AUDI sustainability score: 34/100
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Limited independent evidence: only two independent sources cover this company. The score may change as more evidence appears.
Audi is a German luxury and mass-market automaker founded in 1909, headquartered in Ingolstadt and part of the Volkswagen Group. It manufactures over 1.7 million vehicles annually across multiple sites in Europe and globally.
More about AUDI
The company produces both internal combustion and electric vehicles.
Founded 1909Head office Ingolstadt, GermanyStaff ~84,435 (2015)Revenue ~€53BWebsite ↗
Audi reports renewable electricity at all production sites and has met its 2030 Scope 1+2 target early. But emissions from vehicle use-phase remain massive and intensity-targeted, not absolute. The company's Dieselgate fraud—selling 590,000 vehicles with illegal defeat devices—remains the dominant fact: systemic environmental crime, resolved financially but historically unprecedented.
AUDI scores 34/100 (Below expectations) 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 May 2026.
That places AUDI joint 598th of 1,023 companies scored, and 8th of 36 in Automotive.
What is AUDI doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Energy Source (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (2/10, 4/10).
Where AUDI 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
- Its record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Emissions from its supply chainMeasure most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less 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 waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water7/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports6/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies2/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.
How is AUDI's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas AUDI's score changed?
AUDI's score has moved from 40 to 34 across 2 recorded reviews, down 6 points.
- 40 → 34-67 November 2026
Limited-evidence banner: 2 independent parties once company-published sources are not counted (owner ruling 2026-11-07). Score unchanged.
- Scored 406 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is AUDI's score based on?
13 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
69% of them were published by AUDI itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 8 June 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does AUDI compare with other automotive companies?
Where AUDI sits among automotive peers.
Among the 36 major automotive brands we've scored, AUDI sits 8th of 36.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above AUDI.
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