Infineon Technologies sustainability score: 44/100
Better than 73% of Electronics / Hardware
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Infineon Technologies is a German semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Neubiberg. It designs and produces power semiconductors, microcontrollers and sensors for automotive, industrial and IoT applications.
More about Infineon Technologies
It reported EUR 14.7 billion in revenue for FY2025 and about 57,000 employees.
Head office Neubiberg, GermanyStaff ~57,077 (2025)Revenue EUR 14,662M revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Infineon cut its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 83.6% from 2019, beating its 70% interim target, but its Scope 3 rose from 1.49 Mt to 2.55 Mt over the same period. It reports 100% renewable electricity without saying which instruments make it up, and its first power purchase agreements start in 2026. It rates biodiversity as not material to its business.
Infineon Technologies scores 44/100 (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 November 2026.
That places Infineon Technologies joint 306th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 12th of 46 in Electronics / Hardware.
What is Infineon Technologies doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (8/10, 8/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Emissions Trajectory (3/10, 4/10).
Where Infineon Technologies 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 effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteReport measurable waste or recycling targets publicly.
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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
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How is Infineon Technologies's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Infineon Technologies's score changed?
Infineon Technologies's score has moved from 49 to 44 across 2 recorded reviews, down 5 points.
- 49 → 44-53 November 2026
Agent-mode re-score of an incomplete record (no question scores or sources). Scope 3 covers categories 1-7 and 13; downstream optional categories excluded, as the GHG Protocol allows (owner ruling 2026-11-03).
- Scored 4922 August 2026
Initial score 49 (score-company publish)
What evidence is Infineon Technologies's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
36% of them were published by Infineon Technologies itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Infineon reports Scope 3 for categories 1 to 7 and 13 (2,549,477 tCO2e in FY2025), with purchased goods and services the largest at 2,062,118 tCO2e. It leaves out the downstream categories 9 to 12 (transport and distribution, processing, use and end-of-life of sold products) because its chips are parts whose end use is not known, which the GHG Protocol allows. Category 8 is included in its Scope 1 and 2, category 14 does not apply and category 15 is under 3,000 tCO2e. The material categories are covered, so we use the total as reported.
“Gross scope 1 GHG emissions (t CO2e) 328,963 n.a.1 179,114”
“already 83.6 percent below the emissions for the base year 2019”
“Infineon has set itself the target of becoming carbon-neutral by the end of the 2030 fiscal year in terms”
“reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 72.5 percent by 2030 compared to the base year 2019”
“Since 2020, emissions have been reduced by more than two thirds while revenue has almost doubled.”
“Infineon Technologies says all of its global operations are now supplied with 100 percent green electricity”
“The Kulim 3 fab will be powered by 100% green electricity”
“The deal with Statkraft will see Infineon offtake power from several solar parks in Spain.”
“Dieser tritt ab Januar 2026 in Kraft.”
“80 bis 90 Prozent des genutzten Wassers fließen über die Stadtentwässerung gereinigt in die Elbe zurück.”
“One difficulty with building any new fab is winning approval for the water and electricity that’s supplied to the site.”
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How does Infineon Technologies compare with other electronics / hardware companies?
Where Infineon Technologies sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 46 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Infineon Technologies is tied =12th of 46, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Electronics / Hardware?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Infineon Technologies.
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