Adobe sustainability score: 61/100
Better than 94% of SaaS / Digital Services
Exceptional starts at 75. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Adobe is a software company headquartered in San Jose, California. It sells creative, document and digital-marketing software, mostly by subscription.
More about Adobe
It reported $23.8 billion revenue for the fiscal year to 28 November 2025 and 31,360 employees.
Founded 1982Head office San Jose, California, USStaff ~31,360 (FY2025)Revenue $23,769M total revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Adobe's emissions are third-party verified. Scope 3, about 98% of its footprint, rose to 530,830 tonnes in FY2025, so its total rose even as its market-based Scope 2 fell sharply. Water withdrawn at its owned or managed US and India sites rose between FY2022 and FY2024, 28% of it consumed in extremely high water-stress regions, and it has no water reduction target. It assessed biodiversity as not material and has no nature target.
Adobe scores 61/100 (Leading practice) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Adobe joint 8th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 4th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services.
What is Adobe doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 4/10).
Where Adobe lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations8/10No verified figures published with their method and a falling trend.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is8/10Its own operations aren't shown to run on 100% renewable energy.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- 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 targets8/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
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How is Adobe's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Adobe's score changed?
Adobe's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 61.
- 61 → 614 November 2026
owner 2026-11-04: re-scored v2.5 (batch 3); 63→61. FY2025 verified emissions; Scope 3 rose. History gap: the last recorded row is 61 (2026-04-04, initial_score), but the live score before this change was 63. The intermediate change(s) were not recorded at the time and are not reconstructed here.
- Scored 614 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Adobe's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
44% of them were published by Adobe itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Scope 1: 7,421 metric tons of CO2 equivalent”
“GRI 305-1 Scope 1 GHG emissions [tonnes CO2e] 7,218 7,649 6,568”
“In 2022, Adobe reported scope 1 emissions of 6,568 tonnes CO2e”
“As we sell software products, the use of these products by our customers and consumers is considered an indirect energy use type”
“And we plan to reach our goal without purchasing any unbundled renewable energy credits or carbon offsets.”
“90% global waste diversion rate annually through a combination of waste reduction, composting, reusing and responsible recycling”
“Catastrophic events, including events associated with climate change, may disrupt our business and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.”
“Adobe aims to be net zero by 2050.”
“Adobe appears to have positive and active engagement with climate change policy.”
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How does Adobe compare with other saas / digital services companies?
Where Adobe sits among saas / digital services peers.
Among the 69 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Adobe is tied =4th of 69, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in SaaS / Digital Services?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Adobe.
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