C3.ai sustainability score: 26/100
Better than 10% of SaaS / Digital Services
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
C3.ai is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It sells an AI platform and applications to customers in energy, manufacturing, financial services and government, including oil and gas work through a joint venture with Baker Hughes.
More about C3.ai
It reported revenue of $389.1M for the year to 30 April 2025.
Founded 2009Head office Redwood City, California, United StatesStaff 1,181 full-time (30 Apr 2025, FY2025 Form 10-K)Revenue $389.1M (FY2025, to 30 Apr 2025, SEC filing)Website ↗
C3.ai has a net-zero pledge for 2050 but publishes no emissions figures, so its footprint cannot be checked. Oil and gas is a core business line: its joint venture with Baker Hughes deploys AI for Shell, ExxonMobil and other producers, and has brought in more than half a billion dollars since 2019. It has no standalone sustainability report, no stated board oversight of climate and no SBTi-validated targets.
C3.ai scores 26/100 (Significant gaps) 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 October 2026.
That places C3.ai joint 847th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 59th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services.
What is C3.ai doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Water Impact and Controversies & Red Flags (4/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (1/10, 1/10).
Where C3.ai 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
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste2/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is C3.ai's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is C3.ai's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by C3.ai itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“C3 AI Sustainability Suite helps decrease greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions”
“achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the fiscal year 2050 across scopes 1, 2, and 3”
“generated more than half a billion dollars in revenue from the O&G and chemical markets”
“Total revenue for the fiscal year was $389.1 million, an increase of 25%”
“Forecast energy consumption, emissions, water use, and waste, from company-wide to facility and equipment levels”
“These goals will be validated with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to ensure alignment with the 1.5˚C climate trajectory”
“announced its commitment to achieve net-zero”
“commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the fiscal year 2050”
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How does C3.ai compare with other saas / digital services companies?
Where C3.ai sits among saas / digital services peers.
Among the 69 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, C3.ai is tied =59th of 69, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in SaaS / Digital Services?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above C3.ai.
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