Lenovo sustainability score: 39/100
Better than 62% of Electronics / Hardware
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Lenovo is a Chinese multinational electronics manufacturer founded in 1984, headquartered in Beijing. With 77,000 employees and $50.7bn annual revenue, it designs and assembles PCs, tablets, and enterprise hardware.
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It ranks among the world's largest PC vendors and operates in 180 markets, making it a major player in the global electronics supply chain.
Founded 1984Head office Beijing, People's Republic of ChinaStaff ~72,000Revenue ~$69BWebsite ↗
Lenovo publishes credible climate data with third-party verification and SBTi-validated targets, but relies heavily on intensity-based Scope 3 metrics that allow absolute emissions to rise. Its 99% Scope 3 footprint remains largely uncontrolled. Nature impact is entirely unmapped. Transparency is strong; actual decarbonization leverage is weak.
Lenovo scores 39/100 (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 Lenovo joint 451st of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 17th of 46 in Electronics / Hardware.
What is Lenovo 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 Lenovo 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 wastePublish verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
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 falling4/10No 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 nature3/10No 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 targets7/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports8/10No mission-locked structure, such as B Corp certification.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Lenovo's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Lenovo's score changed?
Lenovo's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 39.
- 39 → 397 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed a related-company note naming a customer, supplier or partner without a source. Score unchanged.
- Scored 396 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Lenovo's score based on?
14 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
43% of them were published by Lenovo itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 6 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
8 of 14 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Lenovo compare with other electronics / hardware companies?
Where Lenovo sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 46 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Lenovo is tied =17th of 46, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Electronics / Hardware?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Lenovo.
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