Suzuki Motor sustainability score: 24/100
Suzuki Motor makes small cars, motorcycles and outboard motors, with cars bringing in 90.7% of its revenue in the year to 31 March 2026. Suzuki Motor Corporation was incorporated in 1920 as Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Co. and took its current name in 1990; its roots go back to 1909, when Michio Suzuki founded Suzuki Loom Works.
More about Suzuki Motor
Its head office is in Hamamatsu, Japan. It had 76,889 employees at 31 March 2026 and ¥6,293.0B revenue in the year to that date.
Founded 1920Head office Hamamatsu, JapanStaff ~76,889 consolidated (31 March 2026, year-end)Revenue ~¥6,293.0B (year to 31 March 2026)Website ↗
Suzuki's footprint was 115.97 million tCO2e in the year to March 2026, 99% of it in its value chain and mostly from the use of the cars it sells, and it has risen every year since FY2022. 44% of its electricity is renewable: 100% in Japan but 20% in India. It targets a 42% absolute cut in its own emissions by FY2030 from FY2022 and net zero for them by 2050, but these are self-set, with no Scope 3 target. Frankfurt prosecutors had it pay EUR 6.5 million around 2023 over non-compliant diesel vehicles. InfluenceMap finds its policy engagement mostly negative, including a push to ease India's fuel-efficiency rules.
Suzuki Motor scores 24/100 (Significant gaps) 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 November 2026.
That places Suzuki Motor joint 871st of 969 companies scored, and joint 28th of 32 in Automotive.
What is Suzuki Motor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Controversies & Red Flags (0/10, 1/10).
Where Suzuki Motor 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 chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling0/10No 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 water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- 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 controversies1/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Suzuki Motor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Suzuki Motor's score based on?
14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
29% of them were published by Suzuki Motor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
10 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
“Items marked have received third-party assurance (10,000 t-CO2)”
“shifted 44% of total electricity consumption to renewable energy sources.”
“set an interim target of reducing CO2 emissions by 42% from the FY2022 level by FY2030”
“Suzuki had mostly negative engagement on vehicle-related climate policies.”
“The three lowest-scoring automakers by climate policy engagement are all Japanese (Toyota, Suzuki and Mazda)”
“following a push by Maruti Suzuki”
“Maruti has lobbied for the easing of CAFE norms for cars under 1,000kg”
“has urged the government to exclude the small car segment from the CAFE-III norms”
“Vor zwei Jahren musste der japanische Hersteller laut Staatsanwaltschaft 6,5 Millionen Euro bezahlen.”
“Es gehe um 22.000 Dieselfahrzeuge des japanischen Herstellers Suzuki”
“This was the Suzuki group's first time using an offsite corporate power purchase agreement.”
“more than 22,000 diesel vehicles, including their Swift, Cross and Vitara models”
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How does Suzuki Motor compare with other automotive companies?
Where Suzuki Motor sits among automotive peers.
Among the 32 major automotive brands we've scored, Suzuki Motor is tied =28th of 32, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Suzuki Motor.
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