Corteva Agriscience sustainability score: 29/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Corteva Agriscience is a US-headquartered pesticide, seed, and crop protection company formed in 2018 from the merger of DowDuPont's agriculture division. With 21,000 employees and $17.5 billion revenue (FY2022), it manufactures and distributes seeds, crop chemicals, and agronomic solutions globally.
More about Corteva Agriscience
Core business involves pesticide manufacturing and distribution.
Founded 2018Head office Wilmington, United StatesStaff ~21,000Revenue $17.4B (FY2022)Website ↗
Corteva reports operational emissions with limited assurance and has set unvalidated climate targets. Supply chain emissions remain massive (5.4M tonnes CO2e) with only intensity reduction commitments. The company faces credible regulatory findings including an FTC loyalty scheme complaint and trades on climate leadership while members of trade associations actively opposing emissions policy.
Corteva Agriscience scores 29/100 (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 May 2026.
That places Corteva Agriscience joint 753rd of 1,023 companies scored, and 12th of 17 in Chemicals.
What is Corteva Agriscience doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (6/10, 5/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (3/10, 3/10).
Where Corteva Agriscience 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.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- 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 targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies3/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Corteva Agriscience's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Corteva Agriscience's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Corteva Agriscience itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 11 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
6 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Corteva Agriscience compare with other chemicals companies?
Where Corteva Agriscience sits among chemicals peers.
Among the 17 major chemicals brands we've scored, Corteva Agriscience sits 12th of 17.
Who scores higher in Chemicals?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Corteva Agriscience.
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