Nissan Motor sustainability score: 26/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Nissan makes and sells cars, vans and car parts, and offers sales finance to support those sales. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. was established in 1933 as Jidosha Seizo Co., Ltd. and took its current name in 1934; it is based in Yokohama.
More about Nissan Motor
It had 120,079 employees at 31 March 2026 and net sales of ¥12,007.9 billion in its year to March 2026.
Founded 1933Head office Yokohama, JapanStaff ~120,079 (31 March 2026; plus an average of 14,840 part-time)Revenue ~¥12,007.9B net sales (year to March 2026)Website ↗
Nissan's footprint was 120,050 kt CO2e in the year to March 2026, most of it from the fuel and electricity its vehicles use. The total fell 7.5% in the year as sales fell and plants closed, but it is still above the year to March 2022. About 6% of its energy was renewable energy it generated or bought. Its 2030 targets are mostly per vehicle, and no current SBTi listing was found. InfluenceMap finds it lobbied to weaken the UK ZEV mandate and EU car CO2 standards, and the UK advertising regulator upheld complaints about its Qashqai e-POWER ads in 2023.
Nissan Motor scores 26/100 (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 November 2026.
That places Nissan Motor joint 847th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 25th of 36 in Automotive.
What is Nissan Motor doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (1/10, 3/10).
Where Nissan Motor 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 record on controversiesDeal with the findings under question 10, in public.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
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 is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature4/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- 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 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 controversies1/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Nissan Motor's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Nissan Motor's score changed?
Nissan Motor's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 26.
- 26 → 265 November 2026
Re-scored on v2.5 (brand batch: car makers, 2026-11-05); pre-v2.5 record
- Scored 264 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Nissan Motor's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Nissan Motor itself; the rest come from independent sources.
8 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Scope 1 725 585 477 442 417”
“the total emissions*4 of our global corporate activities was 1,462 thousand tons”
“Reduce 52% globally from manufacturing sites”
“Nissan's well below 2°C carbon reduction targets have been validated by the SBTi”
“has been included in the A list for water security for seven consecutive years”
“Nissan advocated to weaken the UK Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate in the UK, and the EU’s light-duty CO2 standards”
“calling for a rapid review of the ZEV mandate”
“The government plans to relax mandatory quotas for electric cars after Nissan warned”
“Two ads, about vehicles powered by Nissan's ePower petrol/electric system were ruled to be misleading”
“The ASA upheld the complaints.”
“In the majority of instances, the Court found that the relevant strategy did not constitute”
“has mostly cleared the manufacturers involved”
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How does Nissan Motor compare with other automotive companies?
Where Nissan Motor sits among automotive peers.
Among the 36 major automotive brands we've scored, Nissan Motor is tied =25th of 36, with 4 others.
Who scores higher in Automotive?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Nissan Motor.
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