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Slack·SaaS / Digital Services·San Francisco, USA·Founded 2009·Last verified 25 April 2026
37
out of 100
Below expectationsPending Review

Slack has no independent sustainability disclosure—all data is buried in parent Salesforce's consolidated reporting. The subsidiary lacks verifiable emissions baselines, transparency, and credible targets. Salesforce's quiet switch from absolute to intensity-based Scope 3 targets is a red flag for greenwashing while trade association misalignment with climate obstructionists persists.

The calculation

Every score shows its working.

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.
38 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 38) = 47.6
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on absolute emissions volume — physics-first.
× 0.82
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
37 / 100
The ten questions

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

Strongest on Energy Source and Carbon Footprint — Operations (6/10, 4/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Resource Use & Waste (3/10, 3/10).

Where the evidence comes from

Every document used, listed.

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

[1]Self-reported
FY2025 Schedules of Environmental and Employee Metrics
2025
Q1Q2Q9
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[2]Third-party verified
Supplier Engagement Case Study – Salesforce
Unknown
Q2
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[3]Public record
Salesforce Quietly Drops Key Climate Goals to Cut Emissions
2024
Q3Q8
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[4]Public record
Salesforce Shifted 2030 Climate Goals While Going All-In on AI
2025
Q3Q8
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[5]Self-reported
Salesforce Net Zero Hub
Ongoing
Q4
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[6]Self-reported
Step Up Declaration – Slack Commitment
Ongoing
Q4Q8
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[7]Self-reported
Salesforce Company Sustainability
Ongoing
Q5Q9
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[8]Self-reported
Green Code – Software Sustainability
Unknown
Q6
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[9]Third-party verified
The A-List of Climate Policy Engagement 2021 – InfluenceMap
2021
Q10
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[10]Public record
Corporations Are Tanking America's Best Shot at Fighting Climate Change – Grist
Unknown
Q10
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Slack in context

Where Slack sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 38 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Slack sits 29th of 38.

29/38
Slack's rank
47
Industry average
25
Industry low
73
Industry high
How this score has moved

Slack's score over time.

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What's being contested

This score is not currently being contested.

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About Slack

Slack is a cloud-based team messaging and collaboration platform founded in 2009, acquired by Salesforce in July 2021. As a SaaS company, it has minimal direct environmental footprint but substantial operational impact through data center energy use and employee operations. Now consolidated into Salesforce's reporting and governance structures.

Founded
2009
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Employees
~3,500
Annual revenue
~$2.3B
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