Linde sustainability score: 27/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Linde is a multinational industrial gas and chemical company headquartered in Guildford, UK, with 66,323 employees and $33B revenue (FY2024). It produces gases, process systems, and chemicals for industrial, medical, and specialty sectors.
More about Linde
A top-three global player in its category, Linde operates 100+ production sites globally with natural gas as primary feedstock for hydrogen production.
Founded 1879Head office Guildford, United KingdomStaff ~66,323 (2023)Revenue $33.0B (FY2024)Website ↗
Linde reports 37.4Mt CO₂e annually with declining absolute emissions and an SBTi-validated 2035 target, but lacks Scope 3 reduction targets and admits supply chain mapping is early-stage. Trade association memberships misaligned with climate goals, negative direct lobbying on EU renewable policy, and a $171M historical penalty pattern undermine credibility. Biodiversity risk is dismissed without verification.
Linde scores 27/100 (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 Linde joint 815th of 1,023 companies scored, and 13th of 17 in Chemicals.
What is Linde doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (3/10, 5/10).
Where Linde 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.
- Emissions from its supply chainMeasure most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions.
- How clean its energy isShow at least half its energy is renewable, with a transition plan.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling6/10No consistent fall over several years across its operations and supply chain.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- 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 targets6/10No validated long-term net zero target.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Linde's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Linde's score changed?
Linde's score has moved from 32 to 27 across 2 recorded reviews, down 5 points.
- 32 → 27-528 October 2026
Figures corrected from Linde's own 2023 report; the stored total had left out Scope 3.
- Scored 3211 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Linde's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
55% of them were published by Linde 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.
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How does Linde compare with other chemicals companies?
Where Linde sits among chemicals peers.
Among the 17 major chemicals brands we've scored, Linde sits 13th of 17.
Who scores higher in Chemicals?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Linde.
3M publishes assured Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
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