SaaS / Digital Services

Mozilla sustainability score: 48/100

48/100
Making progress
20th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services

Better than 72% of SaaS / Digital Services

Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.

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About Mozilla

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Our verdict

Mozilla scores 48/100 (Making progress) 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 September 2026.

That places Mozilla joint 211th of 1,023 companies scored, and 20th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services.

The ten questions

What is Mozilla doing well, and where does it fall short?

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Targets & Commitments (2/10, 2/10).

What's missing

Where Mozilla 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 climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
  • Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.

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 chain6/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
  • Whether its emissions are falling2/10No 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 nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
  • How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
  • Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
  • Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
  • How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.

A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.

The calculation

How is Mozilla's SINK score calculated?

Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
SaaS / Digital Services sector ceiling.
70 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the ten questions, each scored 0 to 10.
42 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 70) + (0.7 × 42) = 50.4
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on total emissions. Bigger polluters lose more.
× 0.95
Final score
Rounded. Making progress.
48 / 100
Where the evidence comes from

What evidence is Mozilla's score based on?

12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.

[1]Source
mozilla.org

“Mozilla's total GHG emissions for 2022 were 15,281 tCO2e”

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[2]Source
assets.mozilla.net

“Mozilla partnered with POINT380 to conduct our 2019 GHG inventory and with Watershed to conduct our 2020-2023 GHG inventories”

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[3]Source
blog.mozilla.org

“we purchased renewable energy certificates (RECs) for our offices and co-locations in North America, Europe and Taiwan”

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[4]Source
mozilla.org

“Mozilla partnered with EcoAct to invest in three projects, including Madre de Dios REDD project, Peru; Darkwoods carbon forestry project, Canada; and Rimba Raya Reserve project, Indonesia”

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[5]Source
wiki.mozilla.org

“From water rights disputes between data centres to rampant greenwashing misinformation by fossil fuel companies”

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[6]Source
mozilla.org

“There is much work to be completed to reduce our operational impact”

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[7]Source
carbonneutral.com
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[8]Source
climateimpact.com
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[9]Source
projects.propublica.org

“Revenue $37.2M (2024), Expenses $41.2M (2024), Total Assets $123M (2024)”

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[10]Source
assets.mozilla.net
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[11]Source
foundation.mozilla.org
Archived copy from 2025-04-26: the original link no longer opens for us.
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[12]Source
en.wikipedia.org

“Mozilla Corporation has been involved in a range of controversies [relating to privacy and business model, not environment]”

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Mozilla in context

How does Mozilla compare with other saas / digital services companies?

Where Mozilla sits among saas / digital services peers.

Among the 69 major saas / digital services brands we've scored, Mozilla sits 20th of 69.

20/69
Mozilla's rank
39
Industry average
21
Industry low
71
Industry high
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