Boeing is a US aerospace and defence company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that designs and builds commercial airplanes, defence and space systems, and provides aftermarket services. Founded in 1916, it had about 182,000 employees and $89.5 billion in FY2025 revenue.
Founded 1916Head office Arlington, Virginia, United StatesStaff ~182,000 (FY2025)Revenue $89,463M total revenues (FY2025)Website ↗
Boeing's footprint is dominated by the emissions from flying the airplanes it sells: 646 million tonnes CO2e for commercial airplanes delivered in 2025, up from 352 million in 2024. Its Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 21.9% from 2023, but it has no value-chain target, and no SBTi target was found. It agreed to pay a $595,026 penalty for Santa Susana stormwater violations, is part of a Lower Duwamish cleanup settlement valued at about $668 million, and LobbyMap grades it D.
The Boeing Company scores 25/100 (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 October 2026.
That places The Boeing Company joint 808th of 934 companies scored, and 8th of 9 in Aerospace.
What is The Boeing Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 3/10).
Where The Boeing Company 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 chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less 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 waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is The Boeing Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas The Boeing Company's score changed?
The Boeing Company's score has moved from 33 to 25 across 3 recorded reviews, down 8 points.
- 25 → 2521 October 2026
Text correction before publish (summary wording on SBTi); score unchanged
- 33 → 25-821 October 2026
Fortune 50 re-score on methodology v2.5.18 (agent research); Aerospace by the majority-revenue rule (59.8% commercial); 0.60x from Boeing's own stated 646 Mt Category 11 figure (v2.5.16). History gap: the last recorded row is 33 (2026-04-11, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 24 (previousScore 33). The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
- Scored 3311 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is The Boeing Company's score based on?
16 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
19% of them were published by The Boeing Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Boeing does not state a total for its value-chain (Scope 3) emissions. Its size penalty therefore rests on Boeing's own figure for the emissions from the use of its commercial airplanes delivered in 2025, 646 million tonnes CO2e (Scope 3 Category 11, 2026 Global Sustainability Report, page 29). That one figure is a floor on the full total and already places Boeing in the heaviest size band.
13 of 16 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 2 GHG – Market Based 253,000 464,000 420,000”
“Scope 1 525,000 metric tons”
“The data from these entities is not included in our FY2025 GHG inventory.”
“In 2025, we continued to make progress toward our 2030 targets.”
“Scope 3: Category 11 - Use of Sold Products (BCA)5 352,000,000 metric tons”
“The cleanup work will address about 177 acres in the waterway through dredging and capping”
“workers began removing contaminated sediment in the uppermost segment of the project area”
“they say it leaves most toxins in place and abandons the decades-long promise of full restoration”
“We may be adversely affected by global climate change or by legal, regulatory or market responses to such change.”
“The Boeing Company submitted a signed Waiver Form to waive its right to a hearing and agreed to pay the proposed penalty”
“Shareholders request that Boeing adopt a value chain emission reduction target covering all non-de minimis emission categories”
“Boeing's disclosure of its positions and engagement activities on climate policies is limited to top-line climate statements without reference to specific climate-related policies.”
“proposed a nearly $600,000 penalty against The Boeing Company for 39 stormwater discharge violations at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory”
“Boeing exhibits both supportive and oppositional engagement with science-aligned climate policy”
“Boeing, the city of Seattle, King County and more than 30 other companies are staring down a sweeping new civil lawsuit”
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How does The Boeing Company compare with other aerospace companies?
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Among the 9 major aerospace brands we've scored, The Boeing Company sits 8th of 9.
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