electricity across its global operations”
“The European Union prohibits placing new fluorescent tubes and bulbs into the market .”
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How does Signify compare with other electrical equipment / lighting companies?
Where Signify sits among electrical equipment / lighting peers.
Among the 12 major electrical equipment / lighting brands we've scored, Signify sits 4th of 12.
Who scores higher in Electrical Equipment / Lighting?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Signify.
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