Intel Corporation sustainability score: 31/100
Better than 29% of Electronics / Hardware
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Intel designs and makes CPUs and other semiconductor products, and also offers foundry services. Intel Products brought in US$49.1 billion of its US$52,853 million net revenue in 2025.
More about Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation was incorporated in California in 1968 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1989. It had about 85,100 people at 27 December 2025.
Founded 1968Head office Santa Clara, United StatesStaff ~85,100 (27 December 2025, year-end, including subsidiaries)Revenue ~US$52.85B net revenue (FY2025; US$52,853 million)Website ↗
Intel reported 26,376,000 tCO2e for 2025, up from 26,261,000 t in 2024, and that size brings the 0.70x size deduction. It reports 99% renewable electricity; it says certificates play a large role, publishes no split, and names contracts without a share. Its goals are self-set, with no SBTi validation, and fluorinated gases rose 40% in 2025. Oregon issued a $31,000 penalty after a scrubber ran with minimised treatment for 63 days in 2022, and a 2024 warning over understated CO2. It paid a $39,187 EPA settlement (docket CAA-10-2025-0005) over engine maintenance records, neither admitting nor denying. InfluenceMap links it to groups opposing climate policy.
Intel Corporation scores 31/100 (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 Intel Corporation joint 698th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 31st of 46 in Electronics / Hardware.
What is Intel Corporation doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (0/10, 2/10).
Where Intel Corporation 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 natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
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 falling0/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water6/10No water stewardship programme or verified fall in water use.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No 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.
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How is Intel Corporation's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Intel Corporation's score changed?
Intel Corporation's score has moved from 36 to 31 across 2 recorded reviews, down 5 points.
- 36 → 31-57 November 2026
AI supply chain batch: re-scored from pre-v2.5 under v2.5 and owner rulings 2026-11-06/07 (unbundled certificates earn no Q4 credit; categories 1 and 2 material for chipmakers and data centres)
- Scored 368 February 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Intel Corporation's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
29% of them were published by Intel Corporation itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scope 2, 2025: market-based 49,000 t, location-based 3,311,000 t. The score uses market-based.
12 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“2025 0.66 0.33 0.29 0.05 1.32 25.03”
“Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2 location-based and market-based, and Scope 3, Category 10”
“Scope 3 Total 25,059,000 Indirect/value chain.”
“While upstream Scope 3 emissions increased 7.5%”
“EACs play a large role in Intel's RE program”
“2030, but it continues to rely heavily on low-impact”
“we reinforced accountability by tying a portion of executive and employee performance bonuses to achieving our target of 95% global renewable electricity”
“Intel has not disclosed a full list of its industry association memberships”
“Intel's new air-quality permit would allow it to triple its annual greenhouse gas emissions, to 1.7 million metric tons.”
“The scrubber in question was operating, but the pH control system that”
“an appropriate penalty to settle this action is $ 39,187.00”
“Intel chips away at carbon footprint but skims over thirst for water, chemicals”
“failed to properly monitor this scrubbing system for nine weeks”
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How does Intel Corporation compare with other electronics / hardware companies?
Where Intel Corporation sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 46 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Intel Corporation is tied =31st of 46, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Electronics / Hardware?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Intel Corporation.
Garmin reports emissions without third-party assurance, and Scope 2 and Scope 3 both rose in 2025.
See the breakdown →AMD reports a 30% cut in market-based Scope 1+2 emissions since 2020, but Scope 1 has roughly doubled and location-based Scope 1+2 rose 61% over the same period, so the reduction rests on renewable-energy instruments; Greenpeace reports that over 70% of its renewable energy came from unbundled RECs in 2023.
See the breakdown →LG has strong absolute emissions reductions in operations and comprehensive waste recycling, but renewable energy penetration remains under 20% despite RE100 membership.
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